A selection of Various Birds
Winds of Change
Patrick had always been a party guy–no wife and family for him–“party on, dude” was his motto. One day he noticed that all his friends and party buddies were married and had kids, and he began to wonder if maybe the winds of change weren’t making him lean in that direction as well. . . . . David, Sf.G.
Larry, Curly and Moe
The guys knew they weren’t all that bright; they never claimed to be Rhodes scholars, and they didn’t mind (much) being called “birdbrain” or “pinhead” (after all, their heads were pretty small, and their beaks ended in a narrow point), but they objected to being called the Three Stooges. Who was going to be Larry, who was going to be Curly and who was going to be Moe? They couldn’t remember what they had for breakfast; how were they going to remember those names?. . . . David, Sf.G.
Homeland Security Deal
Everyone including Izzy (pictured) was happy with the new “Living Drone” raptor program with Homeland Security to guard borders and do other sensitive surveillance where camouflaging a drone to look like a raptor just wouldn’t work. Fitting Izzy and his buddies with a harness for FLIR (forward looking infrared radar) for operating when overcast or at night had been easy. Fitting the Hellfire missiles as originally planned, though, just wasn’t going to work. The only ones not happy were, of course, PETA, who thought that the raptors were being exploited (“all this dangerous flying for a few fish and meat scraps”), the ACLU, who thought it was illegal to have an eagle search without a warrant, and Al Gore, who thought the eagle–to be green–should be solar-powered . . . . . David, Sf.G.
Styling Gel
Lenny was just coming up on his first year as an adult, mature enough to find a chick and get serious, but who, he wondered, would take seriously some young guy with fly-away breeding plumage? Maybe some styling gel could put a little order in his personal grooming regimen . . . . . David, Sf.G.
Long Nose
Tina didn’t mean to stick her nose into other people’s business, it was just that it was so long she often couldn’t help it. She wondered if ObamaCare would cover a nose/beak job?. . . . David, Sf.G.
Lady Gaga’s Protege
Henrietta had heard that Lady Gaga was seeking a protege, and she jumped at the chance. Lady Gaga’s music was better than OK, even if Henrietta didn’t agree with some of her lifestyle choices, but the thought of getting to dispose of her meat dresses after performances and appearances had a certain allure for the winged carnivore. So much easier than chasing down cotton rats, snakes and voles. . . . . David, Sf.G.