Shoveler Ducks

Cyber Bullying

Gwendolyn had been born with the prominent overbite and in spite of big bucks at the orthodontist for braces, she still had to live with it.  Otherwise she was a beauty, but the cyber bullies as school just wouldn’t let up, some new Facebook post or Tweet every day, sometimes more than once.  Often they cruelly Photoshopped her picture taken from a cell phone and layered on a horse upper jaw, or an elephant trunk, always cruel.  The school officials tried but couldn’t catch the perpetrators, but Gwendolyn was pretty sure it was those snooty Coot chicks with their oh-so-cute little white beaks; being bigger, maybe she could get them out in back of the school one afternoon, get out the duct (duck?) tape and show them how bullying was done. . . . . . David, Sf.G.

By |November 11th, 2013|Categories: Birds|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Cyber Bullying

That Old Coot!

As Jimmy and Cyndie (front) swam by, Hank (back) said to Kenny (also back), “She’s kinda cute, ain’t she?”  “But look at the size of the beak on her!”  “Pay no attention to that old coot,” said Jimmy, “He’s just been drinking to much of that swamp water, and he’s uncouth to begin with”.  . . . .  David, Sf.G.

By |May 26th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Texas|Tags: , |Comments Off on That Old Coot!