Now that Joe has warned us about Posterior Parrot People, we can
now bring you:
ONLINE ORIFICE ORNITHOLOGY
CARDINAL -- religious nut, with high, sharp call, particularly
when excited.
AMERICAN COOT -- conspicuous, noisy, and aggressively territorial.
Has been known to rail from a very young age.
COMMON LOON -- exteremely awkward on land, noted for distraction
displays. Has an eerie, lonely cry. (NB: online fees are
NOT paid by the North American Loon Fund)
COMMON SNIPE -- often thinks it's invisible even when in full sight.
Explosive, noisy takeoff when flushed.
CROW -- mostly a trickster, and not much trouble except when
stark raven mad.
WILD TURKEY -- only abusive when drunk.
SCREECH OWL -- post vitrol late at night by the light of a full moon.
MOCKINGBIRD -- accomplished mimic, harrasses anything that comes
near its space.
COWBIRD -- a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nest of other
species. Spreads chaos by mangling attributions. Don't
have a cowbird, man!
SKUA -- genus Stercorarius means "excrement eater." 'Nuff said.
GULL -- a true rat with wings. Thrives off the garbage of others.
OSTRICH -- defensive response is to stick own head up butt.
VULTURE -- only attacks those unlikely to fight back.
GNATCATCHER -- hyperactive, good at catching small stuff like
gnats, but not good at catching big stuff like camels.
HARRIER -- lives for the kill.
NUTHATCH -- looks at the world upside down.
and, if we ever get Ellison online, he'd have to have a Harlan's
Hawk. :-)
In closing, even if you never encounter any of the more exotic
forms of birds up the butt, remember...we'll always have parrots.
[For those who insist on a stronger B5 connection, speculation on
what birds might be up what character butts follows. Without further
ado, we begin our Guano Guide.]
Londo -- peacock
Lenneir -- bald eagle
Kosh -- phoneix
Garibaldi -- Daffy
Sinclair -- duck (*this* is why we've never seen it :-)
Ivanova -- griffin
Franklin -- ibis (animal of Thoth, inventer of numbers)
Morden -- tengu (protector of remote and lonely places, delights
in promoting war)
G'Kar -- owl (omen of death and disaster)
Sheridan -- raven (trickster)
Delenn -- crane (fertility)
Vir -- halcyon
larry crawford
lcra...@wittenberg.edu
still putting the psycho in psychobiology
: Lenneir -- bald eagle
<blaatt>
: Kosh -- phoneix
<snort>
: Garibaldi -- Daffy
<bwah-hah-hah>
: Sinclair -- duck (*this* is why we've never seen it :-)
<rotfl>
: Delenn -- crane (fertility)
--> Ouch!
You're one big freak, Larry Crawford.
And I don't mean that in any namby-pamby way, either.
:-)
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JD
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>In closing, even if you never encounter any of the more exotic
>forms of birds up the butt, remember...we'll always have parrots.
Sure Larry you flew the coop and when you return its for the birds! I've
got a wishbone to peck with you!
I'd say more but I guess I'm er... ahem... CHICKEN!!!
Boy those worms look good!
Ducking....
Doreen M. Rymkiewicz
Somtime humorist, often pontificator, constant valuer, blessed lunatic