The Judgmental Aracari

Seriously, people? I mean, WTF!

The New Peter Principle

I decided to officially cut the "Trump" out of my name. So for the rest of the year, please call me the Peter Swan.

Is Pigwidgeon a little owl or a Little Owl?

Capitalization makes a difference.  Is Pigwidgeon a European Scops-Owl, as depicted by Mary Grandpre, or a Little Owl? J.K.Rowling described him as a “little owl,” but unless she consistently capitalized bird species names, we can’t be sure. Little Owls do not have the feather tufts that scops owls do.

Okay. You want Hillary. I want Bernie. But if we don't stick together in the end, we won't have a rock to stand on.

For the rest of the year, I'd prefer that you call me the Horn-player Swan.

Happy Vulture Awareness Day!

Whether their food is going in



Or coming out,



Vultures are cool
Without a doubt.

For the Birds radio production: Breaking Bird

Today's episode of Breaking Bird is brought to you by
Baker's Blue Jay Barn and Saul Goodbird, Legal Eagle.

I may be coy, but I'm not COYE.

It is just wrong to label someone for a minor speech impediment.

Really. How dare you call me a LISP?

Excuse me??!!! What did you call me??

Why, oh why are you calling me a DICK??? I don't even have one!

I may play with them, but I am not a LEGO.

Like the pine trees lining the winding road...

I got a name. And it's not PIWA.

My name is not GREG.

Keep me off your TUDU list!

CITE research about me all you like. But call me a Cinnamon Teal.

AUGH! Don't bind me in a TRUS!

We like nice, succulent plants, but no BRAN for us!!

It's just not right to CACH a wild bird.

No, we don't see eye to eye.

I may always face left and you may always face right, but we stand on the same foundation.

Who am I to judge?

Happy Jays Are Here Again!

By our very nature, we can't help but prefer blue states.

First Mitt went for Big Bird. Then he went for migratory birds. No more pardons for me?

From my perspective, YOU'RE the upside-down one.

I am most seriously displeased.

Hey! Obama's letting me sit on his head!

So THERE, Clint Eastwood!!

I'm Scintillating!!

AOU, Gimme Back My Hyphen!!!

I have violet feathers covering my ears. I do not have viole tears. Please return my name to Green Violet-ear. If it would violate one of the rules of nomenclature to have "ear" as the root noun in a hyphenated name, make me a Green Violet-eared Hummingbird. Or something--you guys are supposed to be the smart ones, so I'm sure you can think of something. Admit it—"Violetear" is a stupid word.

We Built That? Let's Get Real!

No man, or bird, is an island. We ALL built this world, we ALL have been dependent on the kindness of strangers, and we're ALL part of a country on a planet in a universe far, far bigger than ourselves. Working together is how people built a civilization, wrote a Constitution, fought for independence, and saved my species. And that's the way it is.

We Built That!

No, the nice folks at the Florida Scrub-Jay Trail built it. Thanks!

We Built That!

Actually, a pair of Red-tailed Hawks built it, but we took it over all by ourselves!