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Learn to pop
Not only will I not reveal how the exotic bird got into that branch or how it fits its entire body into it, I will also not reveal how it is going to escape from the branch after it got stuck. You’ll...
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What is it?
Okay, so while there isn’t actually a bird called a popinjay (but don’t think there couldn’t be!), and while there is actually a species of butterfly called the popinjay (which I found out after I...
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Unbelievable
Credit must go to my wife for this idea. Now we know what a cross between a victoria crowned pigeon and a kingfisher looks like. A popinjay.
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Map
There are actually several small islands off the coast of Brazil, many in the area that is circled there. I imagine that one of them could be named Combrobway. If there isn’t one, and if there are...
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Surprise party
It was actually my birthday yesterday, which is why there was no strip. There was also no strip last Friday, as we were travelling to a friend’s out of town wedding reception. There was also no...
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Vandalism
This morning, I read about some people in a town in Utah who put clothes on a public “nude” sculpture, “Leaf Dancer”. I’m not sure if that’s technically vandalism, and the artist doesn’t seem to be...
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Rebuilding
Adding irony to something creates interesting experiences. If “Plumed” and “Plucked” were, respectively, the feathered and unfeathered sculptures, they would probably be quite boring. However, by...
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Rumors
You can never tell where a rumor started. You can never tell who started it, and if what someone is telling you is the truth, or made up, or who made it up, or who they heard it from, or if they...
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New ideas
I would like to see this happen. That’s the reason I did a comic about it. I want to see a nest made entirely of birdseed. There must be one. I’m too lazy to Google it. If it doesn’t exist yet,...
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More rumors
I just wonder about the phrase “rumor has it.” Rumor has what? Itself? Do rumors have dissociative identities? Are they twins? Triplets? Do they have families? Is anything they have actually...
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Health
Moral of the story: Never ask an old person about their health. Ask their family or other people they know about their health (but not other old people). It will just make you sad, because they’ll...
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Old Country
Okay, so I know they’re supposed to be black-capped chickadees, and that Carolina chickadees are different, but I seriously can’t tell the difference. I’ve even looked at a map of Missouri that shows...
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Bird talk
I like the name “great auk.” I’d use it instead of “great Scott.” I’m not really sure who Scott was, though, or why he was so great. I do know what an auk was, and how great they were. They looked...
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Banding
Bird banding (or bird ringing for my UK friends) has been used for many years to spy on study birds. It’s helpful in finding out more about their behavior and migration patterns. I just always...
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More Banding
I love it when this happens in real life. You tell someone that they do a certain thing, or that they are a certain kind of person, and then they proceed to prove your point for you by doing that...
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Watching Birds
I enjoy watching birds. I’m just not sure if they enjoy me watching them. I know I wouldn’t want a bird to watch me while I’m taking a bath. It would probably start laughing at me or something. And...
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Vacation
So, yeah. I’m going to Kansas City on Monday, then flying out to Philadelphia on Wednesday to go to my brother’s wedding. I’ll be back by the 9th. So, there will be a comic on the 9th. If there...
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Photography
Next time you take a picture of a bird, at least try to show it to the bird before putting in on Flickr. Birds can get self conscious sometimes. Often they don’t think they’re photogenic. Just be...
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Boring
Let me begin by saying that this is not a knock on birdwatchers. I’m not one myself, but I know that birds can be very interesting even when sitting around doing nothing. I just imagine that birds...
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Insulting
Seriously, anything that birds do is interesting. You know they’re insulting you all the time anyway, and you don’t care because it sounds like a beautiful bird song. Abnormal behavior doesn’t deter...
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