Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for July 13, 2017
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deleted birds not to birdwatchers. the following birds are no longer recognized by the audubon society. please adjust your life list accordingly. thank you. eastern pottymouthed snark assails bird-watchers with crude insults & profanity. call-"get a life you what're you lookin' at take your binoculars and ." great downy oftmolt difficult to actually see as it's often surrounded by a suffocating cloud of feathers. call - "cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough." flightless grouse plods up and down the eastern u.s. whining the whole damn time. call - "ow ow ow ow my feet hurt my feet hurt ow ow ow ow." unmitigated gull this is show-offy little creep. call - "look at this plumage! great, huh? you guys from national geographic? how about a picture? you wanna see my mating dance?" commonplace dullard no distinguishing marks of any kind, really. hangs around with other, cooler birds who wish it wouldn't. call - "hey wait up wait up c'mon guys wait up."
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
It is fun reading Richard’s take on fanciful ornithology.
Sisyphos over 7 years ago
Aww! These were some of my very favorite birds!
But I miss Richard even more….
Ermine Notyours over 7 years ago
The last one looks like Petey.