[TN-Bird] Some TN birds I hope never to see

  • From: FINCH64@xxxxxxx
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  • Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 06:39:03 EDT

The Grue-Blay Cat-Gnatcher        
If you are missing any cats, this beast is sure to blame. It's call sounds 
deceptively like, "Here, kitty kitty kitty!" Many a cat-owner has called 
their cat..too late...to save it from the awful fate awaiting it in the 
talons of the Grue-Blay Cat-Gnatcher

The Duddy Ruck
The only MALE nest parasite in the wide world of birds. Many sorrowful male 
birds have lost their mates to the shameless, no-good, lowdown, two-timing, 
double-dealing, triple-threating, quarter-pounding (quarter-pounding?)... 
Duddy Ruck. It can imitate the mating call of any...and I mean ANY...male 
bird. It's devastation on the population of local breeding birds is far worse 
than any invasion of cowbirds.

The Gruffed Rouse
This bird does NOT like to be disturbed and those who come too close do so at 
their own peril. "Just a flurry of wings and I was beaten senseless", was the 
remark of one who survived such an attack. If you feel you must add this bird 
to your life-list, approach it avoiding any noise or disturbance whatsoever. 
Otherwise IT may flush YOU.

The Pheastern Oebe
There are some who doubt this bird's very existence. There are presently no 
photographs extant to prove it. But those who have come near enough to it 
claim it DOES exist. But the bird has a defense which allows it to escape and 
it only allows the observer the slightest glimpse as it flies away. This 
secret weapon is a call which sounds so funny that any who venture close 
enough to hear it are completely convulsed in fits of uncontrollable laughter 
which so incapacitates them that they are unable to function normally. Some 
even claim they have lost control of their bladders. One attempt at an 
explanation of a description of the call was, "If you've ever heard the way a 
reed from a woodwind (not the instrument itself - just the reed) is played on 
those PDQ Bach and Spike Jones records - now imagine something which sounds 
10 times funnier than that." As for a physical description of the bird, only 
one observer managed to control his mirth long enough for a prolonged look at 
the bird. But the sketch looks uncannily like Woody Woodpecker so the jury is 
still out on this one, folks.

Barry Jernigan
Murfreesboro, TN
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