MacMe

Is that a falcon 9?

Ooo! What's that? It is fun? It looks yummy. I want it, it's mine! I will name you Squishy and you will be my squishy. (For real though, what is that?)

species from the weasel family are all cool. I watched a nature program about stoats hunting rabbits way bigger than itself. It just slowly chased the rabbit until the rabbit got too tired to flee, all while dozens of other rabbits were sitting in the same field eating grass

Wasn't considering an acronym. I thought it was supposed to be a word purposefully misspelled as is often the style. @lonestranger's idea seems plausible as a kind of codeword. Ah who knows/cares

I dissected a skinned mink in jr high school...one of many different things I've dissected in school. Also, I've used mink as bait in a crab trap. Haven't seen one alive and with fur yet.

Some of these tags are done with great skill, but I still have a hard time reading them. SPOC??

Drop it in. Droooop it innnn. You can do it. Common now. Don't think about it, just open your beak. It will be alright. Just drop it.

Join me. Give the next line or two

I knew a little bird who swallowed a berry. I don't know why he swallowed the berry. Perhaps he'll die. I knew a little bird who swallowed a maggot. He swallowed the maggot to eat the berry. I don't know why he swallowed the berry. Perhaps he'll die. I knew a little bird who swallowed a.....

I can think of a few things to poke you with: raptor talon, hummingbird beak, rooster spur....So many good choices

Hawks first encounter with the Tanooki Sparrow. Good thing it's not on a doughnut block. (Mario 3 fans out there?)

"And NO potty breaks!" "But I realllly need to pee."

Helen Heron's lady's-bird-hat has gone askew

When the gawker is discovered peeking through the reeds. Shame on you Gry, have you any shred of decency?

@Gry Winner! That was funny.

When I was taking a class on the Pacific Northwest shoreline, my professor told a story about people walking along a low tide and tossing sea stars out into the water saying "It meant something to that individual". Little did they know they were signing their death warrant as dinner to their predators. So yes, it meant something to the sea star but not quite what they had in mind. The predators were sure grateful I'd bet.

I guess there's no more interest in this thread

Heh, alright!

When you going to choose @Kevin?

According to Merlin, calls are the best way to distinguish between short and long-billed. That said, it looks quite similar to a juvenile long-billed

Ug, do I really need to wait till its dead? Can't I just go "help" it?

you were just around the corner from me, I can almost see SPI from my house

You know that feeling when you are excited for a bowl of cereal and on the first bite you realize the milk is bad, and you have that internal struggle over throwing it away which will break your heart, or eating it which will break your guts? That is what this bird is feeling.