In a rapid and rather disturbing decision, the Federal Aviation Administration has decided to immediately implement new anti-bird measures on all airplanes in the wake of the recent near-tragedy in New York City. The bold decision, derided by anti-government right-wingers as “big government run amok” will be fully implemented within two months. Exactly what is this bold new policy?
Adapted from a widely-forwarded email. Does anyone know who came up with this? If so, I would like to attribute it. Hope you enjoyed it!
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
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That’s a classified photo from the government’s Operation Purina file. You’ve heard of “cow-catchers” on the front of trains: this is a “bird cat-chow.”