Pecking Order

[Jerrybaldy]

Bugger it. I get to be a vulture? Its like the time I wanted to be baby jesus and and ended up in the back behind yonder star, billed only as super massive black hole
I am still at work on the rest of the cast, but so far I have got the hawk as errrmm hawk, the cockney as zoo, humming bird sounds like yuka, if I googled right, I got jack, the mightier wingspan of aunty?, turtle dove is haunted?, Kookabura - Delta? Cockateil Prince? I reserve the right to state at a later date that these were only my initial impressions and you should put us or me out of our/my misery.

[hillwalker]

@Bar and @Haunted - I'm pleased you enjoyed this rather cheeky homage to my fellow-LitNetters. And you'll be pleased to learn we all escaped with our lives before that pesky cat struck.

@Yuka - late, not not too late. Thanks for reading.

@ff - thanks for responding

and @Jerry - the vulture is indeed a noble bird, but alas 'twas not you I had in mind.
My lawyers assure me I am now at liberty to reveal the identity of those who joined us at the bird-table (and you were remarkably close) - and to anyone who feels possible a little offended, blame the turkey.

humming bird = yuka
turtle dove = Haunted
kookaburra = Delta
warbler = MaryD
sparrow = zoo
firebird = firefangled
lily trotter = Jack of Hearts
roadrunner = hack
starling = jerrybaldy (see!)
cockatiel = Prince
heron = (that was me)
culture vulture = blank verse
hawk = Hawkman
American eagle = Aunty
and finally
kitty-cat = kittypaws

Best wishes for 2011 to all my readers

H

[Jerrybaldy]

Pure genius Hill. Of course I always knew I was the starling and I was merely joshing. I note I got some right though so I leave here in the very well known starling strut.....

[Jerrybaldy]

You make me want to carry on you fu cking heron

[hillwalker]

You make me want to carry on you fu cking heron

chuckle - so it was worth the effort.

H :->

[yuka]

i googled for hummingbird, not too bad
but next time, i would like to be a giant hummingbird yet not a tiny one

[Haunted]

Jerry is a genius for figuring it out and Hill is just plain brilliant. I only made out Hawk on first read (wonder what gave it away!) When I saw Central Park I was delighted this side of the pond was given some attention but then I thought, there's a main street in every town, so maybe there's a Central Park in Scotland. Besides there's no mention of a "strange bird" or "trashpecker"... I wiki'd turtle dove and it looks like a decent citizen. Didn't say how well it writes with its beak though : p

[yuka]

yes turtle doves are rather decent and expert at singing
i often heard their singing (ceu-u-u-u-u)
and once i wrote a poem named 'the call of turtle dove'

[hillwalker]

Ah, you two.

Hummingbirds are very delicate, exotic birds, yuka - not seen in this corner of the world. So you bring colour and a touch of magic to these pages.

Turtle doves - I often see a pair cooing in the trees outside my window - I believe they are also a symbol of everlasting love, as well as being mean poets.

H :-)

[ShadowFire]

I like the lines in the poem that talk about the vulture very much.

[hillwalker]

Thanks Shadowfire - vultures of course are supreme at picking over carcasses (or in this case, poems!).

h

[yuka]

Ah, you two.

Hummingbirds are very delicate, exotic birds, yuka - not seen in this corner of the world. So you bring colour and a touch of magic to these pages.

H :-)

I know, I know, of course. I just want to be a hummingbird of giant, at least as big as an eagle.

I once saw hummingbird, three, not one, at the same time, about two month ago. they are too too too small.