Phoenix Maplewood nobody with a body can reach ya

I guess it's kind of weird. But maybe birds are just really hard to impress. And to Tavi, that made total sense. Birds could fly, they could sing, what else could they do to impress their opposites but get shiny, bright feathers? Hm. There wasn't time to think or discuss bird-stuff any further, because Saena was launching herself in to the foliage after hearing more of the calls. Tavi would've stopped her, but she was gone before anything could be done -- and out from the underbrush came a pair of fluttering, useless birds. There were two birds from her initial count, but then realized there were two brown birds, not one. And the fat thing chasing them was a big, puppy, shiny dude bird.

Shit! Tavi half-shouted, charging after Saena and then at the birds. They were distracted by the pale Alpha, giving Tavi the perfect opportunity to snap at the three birds in an attempt to nab at least one. When the flurry of activity subsided, the two brown hens were screeching and running off in to the forest, while the colorful male bird hung loosely from Tavi's jaws. She spat the bird on to the dirt and grinned at Saena, her tail wagging. Okay, not what I expected, but it worked.