Bayou Blogs

Have you had the pleasure of strolling Tchoupitoulous - between Canal and Poydras - around dusk lately? What is up with all those freakin’ birds???? The trees, the rooftops, the sky…just covered with them. What exactly are they, and why are they here?!?!?!? Did the swallows get lost on their way to Capistrano, and stop in for a drink while their navigator shops for a new GPS on Canal? The noise is deafening as the little vermin swoop overhead - millions of little flying septic tanks, ready to unload their vile cargo at any moment…Duck!!!!!!!!!! You know, I’m thinking that a guy with a shotgun, four shells, and a case of Stovetop Stuffing could feed the homeless for weeks! What?!?!?!?! Don’t look at me like that!!! Like you’ve never eaten a bird…