Oh yes! ...a topic about birds. An obsession of mine, and I mean big time. I'd love to have an African grey parrot, but right now I don't have enough time as one would need. Otherwise, right now I've just got some regular barnyard birds... chickens, guinea hens, and some peacocks which are neat I guess. I've been feeding peanuts to the blue jays here, and right now I've got a flock of about 50 that have started screaming at me through the window every morning at daybreak. They're my horrible, horrible alarm clock.
My favorite bird is probably the shoebill stork. For no other reason than they look awesome. I'd like to paint a picture of one of them someday soon.
I was JUST talking about how birds will ultimately become our rulers! They're far more intelligent than people give them credit for. Even the folks who already say, "yeah, birds are pretty smart" are constantly being surprised by what those little creatures are capable of! They can create and use tools, solve puzzles, set traps, and I just read a recent article about birds of prey in australia that were starting fires. What's next!? freaking amazing.