Day 58: Field Observations

Being a field observer (with feathers) allows you to witness and document all kinds of strange interspecies behaviors. For instance, amongst the featherless beings, they typically tend to increase personal grooming efforts around certain times of year. Sometimes this can spill over to you. For instance, even though you already preen your feathers and groomContinueContinue reading “Day 58: Field Observations”

Day 57: Presents for Pearl

Different species may have different cultural “cuteness” ideals – this is only natural. Luckily, having feathers trumps them all. This means you can join any flock – of any species – and always be the cutest. Being the cutest is important for many reasons, including that you get the most presents (yours and, well, all the others)ContinueContinue reading “Day 57: Presents for Pearl”

Day 56: Covert Ops

All the best secret agents (like, for instance, 007) are skilled in “covert ops.” Some agents get so good they can conduct a covert op right in front of others and still remain totally undetected. Let’s say you are a top secret agent (with feathers). One day – yet again – your large featherless assistantContinueContinue reading “Day 56: Covert Ops”

Day 55: “Flingability” Tests

“Flingability” is a technical term. It is only used by experts in the field. When a promising new source of material is found, an expert must be called in to perform “flingability tests.” Depending on test results, aspiring “flingers in training” may wish to incorporate the new material into their daily (hourly) practice sessions. Author: ShannonContinueContinue reading “Day 55: “Flingability” Tests”

Day 54: The Featherless Assistant’s Happy Birthday!

Living in a mixed-species flock delivers constant chances to learn different customs. For example, you celebrate yourself every day. But in the featherless species, they celebrate themselves just once per year. After careful study, you can only assume this is because they lack feathers (poor dears, but it can’t be helped). Of course, the best annual festivitiesContinueContinue reading “Day 54: The Featherless Assistant’s Happy Birthday!”

Day 53: The Breakfast Bouncer

Being small and feathery and famous brings daily surprises. For instance, who knew there would be so much competition amongst those who want to be chosen for your breakfast menu? Who would have thought, instead of having to track, stalk, and bring down prey, the prey would be trying to sneak onto your plate -ContinueContinue reading “Day 53: The Breakfast Bouncer”

Day 52: When Seeds Try to Flee

Being a seed gourmand sometimes requires great courage and persistence. For instance, let’s say you are offered a delicacy….and then it promptly tries to flee? Part “tracker,” part “connoisseur,” there is a reason you are paid the big (waffle) bucks to evaluate new seed-centric dishes. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts p.s. For more than 70 full lengthContinueContinue reading “Day 52: When Seeds Try to Flee”

Day 51: 007, .007 and Moneypenny

James Bond is very good at what he does – but there is another, much more top secret agent, who goes Bond one better. .007, Mission Specialist. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts p.s. For more than 70 full length feature stories about our fab and feathery star that will be available nowhere else, reserve your personal copy of Pearl’s new bookContinueContinue reading “Day 51: 007, .007 and Moneypenny”

Day 50: Greens Extraction

In every culture, highly trained individuals spend years becoming experts in something called “extraction.” Sometimes it is information that needs extracting. Other times it is an object. Still other times it might be a being. However, due to the highly “classified” nature of such rescue missions, these brave extraction heroes nearly always remain unknown and unsung.ContinueContinue reading “Day 50: Greens Extraction”

Day 49: More Fan Mail

For the most feathery and famous beings, life often feels like you are waking up to Christmas morning every day. On any given day, you may receive one or several new letters and packages from your besotted fans. Here, hiring a large featherless assistant can be key to response efficiency (on account of how easyContinueContinue reading “Day 49: More Fan Mail”