Something in the Air

The headline in the news today: Rare Red-Footed Falcon Sighted On Martha's Vineyard.
Now, you might be thinking to yourself, "Who gives a rat's patooty about a friggin' trespassing bird?"

Well dear reader, perhaps you have not been paying attention. It was here at the dump that you first read the theory that Terrorists were using the "birds sightings" column in the Boston Globe to encode manchurian instructions to activate secret cells of suicide bombers within these hallowed but poreous borders.

If you look up red-footed falcon, you will find that it is not justy "rare" but virtually impossible to find this species of raptor in North America. So, it had to sneak across the border, right? Or, maybe it is a code name for something else that was brought into the country.

So, let's add it up: Strange footed bird of prey, heightened threat level, undocumented entry. I supposed this explains the volume of traffic and "chatter" to Martha's Vinyard. Could these so-called birders actually be massing for an attack? Ask Tippi Hedrin if you think I'm an alarmist