I’m no genius but I can read the writing on the website wall; and that writing tells me that our ‘Bird Joke’ feature is laying a big egg…and that’s no joke.

Ergo, this posting of Bird Joke #5 (and Bonus Joke) will be the last one. Hopefully, someone from our crack editorial staff will come up with a new feature; a feature more enthusiastically received by you, our SVBC readers.

Here’s Bird Joke #5, from SVBC member David Fielding:

A guy is out hunting and sees a hawk flying high above him, so he shoots it. As he’s retrieving the dead bird a game warden happens by and arrests him for killing a federally protected bird of prey.

Later, at the courtroom, the man tells the judge he’s been out of work for many months and only shot the hawk because he hadn’t eaten in days. The judge decides to let him off with 6 months probation.

As the guy is leaving the judge says, “Hey, what does hawk taste like anyway?”

The guy says, “It’s very similar in texture to Osprey but the taste is more like Bald Eagle.”

And now our Bonus Joke, from SVBC member Nancy Nelson:

There were many dead crows on highways in the Rocky Mountains this year. Ornithologists suspected it was due to vehicles hitting the crows.

This was surprising because crows have adapted to feeding on carcasses by having two birds watch from the trees while two other birds feed. If there is a vehicle coming, the two crows will shout out so the other birds can fly away.

After analyzing the accidents, it was found that 80% of crows were killed by trucks but only 20% were killed by cars.

Turns out crows are really good at yelling “caw caw caw” and not good at yelling “truck truck truck.”