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BirdNoir: Vultures Come to Town

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🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

"Unsavory" characters are actually here to help!

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0:00.0

This is bird noir. I'm Michael Stein. Private eye.

0:10.0

The other day, the mayor of Bricksville called me in a bit of a bind.

0:14.0

Michael this is an upstanding town a town with pride in itself.

0:19.0

It's a charming little place, Mayor.

0:21.0

So imagine my surprise to find several dozen giant bird punks

0:25.6

loitering on top of city hall and they keep vandalizing the place with their

0:29.7

vomit vomit michael giant punks, eh?

0:34.0

Sounds like you've got vultures on your hands.

0:37.0

I've got a soft spot for vultures.

0:40.0

As a P.I, I'm a bit of a scavenger myself.

0:43.6

Well, my constituents certainly aren't wild about them.

0:47.0

I know.

0:47.6

Vultures get a bad rap, and it sounds like they've chosen your roof as a nice vantage

0:52.1

point for their nightly roosting spot. But the good news

0:55.1

is they're doing a public service for Bricksville. Those old scavengers are scooping up

1:00.4

roadkill, keeping the environment clean and preventing the spread of disease.

1:05.0

Why I say, that's a good value for the taxpayer.

1:09.0

If they're damaging the roof, you can use effigies or loud noises to discourage them. But try

1:15.0

contacting your local wildlife agency first.

1:18.0

Thanks for the tip, Michael.

1:20.0

Just goes to show that even when birds seem like unsavory characters, they might be here to help.

1:28.0

I'm Private Eye, Michael Stein. you're

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