This is Bird Note. I'm Ariana Rimmel. Well, that's what I go by in my normal life anyway.

I was just a mild-mannered birder going about my business when a radioactive feather mite bit me and I became aviary.

I realized I could now shape shift into any of the birds I've seen in my travels, taking

on the ultra-fast flight of a Falcon or the super swimming skills of a penguin.

And I soon realized I had to use aviary's powers for good.

When one night I went out hoping to hear owls on the edge of town where they're usually easy to find.

But that night, they were mysteriously absent.

I transformed into an owl myself to see if I could figure it out.

With the hi-fi hearing of an owl, a new world of sounds reached my ears.

And right away I heard something that didn't seem right, a far-off banging

noise. The hydroelectric dam upstream of town was about to collapse and unleash a flood.

I flew off to the local authorities, returning to human form to

to warn them about the impending doom.

At the last minute, the engineers prevented disaster.

So people's homes and countless bird nests were safe for another day.

Thanks to Aviary.

Learn more about the very real superpowers of birds on our website, birdnote.org.