Got to pass the proverbial “props” to PinkDome for the above picture. No, the speaker was not responsible for the en-masse death of those 60-plus birds Downtown earlier this month – PD reports, via the Statesman, that they croaked due to parasites and a temperature drop.

We echo their disappointment.

This article appears in January 19 • 2007.

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