Stabbone and McGraw: Mourning dove

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Mourning a Dove

Here at McBone Outpost #1211 we try to make things as accommodating as possible for birds. Sunflower seeds, thistle and a delicious cake of suet are always available for anyone willing to flap over for snack.

Sadly, this free lunch means an occasional casualty. Here is a mourning dove who tried, unsuccessfully, to navigate its way through our front door window.

By the time I found this poor dead dove, its eyes were but two empty sockets. What remained was yet another grim reminder that life is short and glass panes are, to a four-ounce bird with hollow bones, deadly.

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The Legend of Stabbone and McGraw

In 1967 the world's most powerful criminal super-genius, Stabbone, stole ten trillion dollars worth of gold boullion. Police, baffled as to the whereabouts of Stabbone's purported impenetrable underground lair, called on top investigator Rock McGraw to crack the case. Working tirelessly day after day, McGraw eventually tracked Stabbone to an abandoned latex mask factory. While McGraw radioed the boys for backup, Stabbone made his daring escape. In the chaos that ensued, both disappeared. Thirty years later, the case of Stabbone and McGraw remains a mystery, though some say that McGraw remains undercover, in relentless pursuit of his evil arch-nemesis.