A Grudging Retraction
February 26, 2009
Some of you are likely familiar with Rebekah’s birding blog, easily the most fabulous of all birding blogs extant. Well, early in its existence, it was dealt a crippling blow when a certain advocate for donkeykind responded to a post about penguins by leaving a comment which denigrated the hauling capacity of the torpedo-shaped waterfowl and further asserted that “Donkeys rule, birds drool.” This seemingly indisputable claim withered interest in the fledgling blog and indeed the pastime of birding in general (although, honestly, people were going to figure out that birdwatching was dumb sooner or later), as people flocked to the much, much cooler quadrupeds.
The Duck is plucky, however, and persisted in her quixotic quest to make people care about the various feathered vermin of the world. She enticed readers back with snazzy photos and hit singles. Still, the undeniable panache and verve of Equus Asinus repeatedly bore out their claim to superiority.
That is, until recently, when this bombshell was ferreted out of obscurity (the italics are part of an in-joke – move along, nothing to see here). After seeing this, I cannot help but conclude that birds are (grumble) approximately as good as donkeys.
