[Rick Masters]

Was an egg found anywhere?

Unfortunately, no egg was found.

[Rick Masters]

August 7, 2016

A breathless farmer, clad only in socks and underwear, shakes his head in disgust as three cooks from a nearby Korean restaurant begin to pluck the Ozone Warbler that destroyed his fence.
"Why can't they nest in trees like other birds?" complained the farmer bitterly. "It's the third time this week!"
Meanwhile three taxidermists, arriving late, search dejectedly around the nesting crater for an egg.
Unfortunately, no egg was found.

[Rick Masters]

Deep in the silent forest an Ozone Warbler clucks contentedly.
Soon, perhaps, a mate. Then, an egg!

[Rick Masters]

In this rare photograph, an Ozone Warbler is caught in the act of making a nesting crater.
Unfortunately, no egg was found.

[eagle]

~ I think I Get it ~

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[Rick Masters]

In despair, taxidermists examine the nesting crater of an Ozone Warbler.
"This looks kinda like an egg," says one.
"Let me see that," says another. "That's not an egg. There's no yolk."
"Yeah? So what is it, then?"
"I don't know. It's not an egg."
"Look, here's another one!"
Unfortunately, no egg was found.

Previously on "Nesting behavior of the Ozone Warbler"...

[Rick Masters]

An Ozone Warbler peers shyly from its low-hanging nest.
    "Unlike most Ozone Warblers, this one was not snapping and squawking at our approach," said a taxidermist. "We then suspected it was in the process of laying an egg."
    "Because they are endangered below 400 feet," said a professor from the university, "Ozone Warblers within this range are now protected when in the act of laying an egg. It is against the law to bother them."
    "We had to leave," said the taxidermist. "I was really disappointed because I was ready to stuff it."

[Rick Masters]

Early in the morning, before breakfast, two cooks from a nearby Korean restaurant approach a nesting Ozone Warbler.
    "Don't stand directly under it," says the head cook to his assistant. "It could lay an egg or..."
    "Or what?" asks the assistant, looking up.


Using their specialized equipment, two taxidermists arrive and cautiously move in to capture the Ozone Warbler.
    Squawking and snapping, the angry creature fights the efforts of the apprentice taxidermist.
    "I don't think it likes me," he complains.
    "Shut up and grab it by its ankle," instructs the master taxidermist, impatiently.
    "Okay, I've got it," he grimaces. "Now whadda I do?"
    "We give you thirty dollar for it!" shouts the head cook from below.
    Unfortunately, no egg was found.


"Whaddya mean, 'no egg'?' What kind of restaurant is this?"

[Rick Masters]

Three cooks from a nearby Korean restaurant stand by as their angry customers search for an egg at the nesting crater of an Ozone Warbler.
"I found one! I found one!" shouts a customer excitedly.
"Let me see that," demands another. "That's not an egg. There's no yolk."
"The yolk's on you," says another customer, pointing at a girl's shirt.

[Rick Masters]

Larry, reported missing Thursday, could not be identified.