[Rick Masters]

Capture of Ozone Warbler exhausts taxidermists
VIDEO http://www.9news.com.au/brightcov3/5163674734001


Squawking and snapping, the angry creature resisted all attempts at capture while starving peasants searched for an egg.

Unfortunately, no egg was found.

[Rick Masters]

In this rare footage shot by a nature photographer, a male Ozone Warbler approaches a female in a mating ritual.
"We were wondering how they did it," says a professor from the university, smugly. "Now we know."
Suddenly three cooks from a nearby North Korean restaurant emerged from the bushes, searching desperately for an egg.
Unfortunately, no egg was found.


"No egg!? What kind of restaurant is this?"

[Rick Masters]

October 8, 2016

High in the forest canopy, the contented calls of an Ozone Warbler - "Hallop! Hallop! - ring through the wilderness.
Soon, perhaps, a female will come. Then, an egg!
Sadly, the only ones who came were 7 taxidermists with ladders and 3 cooks with spatulas from a nearby North Korean restaurant.
Unfortunately, no egg was found.


"No egg?! What kind of restaurant is this?"

[Rick Masters]

Early in the evening, an Ozone Warbler is spotted nesting high in a tree.


"We brought a high-power scope and parabolic audio amplifier to bear on the creature," said a professor from the university.


"It kept making this sound, over and over, leading us to beleive it was in the process of laying an egg."
http://soundbible.com/mp3/Groan%20And%20Grunt-SoundBible.com-1942163613.mp3

Unfortunately, no egg was found.

[Rick Masters]

Having heard reports of an Ozone Warbler nesting deep in the forest, two starving peasants and a cook from a nearby North Korean restaurant head into the wilderness.


After many hours, a plump and suculant Ozone Warbler is spotted high in a tree, chirping happily.


Creeping stealthily through the underbrush, they reach the tree and the cook delivers his instructions.
"You must grab the creature by the ankle to keep it from flying away."


With great trepidation, the starving peasant climbs ever nearer to the unsuspecting Ozone Warbler.


Suddenly the creature turns and spots the starving peasant. "Hallop! Hallop!," it cries in surprise.


Then, unexpectedly, the starving peasant leaps from the tree and wraps his arms around the Ozone Warbler, which begins to squawk and snap at the desperate man.
"Arghh!" he yells. "I don't think it likes me. Now whadda I do?"
"No, you idiot!" cries the cook. "Grab it by the ankle! The ankle!"


Finally the angry creature is lowered to the ground and the plucking begins.

[Rick Masters]

A comparison between the single Ozone Warbler nesting crater of October 10 (top) and the nesting crater of the mating pair of Ozone Warblers from October 9 (bottom).
"Our study suggests that nesting craters are not ideal nesting sites for Ozone Warblers," said a professor from the university, observingly.
Unfortunately, no eggs were found.

[Rick Masters]

October 10, 2016

An Ozone Warbler peers suspiciously from its high perch in a tree.
"I don't think it likes me," said the taxidermist, trepidaciously, as he snapped the photo.
Unfortunately, no egg was found.

[Rick Masters]

In this rare photograph, two Ozone Warblers prepare to mate in a nesting crater.
    "Although it is fairly common for the Ozone Warbler to nest high in a tree and wait patiently for a potential mate to fly over and, hopefully, be attracted by its brilliant plumage, aerial mating is apparently less frequent, more difficult and invariably results in a nesting crater," said a professor from the university, with impact. "We are, however, always hopeful that an egg will be found."
    Unfortunately, no egg was found.


    "We are convinced that here must be eggs somewhere," added the professor. "Otherwise, obviously, there could be no Ozone Warblers. We can only assume the eggs - even their tiniest shards, if broken - are carried off by small, hungry forest animals, leaving no trace at all."

[Rick Masters]

As night falls, The contented calls of an Ozone Warbler waft serenely through the forest.
"Hallop! Hallop!"
Soon a mate may come.
Then perhaps, an egg!
Or maybe not.

[Rick Masters]

High on a 4,800 volt utility pole, an Ozone warbler rests peacefully, chirping contentedly above the crackling and sparking high voltage lines.
"I wish they'd nest in trees like other birds," said a utility worker, tiredly.