From: The Globe Challenge, Editorial Dept., The Globe and Mail, 444
Front St. W., Toronto, Ont. M5V 2S9

>THE CHALLENGE
>
>WARREN CLEMENTS
>
>Saturday, April 15, 2000
>
>
>The challenge was to alter the name of a bird and suggest a corresponding
>change in habitat, diet, song or behaviour. The response was overwhelming,
>and more will appear later. The winner is Linda Robb of Toronto:
>
>Cedar Faxwing: a highly evolved bird that employs telecommunications instead
>of bird song. Redheaded Hoodpecker: a hot-tempered bird known to attack
>automobiles parked too close to its habitat.
>
>Other diverted flights:
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>Stuffed Grouse: elusive oven-ready game bird. (Robin Lovell, Toronto)
>
>Pleated Woodpecker: a bird with uniquely folded feathers. (Anne Roney,
>London, Ont.)
>
>Vowl: a night hunter identified by its call of "AEIOU." Purple Martian: bird
>with the longest migration route. (Al Wilkinson, Barrie)
>
>Northern Shriek: greets the northern dawn with a frenzied, but meaningless,
>cry of alarm. (B. W. Jackson, Hamilton)
>
>Evening Grosspeak: noctural bird indigenous to city parks. Song is a series
>of loud, strident noises accompanied by rude language. Chickapea: a small
>European migrant; feeds mainly on garbanzo beans. (Sandra L. Jones,
>Vancouver, and Cathy Furgiuele, Toronto)
>
>The Purple Flinch: a nervous and twitchy bird, easily startled. The
>Black-Capped Chiclet: a small bird known for lengthy mastication of its
>food. (Christine Dugdale, Lachine, Que.)
>
>Hooded Mergangster: a duck that terrorizes other birds and steals their
>eggs. Glossy Ibid: a long-legged wader, always seen in the same place.
>Red-tailed Gawk: a large bird that sits in a tree and stares at the
>landscape. (Geoffrey Pierpoint, King City, Ont.)
>
>Baltimore Oreo: eats the middle of his food first. (Linda Lumsden,
>Peterborough, Ont.)
>
>Power Moa: a noisy bird that feeds on suburban lawns. Storm Petrol: an
>oilbird (genus Hydrocarbonae) indigenous to Exxon Provence. (Chris Doyle,
>Burke, Va.)
>
>Either/or-iole: indecisive bird, afraid to take existential leap. Toucam:
>has miniature camera in its bill for live Web casts. (Paul Kocak, Syracuse,
>N.Y.)
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>Thumbingbird: has learned to alleviate the stress of lengthy migrations by
>hitchhiking. (C. H. Vane-Hunt, Salt Spring Island, B.C.)
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>Long-Billed Curfew: a quiet bird, rarely seen after nightfall. (Jay Booker,
>Vancouver)
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>The Ring-Necked Pleasant: much nicer than others of its species. (S. J.
>Hollenberg, Vancouver)
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>Robin Redbreast-Implant: Silicone-enhanced songbird. (Peter Marucci, Fergus,
>Ont.)
>
>E-Gull: a bird prone to making foolish investments in Internet startup
>companies. (Walter Sowa, Toronto)
>
>Goldpinch: a nasty, nippy little bird. (Jane Greer, Toronto)
>
>Hamming Pigeon: will imitate William Shatner for food. (G. Treflak, Sudbury)

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