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This has nothing to do with Twitter. Sort of.

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Chevy Chase as Andy Farmer¹ took care of the situation with a hot cup of coffee.

Michael Rapaport² as Gary horrified Phoebe with a service revolver.

Me? I'd just shake the damn tree, wherever it is.

Don't get me wrong, I like wildlife. But there's a bird nearby in the

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neighborhood that has this incessant tweeting voice that's driving me crazy. This morning on the porch with my cup of coffee, I realized I was so mesmerized with the tweeter that I didn't hear the chirping of the other birds in the neighborhood. It's that annoying.

I've half a

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mind to head down to the Division of Wildlife Resources this week to find out what kind of bird this is, is it native to Utah - we already know what that department thinks of non-native species and I don't think I'd continue to be in good stead with most of my friends - and what can be done in a humane

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way to eradicate the bird, if not moving it to another part of town. Maybe Magna.

Maybe you've heard this bird. I have heard it everywhere I've lived in Utah; never heard it in California. On several occasions, they've gotten to a shrill level so as to make me want to forego the outdoors and seek quiet indoors. I'd even rather have the dogs barking than to hear this bird.

OK, so maybe that's a little extreme.

Yes, I know about the birds and the bees, etc. This

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bird is only trying to find someone to shack up with, and once they do, theoretically, the chirping will cease.

And maybe I myself will tweet about it.

¹ From the movie Funny Farm
² From the Friends episode "The One with the Cop"