Birds
[328] A sailor went to an auction and bid for a parrot. The sailor bid 10 dollars, but someone else bid 20 dollars. The sailor bid 25 dollars, but someone else bid 30 dollars . The sailor bid 35 dollars , but someone else bid 40 dollars . The sailor was determined to buy the bird and put in a final bid of 45 dollars . This time there were no other bids and the parrot was sold to the sailor.
"That's a lot of money I've paid for this bird," said the sailor to the auctioneer. "I hope he can talk."
"Of course he can," replied the auctioneer. "Who do you think was bidding against you?"

[329] Two parrots sitting on a perch. One said to the other: "Can you smell fish?"

[330] The owner of a racing pigeon was worried sick when his bird was 21 days late returning to the coop after a 3,000-mile race. Finally the missing pigeon casually arrived home without a feather out of place.
"Where have you been?" demanded the owner.
"Oh," said the pigeon, "it was such a nice day I decided to walk."

[3311 What goes cluck, cluck, boom? -A chicken in a mine field.

[332] Why did the chicken go half-way across the road? - Because it wanted to lay it on the line.