The Lesser-Spotted Indie Author
This species can be found world-wide, often on their nests, which are made from books and usually located near a computer screen. The species tends to be nocturnal and its diet is varied but often includes large amounts of coffee and snacks.
It has a number of calls, the most common being the often-heard, “Buy my book. Please, buy my book.” This is usually heard repeatedly until they have been satisfied by their sales chart or they fall into a stupor. They have another call, which is almost as well known – “Did you like it?” Again, this call can be repetitive and irritating.
Their alarm call is a strident, “Oh, no! A one star review.” Which, instead of signalling flight draws great groups of the birds, who can be seen flapping around the injured author bird, cooing at it and stroking it with their bills until it calms.
When not tapping in solitary mode on their computers, they tend to flock in large groups in places like Facebook, waving their books at each other to draw attention to themselves. A colourful, affectionate and harmless species, although many people find them intensly annoying. However, the lone reviewer bird, a rare species, does attract many lesser-spotted indie authors, who will flock around it and attempt to batter it with their books. It is not known whether this is an agressive act or a form of feeding. The lone reviewer bird is rarely injured, but on occasion may be buried under their onslaught.
If seen, do not approach as, whilst one or two lesser-spotted author birds are not a cause for concern, the avalanche of books a flock produce can be disconcerting.
Rarely, a lone member of the flock can be seen pecking dejectedly at bookshop windows. Sadly, it is usually chased away by the bookshop owner bird, who can be quite aggressive when it is defending its territory.
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
- December 2021
- November 2021
- February 2021
- October 2020
- August 2020
- January 2020
- October 2019
- August 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
Categories
Meta