Bird Brained
“My pulse was racing faster than the speedometer on my car, which was stuck at an infuriating thirty-five miles per hour.
Alberto Dominguez. Damn him! Alberto was supposed to be one of my main informants. A local bird breeder whom I’d nailed a few months ago by chance, he had disembarked at Miami International carrying more than just his luggage: He also had a parrot stuffed inside each pocket of his coat.
Alberto had dosed the birds with a shot of tequila before boarding the plane in Mexico Cit...y, and all went as planned while the parrots lay in a deep, dreamless sleep. But as luck would have it, he crossed my path just as the parrots awoke, nursing a hangover and pissed off as hell. Alberto’s pockets suddenly sprang to life, screeching and flapping. I’d threatened to make his life everlasting misery unless he consented to turn informant. Alberto quickly agreed.
Like much else in this world, a former TV show had contributed to the sudden surge in exotic birds. Robert Blake’s career had tanked after the series BARETTA, but his costar, a wisecracking cockatoo mouthing mucho macho attitude, inspired a demand for parrots and macaws that skyrocketed straight through the roof.MoreLess
Alberto Dominguez. Damn him! Alberto was supposed to be one of my main informants. A local bird breeder whom I’d nailed a few months ago by chance, he had disembarked at Miami International carrying more than just his luggage: He also had a parrot stuffed inside each pocket of his coat.
Alberto had dosed the birds with a shot of tequila before boarding the plane in Mexico Cit...y, and all went as planned while the parrots lay in a deep, dreamless sleep. But as luck would have it, he crossed my path just as the parrots awoke, nursing a hangover and pissed off as hell. Alberto’s pockets suddenly sprang to life, screeching and flapping. I’d threatened to make his life everlasting misery unless he consented to turn informant. Alberto quickly agreed.
Like much else in this world, a former TV show had contributed to the sudden surge in exotic birds. Robert Blake’s career had tanked after the series BARETTA, but his costar, a wisecracking cockatoo mouthing mucho macho attitude, inspired a demand for parrots and macaws that skyrocketed straight through the roof.MoreLess
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