There was a lonely disagreeable salmon that swam in a big pool of water with many other fish. He always had a bone to pick with the swordfish. He had had it with the haddock. He made the trout pout and criticized the whales scales as she sang. He had a horrible row with the sturgeon's roe and the scampi scampered far away from him as fast as they could. The salmon ranted but the tuna tuned him out. And even though the shark barked at him daily while watching him stuff himself to the gills nothing ever changed. Fin
Both my parents served in the Army during WWII. My mom outranked my dad. During their inductions they had all of the usual inoculations but one, which was new to the armed forces, was penicillin. My mother said it came in a glass syringe and the penicillin was the consistency of thick hand lotion and hurt like heck.
McCoy could fix a rainy day and do incredible medical procedures to bring back 'Jim' and Spock, too but a red shirt? Fuggedaboutit. He barely touched them. Buh bye!
I suppose giving the bird a gentle swat Iike with a newspaper would be out of the question? If no one opposes it's bad behavior then there will be no change.