Source: TripAdvisor One of our resident Peckers, LMN, sent us an email about their husband stopping by the charming town of Hooker, Oklahoma during a roadtrip. According to Wikipedia, the town's motto is "it's a location, not a vocation." Ha! With just over 1,700 residents, what the town lacks in size it makes up for in humour! LMN's hubby knows we Peckers love a cheeky fashion statement, so he generously procured this t-shirt for the town's high school baseball team. To be seen is to be loved!

Greetings, Manor Hors! Periodically, "The Roving Pecker" presents urgent reports from filthy esteemed guest writers. Today's report is by LMN! Do you love birbs like I love birbs?  If your answer is "yes," then please say hello to my spirit animal,  The Yellow Billed Magpie,  who's recently been visiting my backyard in the Sacramento Valley. If you haven't seen (or heard) one of these marvelous motherfuckers, it’s because you don’t live in Northern or Central California - which is the only places they are found. They're very exclusive that way.  Highly vocal, extremely territorial and an all-around badasses, this birb and his gang of squawkers are taking over our entire neighborhood. They're much too big to feed from our feeder, which is likely why they torment me with their calls. They even built a nest over a bald eagle’s in Orangevale, CA. Nesting over bald eagles takes some major cajones , dont'cha think? When I worked at a local high s...