Bird Band: Genre Undetermined

The trill of birds drumming along her windowsill with their beaks, practicing their drum rolls and the little taps on the glass that would translate into chiming sounds, woke her. She yawned, and stretched, hearing the band of birds performing song roll through her head, the birds in their sharp costumes, their nestmates and parents fluttering nervously on perches nearby, watching the band perform, the occasional burst of patterned flight that might spur the crowd to ruffle their wings or flock suddenly into the sky--it was so hard to tell what would cause such things. The quieter chirps of early-comes-the-worm vendors, hovering low above upturned beaks--


Inspiration: "The Gene Pool" - Stewart Copeland
Story Potential: High.
Notes: I just find this absolutely charming. They're avian aliens, I guess, or birds that have elevated to human intelligence, or something else wonderful. But--charming!