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A small bird lands on a power line. He is quickly followed by another, which gets in his personal space. The first bird pecks the second away, which causes a squawk-argument. Meanwhile, more birds land on the line, and the fight spreads to them. Soon all the (many) birds are squabbling, until they're interrupted by a different birdcall. The sound is from a larger bird on the nearest pole, who waves at them with his wing. The small birds all stare at the big bird, and then turn away to do ridiculous impressions of him. However, their attention is diverted by the big bird (who doesn't seem to have noticed the little ones mocking him) calling again. They move farther away and begin to cheep amongst themselves. They're interrupted by the big bird landing in the middle of their group. This causes the power line to stretch downwards, which makes the little birds all slide towards the big one.

The little birds aren't happy about this, and they try to make this known to the bigger bird by cheeping angrily at him. It doesn't work, until one frustrated bird pecks at his claws, causing him fall over and hang from the line upside down. The little birds crash into each other and the bird that pecked the big one does so again, which causes one of the bird's claws to let go. This gives the birds a plan, and the two closest to the big bird start pecking at the big bird's feet while the others cheer them on.

After the pecking goes on for a bit, one of the birds looks down and suddenly has an Oh, Crap! look. The camera zooms out, and it turns out that the large bird's weight has been steadily lowering the line, until it's very near to the ground. The bird warns the others of the danger, but unfortunately they don't get the pecking birds to stop in time. The large bird loses its grip, and the power line snaps back, leaving a cloud of feathers behind.

The large bird is unharmed, but the same can't be said for the small birds, who are now featherless. The large bird laughs himself silly at them.


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