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Speed Bump from three years ago, taking a common childhood complaint about the culinary skills of friends' mothers and giving it an avian twist:

Rina Piccolo makes her third appearance in a week!

I discovered at her website that not only does she do one strip per week -- and every sixth Sunday -- as one of the Six Chix (see Friday's entry) and her own daily plus Sunday strip (see last Tuesday), she also does standalone toons ... and some of them feature birds.  Here is one of them:

Found one more of Scott Breier's color bird-related toons in my files:

Earlier in the week, we introduced you to Rina Piccolo's daily strip "Tina's Groove". Here she is again, in her rotating slot on "Six Chix", from one year ago today:

There will be a surprise bonus 'toon from Ms. Piccolo on Sunday.  Stay tuned!

Another Cheezburger captioned photo, filed under "how rude" ...

A Sunday Diamond Lil strip from this date two years ago ... meaning Stupid the Bird is at it again, this time not only ruining a selfie but breaking the smartphone in the process:

Rina Piccolo is one of the "Six Chix" who rotate amongst themselves the task of creating the daily comic strip of the same name.  However, she also produces a daily strip called "Tina's Groove" about a waitress at a coffee shop/outdoor café, and occasionally has a bird-themed plot.  Such is the case in this strip from one year ago today:

The Fusco Brothers is is a strip which I do not read on a regular basis, so I don't know if this parrot character recurs or not.  (Someone sent me the link.)  But from May 8 of last year, here is what at least is a humorous premise:

50 (!) Years Ago Today: Another Sunday Peanuts strip featuring the bird character that would eventually evolve into Woodstock, from May 22, 1966:

Going back ten years for this Sunday Speed Bump panel (May 21, 2006):