One may see puffins and parrots
any hour of the week
both birds bear a big colourful beak
the former pelagic feed on fish
and live in large colonies on coastal cliffs
tho' monogamous collectively breed as a bunch
but with renown as the Atlantic sea clown
in Iceland several are served as lunch
the latter arboreal primarily frugivorous
toco being by far the largest
are opportunistic and occasionally omnivorous
to a few prudes it may seem unseemly or rude
and yet if they stick around they'll later get down
as their chicks are seen to hatch in the nude
these avians may fly high in the sky
have the same such things as two wings and legs
and of each species the female lays eggs
but that's where similarity does stop
one puffin can do more than toucan do
in more or less of a day
after mating its pecker turns grey
and without waiting its bill it will drop
-------------------------Fantastic fun forming frivolous fantasies for folklore
Finding foolish facts, foofaraw from fellow fantasist
Friendly frugivorous fawn, fondly foraging forest floor
Famished frogs finally force feeding frenzy for fucoid
Feline frames felonious female fox for frying fowl
Ferret family frightened; flying feathered falcon’s foray
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