Birds & Birds & Bees

It's National Bird Day, I suspect because on this date in 1905 The National Association of Audubon Society incorporates. It is also the last day of the Audubon Society's 107th annual Christmas Bird Count which began on December 14th and takes place with the help of tens of thousands of volunteer birders.

Today in 1825 Alexandre Dumas (père) fights his first duel during which his pants fall down. And — on the topic of lowered trousers — on this date in 1948 American biologist Alfred Kinsey, publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, a bestselling tome known as The Kinsey Report. Regarded as the "father of sexology" — the systematic, scientific study of human sexuality — Kinsey developed a scale measuring sexual orientation which is now known as the Kinsey Scale, ranking from 0 to 6; 0 being exclusively heterosexual and 6 being exclusively homosexual.

The charming and chirpily cheerful Gay Bird Mousepad above can be found in the Fur and Feathers area of the CafePress.com Mondo Betty shop whose vintage-inspired "retro-velvety goodness" I recently featured on December 30th.

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