Frankie and Ira want you to know: millet is not scary.
Oh, you might have heard the rumours, but they’d like you to know that there was absolutely no flapping around and avoiding the otherwise-coveted real-branch perch. No, no, not because of the millet. That was due to an, erm, eel. A perch eel. Because Frankie and Ira have always known that millet is tasty seeds. And not to be feared. At least, that’s what they say.
Millet can be startling if you at first think it is a snake or an eel. No shame there. In the picture Frankie looks like a Scissor Tailed Fly-swatter Sucker. Are you sure he is a Society Finch?
I’m with your dad on the Scissor Tailed Fly-swatter Sucker call. Or maybe thats just what we call them here in America.