John Shirkwood was not here for a vacation.

Okay, well, he was, but he'd only been able to convince the family to let him go after saying it was to study the native birds of the island. This was mostly true, as a tropical environment often had lots of birds. In fact, the sheer number was amazing after seeing all these plastic dolls laying around. He had thought the inhabitants of this island would be a bit more careful, but all these weird aliens- and at least one thing he could swear he saw on Power Rangers- probably belonged to the children of tourists.

Setting them in his research bag, and with data on the frequency of the nests, eggs per nest, and the like, he headed back to the hotel. Now that he'd gotten a believable amount of data about common species of parrots, it was time to relax for a change.