Tom, you leave Nader out of this.
"out of his carrier" -- I'd love to have seen the look on the TSA's face when they said, "What's in here? Open it up." "OK, but you'd better let me do this, or he'll open *you* up!"
B
Just because she's got the appropriate gear on (glove, etc.) doesn't mean the bird is alive. Hell, she may be a synthetic human! And speaking of birds and airports:
Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The flight attendant looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger."