Lunch n Learn,
Once a Very Common Bird
The Johnny Rook, or Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis, has been recognised as a very unusual bird of prey in the Falklands for two centuries. Charles Darwin visited Port Louis, East Falkland, in autumn 1833 and 1834. He was one of the first to report on the Johnny Rook's behaviour and wrote that it was 'exceedingly numerous', 'constantly haunted the neighbourhood of houses to pick up all kinds of offal', was 'extraordinarily tame and fearless' and 'very mischievous and inquisitive, quarrelsome and passionate'. Sheep were introduced and farming developed from about 1850 on East Falkland and 1867 on West Falkland. From February 1858 to December 1860, Captain Abbott of the Falkland Islands Detachment of Royal Marines travelled widely on East Falkland. His account (Woods & Woods 1997) of the Johnny Rook began with the statement, 'This is one of the commonest birds in East Falkland.' Abbott recorded that he visited North Camp (East Falkland) in December 1860 and, 'found at least 15 nests along the cliffs'.
GAME SUMMARY
The Johnny Rooks, pain in the asses making us play at 3pm and ruining the Football games and time well spent with a real bird, the Hooters Owl
First half, the defense pretty much sets the tone that the Rooks ain't good enough to score. Giving up long shots that were easily wide or saved. The offense gets off to a smooth start generating many opportunities that turn in to near misses.
Finally Bobby brings it down the right half and crosses to FnJ at the 12 who hits the shot right at the keeper and it goes right threw his hands and legs.
Plenty of other opportunities continue, and Kblische draws a PK with minutes left in the half
Kblische lines up facing against the 5'5" keeper- The keeper goes left, Kblische goes right, Scott Norwood right- 15 feet too high and 5 yards too wide
FSFC 1 Rooks 0 HALFTIME
The 2nd half begins much the same, except the FSFC work the ball from the back left all the way to the top right half of the 18, a cross to the middle and a missed shot- oh well we tried to play good soccer. Then the Rooks start trying to win- They attack the left side of the defense and actually start ripping some shots with some rebounds and earn a couple of corner kicks.
Ken knocks down the guy with the captain band and Kendall tells him to shut the Fuck up and the game is finally under control
#19 sets up FnJ with a breakaway he is unable to connect on. Kblische gets free after beating a couple of guys and shoots high and to the right- Bobby rips one from the 18 right to the keeper, #19 sets up Kneals with shot inside the 15 he hits wide left-
FSFC controlled the game but the game had the feel that a cheap goal was coming for the Rooks
Finally, the Rooks make another mistake and Rusty gets the ball at the 18 and buries his shot side netting easily beating the keeper
FSFC 2 Rooks 0
With the game pretty much locked up, Rusty steals the ball from their star player- #19 gets the ball attacks the defender and lays off a pass to a streaking Rusty- Rusty beats the keeper and the much faster player to the ball and taps it in for the game winner
FSFC 3 Rooks 0
GOALS: FnJ 1(1) Rusty 2(5)
Allowed: 0 2 straight shutouts
Cards: This is fucking sad- 7 games and no yellow cards
Gout of the Game: Gotta go with FnJ's record setting Gout Goal
Quotes of the Game: When a group of 15- 50 year old women walk into Hooters this exchange occurs- #19 "Holy the shit the waters are chummed here at El Jarro South" Awhite "someone call Migjet and get his arse down here" while #19 is on the phone with Migjet informing him of the chummed waters- Romo says "tell him to hurry as one of them just had a hot flash"
Churchill Post of the Game- 6 in warmup none in the game
Goat of the Game: Kblische- hate to say it but the PK was off by just enough to earn you this great honor
John Birdman Handball of the Week: The Birdman strikes again with his 3rd straight handball in the box- this one wasn't called
Foul of the Game: Ken- Damn, it is like we have Barnes in goal
Chase for the Goldish Boot: With 3 Games left Rusty has taken a commanding lead with 5, Kblische trails with 3 and can't seem to find the net.
Offensive MVP: Rusty- 2 more goals
Defensive MVP: Kendall- 2 shutouts in a row
Lineup
GK Krazy Ken
FB BerryBodo
FB Birdman
SW Kendall
ST Darilect
HB FnJ
HB Bobby
CM Kneals
CM Kblische
F #19
F Rusty
Bench
Bodo
Speetey
AWhite
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