One summer at Breeches Lake , Euler the wise old Owl, called for a general meeting of all the birds. The birds gathered in the marshland at 5 AM, to avoid being disturbed by visitors to the lake. Euler the Owl hooted softly for silence and said: “We are one of the most abundant species on the planet yet have never asked ourselves, who among us is the best candidate to be king. Therefore, I propose that each one of our genus groups send a representative who will demonstrate his or her powers to a panel of judges. The judges, yet to be chosen, will elect the most powerful bird and crown him as our king.” So it came to pass that the selected judges were the Heron, the Owl, the Robin and the Chickadee. The judges had agreed that a contest was the best way to decide who should be king. The rules were relatively simple. Two selected candidates would compete against each other using their skills to frighten or wound their opponent to the point he or she would give up the fight. Killing the opponent was forbidden. Thus, the smaller birds quickly withdrew from the contest leaving the Vulture, the Bald Eagle, the Hawk and the Loon as the final competitors.