For the Birds

Summary
Brain dreams of being the first to spot a rare bird called the green-tailed grebe.

Plot
The cold open starts off with Brain in the forest, looking for something rare. He asks if anyone else has seen anything rare. Buster says that he has a 3-year-old hole-less donut, but Arthur corrects him by saying that it's actually a roll. Binky responds that the rarest thing he's seen is the worst player on the Grebes baseball team get a hit, and Muffy complains about a steak that's not rare. Brain ends the segment when he hears a noise.

In the episode proper, Brain is listening to a nature program on the radio that says that the green-tailed grebe, a very rare species of bird, is somewhere in Elwood City. Wanting to make history by being the first one to see it, Brain searchers for it in the forest, only to run into Mr. Ratburn, who's also birdwatching. Brain decides to keep it a secret that he's searching for the grebe.

The next day at school, Mr. Ratburn posts a sign-up sheet for a bird-watching club. The other students sign up, despite Brain's objections. The class soon goes on a trip, and Brain is paired up with Arthur and Buster. He soon tells them that's he's looking for the green-tailed grebe, and wants them to keep it a secret.

However, Buster spills the beans the next day at school, making Brain furious, and he quits the club. Feeling guilty about his actions, Buster soon disgiuses himself as a monster and goes to the forest to scare everyone away.

The next day, Brain heads back to the forest, and this time, Buster joins him. They both find the grebe, but it soon floats away after Brain accidently plays a recording of a Chickin' Lickin promo and Buster fails to record it. In the end, Brain is releved that they at least saw the grebe, and he and Buster walk away happily.

Major

 * The Brain
 * Buster Baxter

Minor

 * Arthur Read
 * Muffy Crosswire
 * Binky Barnes

Cameo

 * Bailey
 * 3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)
 * 3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)
 * Jessica (3rd grader)
 * Fern Walters
 * Prunella Deegan
 * Jenna Morgan
 * Alex
 * George Lundgren

Errors

 * When Brain is shown recording the bird's call, he only records about a second of the call before accidentally changing the channel on his radio. However, when he plays the tape to attract the bird, the bird call sounds for considerably longer before the channel change occurs.