We have all heard many stories about Ybor’s Bud & his birds. Many people say that chickens walk up to him as if to be talking with Bud.  His other half Jeffy says that many times Bud comes home with a chicken under his arm.  The birds sitting on his porch talking to all hours of the day with him. Some times Bud takes them into his bedroom and in the morning the birds are still there watching him. One day we were all sitting inside the Crow Bar in Ybor yakking with bartender/owner Bonnie.  The afternoon crowd had grown to a couple of dozen people chatting and enjoying a hot Ybor afternoon. A colorful pigeon flew into the bar thru an open door. The bird then tried to fly out but went into a closet by mistake. The next thing we know there is Bud with the bird in his hands. He said, “the poor little bird is scared because there is no sky above her.”

The bird actually looked like it was talking with Bud. Then Bud put the bird on his shoulder and together walked out the door! You just can not make this up!!