I just watched an episode of Survivorman where Les is on a tropical island. I think he was on the Cook Islands. Anyway on this episode he catches a bird called a "brown boobie"(sp?) which he plucks, guts, cooks and eats.

As he was doing this he made a comment to the effect that any bird is safe to eat in a survival situation. I agree however, that if the bird looks sick or unhealthy it should not be eaten.

Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer turkey or chicken, but if I was starving, boobie or pigeon or seagul might look pretty good.