1. Owl say that some birds are a hoot.
2. The accused bird was a flight risk.
3. My cardinal rule regarding bird puns is never to wing it, but to think beforehand, being careful not to worm my way into a bad joke.  That way I increase the probability that my puns will be more widely red.
4. Henceforth all chicks will emerge from the most fowl of gene poules.
5. I used a dictionary and examined the definition of “rooster” with a fine-toothed comb.  This pun just dawned on me.