Leaving Palo Alto On Friday. A Citabria Had Just Landed

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Leaving Palo Alto on Friday. A Citabria had just landed:

PAO: 85 Uniform, Taxi to position and hold.
Me: Position and hold, 85 Uniform.
Citabria: Umm, Tower, there's a dead seagull on the right side
of the runway near the windsock.
PAO: Roger. 85 Uniform, cleared for takeoff. Watch for a dead
seagull on the right side of the runway.
Me: 85 Uniform, Dead seagull traffic in sight.

A little later, the Citabria was downwind when I heard:

PAO: Citabria 123, cleared to land 30. Caution - there's a buzzard
trying to eat the seagull on the runway.

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