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Another pre-color era strip ... the only Momma strip with anything bird-related, to the best of my knowledge.  From January 12, 2012:

A rare pre-color era Strange Brew from this date in 2009:

Speed Bump from January 13, 2015 defying the laws of physics.  Who thinks it's a good idea to have the bird on the roof of a car in the first place?

Given that I may not have a chance to include a Cheezburger captioned photo later in the month, I'm going to post one now.  Ain't it the truth?

This next week will include my major juggling act of the month, running strips on dates other than their anniversaries, because of a ton of conflicts between the 12th and the 21st.  (Someday these cartoonists need to get together and not have bird-related toons appear all at once on the same day!)

This is WuMo for January 12 of last year:

Free Range from January 5 of last year.  I'm not sure what those birds are so angry about if all he does is watch them ...

Today we have a Peanuts strip from January 5, 1966 (disregard the date in the panels as that refers to the date GoComics republished it; I look up the original publication dates in the Peanuts wiki).  Today features the bird which is the predecessor to Woodstock (who didn't come along for another two months, and who was unnamed for a little over four years afterward) annoying Snoopy by bragging of being the proverbial "early bird":

It's been quite a while since we featured one of Jason Love's Snapshots.  So today we will.

Our favorite animal rights-oriented cartoonist Dan Piraro makes an early appearance this year with this Bizarro from one year ago today.  Jerry Springer, eat your heart out.

Here is a Ziggy which was in the newspaper one year ago today (although as with many Ziggy panels, it may have been a repeat of an earlier one, in which case I don't know the original date).  Talk about having your wings clipped ...