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Birds with Arms

ANSWER: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

Author: Elly Shao, Andrew McManus

The arms may be read as semaphore, yielding the text BIRD SECOND LAST. Reading the second to last letters of the birds spells WEAPONS PART III. Reading the third letters of the weapons spells the answer, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL.

SemaphoreBirdWeapon
BOWLMACE
ITURKEYWHIP
RTOUCANHARPOON
DPHALAROPEARQUEBUS
SPIGEONCLUB
EPHEASANTSPEAR
CTHRUSHDADAO
OSNIPESHURIKEN
NPELICANPISTOL
DLARKSWORD
LKITEMALLET
ARAILTREBUCHET
SROBINSLINGSHOT
TQUAILHALBERD