Historical clue formulations

• Tree branch or power line, for a bird — 2026-02-22
• Stool at a counter, e.g. — 2025-01-03
• Catbird seat? — 2021-10-26
• *Birdcage feature — 2017-05-31
• Lake catch — 2014-11-22
• Birdcage swing, e.g. — 2014-11-11
• Telephone wire, for a bird — 2012-07-30
• Pirate's shoulder, stereotypically — 2012-07-14
• Stool, perhaps — 2010-12-09
• Bust of Pallas, to Poe's raven — 2009-10-10
• Twig, to a bird — 2009-02-22
• Bar in a cage — 2005-02-17
• Vantage point — 2003-10-07
• Sit on it — 2003-05-21
• Fowl pole? — 2002-09-15
• Stool, in a manner of speaking — 1998-07-19
• Toehold? — 1997-12-12
• Bar for a bird — 1997-01-20
• Rooster's roost — 1995-09-16
• Roost — 1995-07-06
• Bird cage swing — 1995-01-25