early bird

He claimed he had spent a year planning it, and had already sold 100 tickets at an 'early bird' rate of $499.

Students gather for mat work at a Pilates studio, and early birds tuck into shellfish at a neighborhood oyster bar.

There are early birds every year, but this year he said there was an “extraordinarily high number” to come out prematurely.

The self-proclaimed “best little record store, coffee, bar and diner in West Seattle” will open at 7 a.m. for RSD, serving free bacon and coffee to the early birds who make it in.

Among human beings, it's a familiar phenomenon: early birds rarely turn into night owls, and vice versa.