Originally Posted by
Breccia
Referring to the original post, I would have a very hard time justifying Level Adjustment +0 on literally anything that has a fly speed. Maybe I missed it, but I would assume a bird with hands on their, um, wing-elbows could not use their hands for anything at all while flying. Spelling that out would make me feel better. Otherwise these guys get a shortbow and just rain death down on everything from safely out of reach, or just as good fling ranged attack spells.
Flight is a powerful PC ability, especially at low levels.