I don't understand why you can't warp between bird statues. You can do it from the sky. Why do you have to go to the sky, drop back down, and pick a different bird statue?
just another example of the absent minded game design in SS
summary of topic:
wah wah wah
whine about new games
put outdated decade+ old games on a pedestal
gaming as a whole is better than ever, nintendo in particular has simply dropped the ball on pretty much all of its franchises except mario.