Prediction. Unless you forgot to include the question mark at the end of the statement. Otherwise, it is a prediction since “will” is future tense.
The birdwatchers, a noun is a person place or thing
<span>General Barker bustled about the house like a woman preparing Thanksgiving dinner for twenty.
This is the best example of irony. The excerpt describes General Barker, who occupies a traditionally very masculine profession, preparing for the demonstration of the most destructive weapon in the history of mankind as if he were a woman bustling about the house preparing Thanksgiving dinner. This juxtaposition creates a sense of irony. </span>