Possible Clues:

• Private eye following tip in Manhattan, perhaps
• Clock at one perhaps - have a drink
• 1988 film in which Tom Cruise plays a mixologist
• Screwdriver, e.g.
• Bird with excellent record in provocative 2 3
• End of bird at poet's party
• Tip back Bloody Mary?
• Martini for example, putting bird on back!
• Alexander, e.g.
• Bird-dog's drink?