The bird man stops on the docks and answers your questions.
"Hail featherless ones. You seek the one called Charles, do you, the pilot of Higher Than The Sun? He is on board my lords. Seek him out up the stairs, you cannot miss him and his shining armor in layers."
"I am called Boo, and what more can I do for you?" He questions in a sing song like voice. "For I am in a hurry and must not be late, I have much to talk to about to my master Gunny and it's half past time I ate."