diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/glyphs.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/glyphs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..838cf82321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/glyphs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ SVG Glyphs.
+
+ @author Simon Hunt
+ */
+
+
+(function (onos) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    var birdData = "M427.7,300.4 c-6.9,0.6-13.1,5-19.2,7.1" +
+        "c-18.1,6.2-33.9,9.1-56.5,4.7c24.6,17.2,36.6,13,63.7,0.1" +
+        "c-0.5,0.6-0.7,1.3-1.3,1.9c1.4-0.4,2.4-1.7,3.4-2.2" +
+        "c-0.4,0.7-0.9,1.5-1.4,1.9c2.2-0.6,3.7-2.3,5.9-3.9" +
+        "c-2.4,2.1-4.2,5-6,8c-1.5,2.5-3.1,4.8-5.1,6.9c-1,1-1.9,1.9-2.9,2.9" +
+        "c-1.4,1.3-2.9,2.5-5.1,2.9c1.7,0.1,3.6-0.3,6.5-1.9" +
+        "c-1.6,2.4-7.1,6.2-9.9,7.2c10.5-2.6,19.2-15.9,25.7-18" +
+        "c18.3-5.9,13.8-3.4,27-14.2c1.6-1.3,3-1,5.1-0.8" +
+        "c1.1,0.1,2.1,0.3,3.2,0.5c0.8,0.2,1.4,0.4,2.2,0.8l1.8,0.9" +
+        "c-1.9-4.5-2.3-4.1-5.9-6c-2.3-1.3-3.3-3.8-6.2-4.9" +
+        "c-7.1-2.6-11.9,11.7-11.7-5c0.1-8,4.2-14.4,6.4-22" +
+        "c1.1-3.8,2.3-7.6,2.4-11.5c0.1-2.3,0-4.7-0.4-7" +
+        "c-2-11.2-8.4-21.5-19.7-24.8c-1-0.3-1.1-0.3-0.9,0" +
+        "c9.6,17.1,7.2,38.3,3.1,54.2C429.9,285.5,426.7,293.2,427.7,300.4z";
+
+
+    function defBird(defs) {
+        defs.append('symbol')
+            .attr({
+                id: 'bird',
+                viewBox: '352 224 113 112'
+            })
+            .append('path').attr('d', birdData);
+    }
+
+    // === register the functions as a library
+    onos.ui.addLib('glyphs', {
+        defBird: defBird
+    });
+
+}(ONOS));
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/index2.html b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/index2.html
index aa62d1371b..ce09aabed7 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/index2.html
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/index2.html
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 
     <!-- Library module files included here -->
     <script src="d3Utils.js"></script>
+    <script src="glyphs.js"></script>
 
     <!-- Framework module files included here -->
     <script src="mast2.js"></script>
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.js
index 5329545ff5..f2afe5faa4 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
     // shorter names for library APIs
     var d3u = onos.lib.d3util,
+        gly = onos.lib.glyphs,
         trace;
 
     // configuration data
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
             showNodeXY: true,
             showKeyHandler: false
         },
+        birdDim: 400,
         options: {
             layering: true,
             collisionPrevention: true,
@@ -216,10 +218,7 @@
 
     function testMe(view) {
         //view.alert('test');
-        detailPane.show();
-        setTimeout(detailPane.hide, 2000);
-        oiBox.show();
-        setTimeout(oiBox.hide, 2000);
+        noWebSock(true);
     }
 
     function abortIfLive() {
@@ -1663,6 +1662,9 @@
         svg = view.$div.append('svg').attr('viewBox', viewBox);
         setSize(svg, view);
 
+        var defs = svg.append('defs');
+        gly.defBird(defs);
+
         zoomPanContainer = svg.append('g').attr('id', 'zoomPanContainer');
         setupZoomPan();
 
@@ -1740,6 +1742,23 @@
         para(mask, 'Oops!');
         para(mask, 'Web-socket connection to server closed...');
         para(mask, 'Try refreshing the page.');
+
+        mask.append('svg')
+            .attr({
+                id: 'mask-bird',
+                width: w,
+                height: h
+            })
+            .append('g')
+            .attr('transform', birdTranslate(w, h))
+            .style('opacity', 0.3)
+            .append('use')
+                .attr({
+                    'xlink:href': '#bird',
+                    width: config.birdDim,
+                    height: config.birdDim,
+                    fill: '#111'
+                })
     }
 
     function para(sel, text) {
@@ -1862,9 +1881,19 @@
     }
 
     function resize(view, ctx, flags) {
+        var w = view.width(),
+            h = view.height();
+
         setSize(svg, view);
+
+        d3.select('#mask-bird').attr({ width: w, height: h})
+            .select('g').attr('transform', birdTranslate(w, h));
     }
 
+    function birdTranslate(w, h) {
+        var bdim = config.birdDim;
+        return 'translate('+((w-bdim)*.4)+','+((h-bdim)*.1)+')';
+    }
 
     // ==============================
     // View registration