Jim Coufal, writing for the Madison County Courier in upstate New York, shares his thoughts on the feral and outdoor cat problem.

The spill that keeps on giving – now petroleum compounds and the chemicals used to clean up the oil from BP’s massive spill two years ago in the Gulf of Mexico are showing up in eggs of breeding birds in Minnesota.

When Francois sent me an image of a presumed Snowy Egret he got at Jamaica Bay this weekend I immediately set about trying to turn it into something else. It turns out that sometimes Snowy Egrets in breeding plumage have pink lores. And this bird had really pink lores! Check out the awesome shots Francois got.

These are so cool. I hope someone will get to work on some of the New World species.

Hat-tip to my Mom.