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Last year, vigilant Saudi Arabian officials detained an Israeli spy vulture yet apparently failed to foil the “Zionist espionage plot.” How else to explain the highly suspicious European Bee-Eater Turkish authorities are currently investigating. Damning evidence includes an Israeli bird band and unusually large nostrils. Birders of the world: if you see something, say something. (Hat-tip to Suzie Gilbert!)

Hawaii’s state bird, the endangered goose known as the Nene, has recovered from a population of a mere 30 birds in 1952 to over 2,000 today. The problem is that they seem to find the area around Lihue Airport irresistible so they have to be moved. Clearly there aren’t too many Nene but more habitat is needed.

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 [...]

These are so cool. I hope someone will get to work on some of the New World species. Hat-tip to my Mom.

What do you do if a thousand songbirds get stranded in your yard?  Bird-loving biologist Richard Popko shares his story in an audio interview. Bonus: the interview is conducted in Canadian! (Hat-tip to Clare, who also speaks fluent Canadian)

Larry of The Brownstone Birding Blog shares five symptoms of this affliction.

You do not want to mess with this bird!

What happens when a Kirtland’s Warbler shows up at the Biggest Week in American Birding? Sharon Stiteler, Birdchick, has the story.

Sometimes they fail.

Or are the deaths of dolphins and seabirds in Peru caused by something more nefarious?

You might remember that last May we here at 10,000 Birds hosted “Wood-Warbler Week.”  Well, this year, Grant McCreary over at The Birder’s Library has Warbler Week going, which he describes as “a celebration of warblers in print and other media.” Check it out!

…much to the dismay of the folks in Florida growing blueberries commercially.

The famed swallows of San Juan Capistrano in California are eschewing their normal haunts. The solution? Play mating calls with the hope that the Cliff Swallows will be enticed to return!

The International Ornithologists’ Union has a newly-updated checklist and website. It makes browsing all the world’s birds easier and includes range information for every subspecies. It is awesome and I highly recommend a visit.

“This is not just regular duck. This is an infestation, they come by the thousands.” That is the defense of Lloyd “Chip” Badeaux, a city councilman in Thibodaux, Louisiana, for killing 48 whistling-ducks at a friend’s house. State law allows 6 dead ducks per day. Badeaux, who claims to never have violated hunting laws before this incident, [...]

Have some time to spend looking at someone else’s wonderful images of birds, dragonflies, damselflies, and butterflies? Check out The Mulberry Wing, the website of Queens-based photographer Steve Walter (who you will remember from this post).

The first Crested Ibis chicks to hatch in the wild in Japan in 36 years were caught on camera on 22 April. The birds, reintroduced from captive-bred stock from China, are perhaps the most Japanese of birds, with the scientific name Nipponia nippon.