Know what’s great? Great Auks are great, or at least they were. Fortunately, much of the greatness of that late, great alcid is channeled, curated if you will, at Great Auk – or Greatest Auk?. Carrie Laben is great; not only is she a great writer but she’s also great to go birding with. After her last great turn as host of I and the Bird, she’s back again, for which I’m grateful. Enjoy her — you guessed it — GREAT dead letter edition of I and the Bird #97!

If the adjective “great” deserves to be applied to your recent efforts in birding or wild bird blogging, share your work with us at I and the Bird.  Our next host will be Nick Sly, a great guy who blogs at Biological Ramblings. It would be great if you got your links and summaries to me or Nick (pagophila AT gmail DOT com) by 4/14 for the 4/16 edition. We also need hosts for the spring and summer so if you’re willing, that would be great!