…but there is a new claim of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker sighting, this one with a picture.  Unfortunately, all that has been released so far is a press release.  I guess we’ll have to wait to see what it is a picture of…

…no, we haven’t forgotten you. We’re close to launching a whole stack of interesting give-aways, including a wonderful children’s bird book that Mike reviewed last December, B is for Bufflehead, Laura Erickson’s new fact-packed “The Bird Watching Answer Book“, and many, many more. The best 25USD value on the internet? It could well be, yes…

We here at 10,000 Birds are unsure how today became Penguin Awareness Day (though some jingoists think it’s National Penguin Awareness Day) but here we are, being aware of penguins.  Enjoy Charlie’s marvelous photos of Motherly Love Penguin-Style and remember the sad day when Silo and Scrappy broke up.

A total of 15 Spoon-billed Sandpipers Eurynorhynchus pygmeus were sighted between Jan 14 -18 wintering along the south-east coast of Bangladesh. Thirteen were found in three different sites of Sonadia, Cox’s Bazar and two were seen in Bodormokam, Teknaf. The search for this Critically Endangered shorebird will be continued throughout this winter in Bangladesh. (With thanks to Sayam U. Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Bird Club).