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Oh, wait, never mind. Darned local news stations… Hat-tip to Birdchick.

Especially if you live in New York City!

This is bad news for Northern Cardinals and European Robins but perhaps good news for humans suffering from eye trouble, as the research may lead to a better understanding of what causes cataracts.

Jere Martin Patterson Jr. of Largo, Florida, is charged with animal cruelty. Patterson shot the bird multiple times with a BB gun, police said. Then he captured the injured bird, according to police, and killed it. The egret suffered “multiple fractures to the wing and neck area,” the report said. After killing the bird, police [...]

Though calling them hunters is too nice. Maybe jerks with guns?

This coming week, 22-28 April, will be Bird Love Week on 10,000 Birds! And while we are sure that all of you love birds that is not the kind of bird love we are talking about for Bird Love Week. Come back on Sunday to see what Bird Love Week is all about!

Apparently, once you remove all those feathers, a Great Grey Owl looks a heck of a lot like a vulture. Note to self: do not remove feathers from owls.

They can fly on air but only in the water? Want an explanation? Check it out here!

Steve Howell has done a great four-part series on subspecies on the ABA Blog. Check it out! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Actually, the Belted Kingfisher did catch the crayfish – it just couldn’t hold on. Great shots on Fotoportmann.

Lady, believed to be the oldest living Osprey in the United Kingdom, has laid her 62nd egg. It is her 22nd year nesting at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes reserve in Perthshire. Hat-tip to Redgannet.

Beware breeding and nesting swans! That’s one of the valuable takeaways from this tragic tale out of Chicago of a man drowned by the very swans he cared for. Also of interest is how Mute Swans are employed to deter Canada Geese. Which would you rather: slovenly geese or homicidal swans? (Hat tip to Meredith!)

If the captain of the cruise ship had there would be two Panamanian fisherman still alive today. Hat-tip to Nate.

Maybe this is simply an innocent but tragic story of how Western water policy can hurt birds, but the title of the article strikes me as a veiled threat. Am I paranoid?

Oklahoma is weird.

I can’t find any more information about it but apparently a penguin bit Newt Gingrich. Good times! What is up with penguins and political statements this year?

We here at 10,000 Birds have long wanted to include the best in bird bloggers and feel that we have largely accomplished that goal. Our Beat Writers are awesome! But we would like to add a new Beat Writer on a specific beat – that of Bird Topography. We are looking for a Beat Writer [...]

New research has added some more insights, as well as giving clues that may be used to make better helmets for humans.

Wired has a great post that shares all of the best nest cams out there. If they missed any please let us know in the comments. Thanks to reader Kitima Boonvisudhi for sharing the link via our Facebook page.

This could be a problem.