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.

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.