You really must click through to see the image of this extraordinary leucistic Atlantic Puffin.  Seriously, click through right now; this puffin is too cool to miss!

While we’re talking about Spoon-billed Sandpipers it would be remiss of me not to point out the series of (typically) superb posts on David Sibley’s blog Sibley Guides. There are videos, original skectches, photos, and David’s original insights from his recent trip to Thailand. Let’s just hope that with big guns like David and Graham Chisholsm writing about this critically-endangered Asian shorebird more and more North Americans will support the ongoing conservation efforts…

Jez Bird, Alex Lee & Sayam Chowdhury are surveying in Bangladesh, Sayam has mailed the OB group to say, “I am extremely delighted to let you know that we found a minimum of 25 Spoon-billed Sandpipers last week at Sonadia Island (in addition to other rare wader species including 24 Nordmann’s Greenshanks and over 450 Great Knots). We are planning to visit several more potential SBS sites along the Bengal coast in the coming days of this month long SBS search.” The bad news is that Sonadia is threatened by a development…

How cool is this? Adventures with Birdman: Ecuador-Jocotoco Antpitta has been chosen as an official selection of the 2010 Going Green Film Festival, one of only 30 out of more than 500 film submissions. If you’ll be in the Beverly Hills area from April 2–4, you should consider supporting Birdman Tim Barksdale and the inclusion of a birding flick in the festival.