OK Jonathan Franzen wrote a very depressing but incredibly important article for National Geographic about the horrors birds go through migrating between Africa and Europe. It is a must read. I know it's hard, but it's important. A writer asks via the American Birding Association blog: why aren't women in more positions of power in birding?
Some dude in Indiana finds a fledging bald eagle and decides to take it home to his apartment...and post pictures of it on Facebook.