Birds in the News 78 (v3n5) has nested over at GrrlScientist’s place, so be sure to head over there and peck through the variety of avian news updates from around the world.

Dry Valleys of Antarctica: These are some absolutely magnificent photographs from Antarctica’s driest region.  Although it’s still bitterly cold there, very little snow falls.  Stunning…

I’ve seen people who are lazier!  “Bus drivers have nicknamed a white cat Macavity after it has started using the No 331 several mornings a week. The feline, which has a purple collar, gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton bus at the same stop most mornings – he then jumps off at the next stop 400m down the road, near a fish and chip shop. The cat was nicknamed Macavity after the mystery cat in T.S Elliot’s poem. He gets on the bus in front of a row of 1950s semi-detached houses and jumps off at a row of shops down the road which include a fish and chip shop.”  See the article for photos and even more information on this regular commuter, including feedback from the drivers and some passengers.  Too cute!