• Welsh seabird colonies have been pummeled by fierce storms, with kittiwakes, puffins, guillemotsand razorbills among the victims. These storms have been even more devastating to bird colonies than historic oil spills along the British coast. Severe weather has also impacted seabirds in Brittany. [BBC News]
• Across the pond, biologists in Florida are baffled by the deaths of at least a dozen Brown Pelicans in Jacksonville, near an area were more than 70 were found five years ago. Officials 
said no signs of foul play were discovered. [Florida Times-Union]
said no signs of foul play were discovered. [Florida Times-Union]
• The brilliant orange-billed American Oystercatcher is making a comeback on the East Coast. [Star News Online; photo via Wikimedia Commons]
• Introducing the “catio,” an outdoor enclosure designed especially for curious felines that also reduces predation of birds, now known to be a pervasive problem causing the deaths of millions of birds every year. [Berkeleyside.com]
• Monster rainstorms in California today are only making a dent in a long-term drought. Meanwhile, rice farmers are doing their part in providing wetlands for migrating birds by keeping their fields flooded, NPR reports. [National Public Radio]
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