Songbirds (and lack of)

The London Zoo just re-opened what seems to be an amazing Victorian exotic birdhouse. Check out the slideshow here.

On the flipside, Threatened songbirds in Spain are losing their voice.

I understand somewhat what these skylarks may be going through, seeing as my voice has also been giving out the past few days as I've been with a fever which yesterday reached 103. Yikes. Slowly getting better though. Luckily, lots of bad movies (hello Primeval) and good music have been getting me through.