Graceful Warlber Conquers Holy Land

If students at Blich High School in Jerusalem have their way, our majestic cousin Prinia Gracilis will become the national bird of Israel.

According to a story in The Jerusalem Post, during mock elections this week at the high school—which has accurately predicted prime ministers in the past—the graceful warbler came in first, garnering 25 percent of the 1,500 votes.

The warbler faced stiff competition from the hoopoe, the barn owl, the lesser kestrel, the yellow vented bulbul, the griffin vulture, the European goldfinch, the spur-winged plover and the white-breasted kingfisher.

The Palestine sunbird was also on the ballot, but was kept in an apartheid cage for the duration of the competition.

Sorry old man. Sorry.