[ by Charles Cameron — carrier pigeons, guilty, 1914, okay — dolphins, jury still out — but these storks and hawks, innocent I do believe ]
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Sources:

Sky News, Stork Held In Egypt On Suspicion Of Spying, 31 August, 2013

National Turk, Turks introduced hawks under suspicion of espionage, 27 July, 2013

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I can claim no responsibility for this DoubleQuote, which I would never have “caught” without Dan Trombly‘s keen eye as manifest in his tweet today:

Pro-intervention: Turkey has arrested a hawk for spying. Anti-intervention: Egypt, which recently detained a stork.

— Dan Trombly (@stcolumbia) August 31, 2013

For extra bite:

The stork story concludes with this delicious tid-bit:

In 2010, a series of shark attacks along Egypt’s Mediterranean coast were blamed on “GPS-controlled sharks” allegedly sent by Israeli security services into Sinai waters.

Jumping the shark?