Today I am enjoying this article about a bird, or rather three birds, used as a plot point in the 2000 Charlie's Angel film and the solution to a 25-year-old mystery.
("no animal handler would ever have included a pygmy nuthatch, not just because they are small, colorless, and unlikely to grab a viewer’s eye. They are also illegal to cast in a movie.. ")
https://slate.com/culture/2025/05/birds-movies-charlies-angels-2000-pygmy-nuthatch.html