Hello Tweeties,

This week's issue Birds in the News (#35) is a rather
late because I was writing an essay about my
colleagues' Nature paper for my blog. This week, Birds
in the News features my colleagues' nature story about
birds that showed us that pacific islands are not
evolutionary dead-ends, as previously thought. I could
only find a very brief Reuters link to the story, so I
linked to my own essay about this paper. I know for a
fact that NPR will have an interview with my
colleagues on the radio next week, and I also know
that Carl Zimmer has an artcile about this story that
will be published in Tuesday's science section in the
NYTimes. But I was the first one to write anything
substantial for the public about this paper.

In addition to this Nature paper, I also have another
disturbing science story based on research carried out
by another colleague of mine from my grad student
days. His research shows that Alaskan red-legged
kittiwakes are apparently suffering some sort of brain
damage as the result of global warming. I'll leave it
to you to read the story to find the connection
between these two phenomena.

http://girlscientist.blogspot.com/2005/11/birds-in-news-35.html

Additionally, if you wish to directly access my little
essay about my colleagues' Nature paper, this is the
link. Comments are great because I am expanding this
essay and will enter it in the upcoming Evolution
Writing Contest sponsored by the Science Creative
Quarterly, which is hosted by UBC.

http://girlscientist.blogspot.com/2005/11/backtracking-birds-show-islands-are.html

Several of you have very generously sent me pictures
or links to pictures that you would like to share with
the world, so I will be sharing those in future issues
of Birds in the News. As always, if you have a bird
photograph you'd like to share with the world, or if
you find any interesting news stories about birds on
the internet, please send them to me for inclusion in
the next issue of Birds in the News.

Please feel free to let me know if there is anything I
can do to make Birds in the News a more attractive
resource for you.

Devorah




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