Subject: [Tweeters] Birds in the News and more (links)
Date: Aug 18 14:22:16 2008
From: Devorah Bennu - birdologist at yahoo.com


Hello tweeties,

this week's issue of Birds in the News is now available for you to read and enjoy. This issue features a portrait of the dusky lory, Pseudeos fuscata, a lovely nectar-feeding parrot that is endemic to New Guinea. It also features an online petition to sign to protect the nesting areas for East Coast shorebirds, such as piping plovers in the "People Helping Birds" category;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/08/birds_in_the_news_144.php

I am also featuring a series of bird images as the "image of the day" provided by my friend, Dave Rintoul, that he snapped during his recent trip to Scotland. Today's image is the always cute Blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/08/blue_tit.php

more will come every day at 3pm ET (noon PT).

cheers,

GrrlScientist
Devorah
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/
Roosting high up a tree somewhere in Central Park, NYC