hello tweeties,

the most recently demystified mystery bird was a male Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula, as you all correctly identified;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/11/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_59.php

here's a similarly easy mystery bird for you to identify (oh, but what a gorgeous image!), courtesy of photographer, Joseph Kennedy;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/12/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_64.php

Here is a streaming news report about conservation of the Thick-billed Parrot, courtesy of the American Bird Conservancy's online Bird News Network (BNN);

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/12/conserving_the_thickbilled_par.php

And here's a streaming video trailer for a film that will be released soon called "Ghost Bird". This film is a documentary about the "rediscovery" of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/12/ghost_bird.php

The producer of the Ghost Bird movie has offered to provide further (exclusive) streaming video for my blog for your viewing pleasure, so I'll let you know if/when that happens.

and last but not least, here's a seasonally-appropriate (and hilarious) streaming video of a pet sulfur-crested cockatoo named Snowball who is dancing enthusiastically to a variety of Christmas carols;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/12/snowball_the_parrot_dances_to_1.php

happy holidaze,

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