hello Tweeties,

the most recently demystified mystery bird was a female Wood Duck, Aix sponsa;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/12/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_116.php

it is accompanied by (what i think is) Rick's humorous yet educational analysis for identifying this species from seeing just a part of it. Some of the reader comments are also quite humorous.

courtesy of photographer, Joseph Kennedy, here's today's mystery bird for you to puzzle over;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/12/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_115.php

If anyone has images they would like to share with a large and appreciative audience, please contact me and we can talk about it further.

cheers,

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