hello tweeties,

the most recently demystified mystery birds were a female Northern Cardinal, as all of you identified correctly;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/11/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_61.php

be sure to click on that link to read Rick Wright's analysis for how to identify this species.

today's mystery bird, courtesy of photographer, Joseph Kennedy, can be viewed here;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/11/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_63.php

I also wanted to share a picture that I am proud of that I took on my last day in Finland, as I was walking through a snowy Helsinki neighborhood;

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

cheers,

GrrlScientist
Devorah
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Roosting high up a tree somewhere in Central Park, NYC