Hello Tweeties,

yesterday's mystery bird was a very lovely Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri. I realize this bird was very challenging for you, so please refer to that link to read Rick's detailed and lively analysis for identifying this particular species;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/09/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_17.php

and here's today's mystery bird for you to ponder (i admit, this one will be somewhat challenging, too, so dig out your field guides);

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/10/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_11.php

i also wanted to tell you about a fund-raising campaign that i am participating in during the month of october. this campaign seeks to help educate America's children, and i am especially interested to encourage teaching poor children about biology, particularly birding. i don't want to take too much space with this here (i worry it is off-topic, but regardless, it is very important), so please read more about it at this link;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/10/my_donors_choose_2008_challeng.php

cheers,

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