hello tweeties,

the mystery bird from two days ago was, as most of you guessed, a House (English) Sparrow, Passer domesticus;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/10/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_32.php

in addition to Rick Wright's informative essay (and his challenge to birders), this bird generated a fair amount of discussion among the commenters, which will probably interest you.

thanks to photographer, Richard Ditch, here's today's mystery bird, which I will identify in (roughly) 48 hours;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/10/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_38.php

I also want to draw your attention to one of my DonorsChoose Challenge classrooms, whose deadline for funding their science project is approaching rapidly;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/10/donorschoose_challenge_classro_4.php

and last but not least, i've written about the newly published NATURE paper that details the cranial structure of the "fishapod", Tiktaalik roseae, if you are interested to read more about it;

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

cheers,

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



__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com