Hello tweeties,

sorry for the incredibly late notice, but i finally located a wifi connection so i can send email to you.

the most recently identified mystery bird was a Gilded Flicker, Colaptes chrysoides, as some of you said;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/10/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_33.php

to read Rick Wright's interesting analysis about identifying this species, refer back to that link.

thanks to photographer, Richard Ditch, today's mystery bird can be seen here;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/10/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_35.php

you might be interested to watch this video of a pet European Starling, named Weewoo, who is quite a talented little talker;

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

cheers,


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