Hello Tweeties,

yesterday's mystery bird was a Greater Yellowlegs,Tringa melanoleuca. If you go back to that entry, you will find that Rick Wright has generously volunteered to write yet another one his his beautifully detailed analyses for identifying this species;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/09/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_3.php

Here's today's mystery bird -- it's a cutie, and i tkink most of you will get it;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/09/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_5.php

I also thought you might enjoy a little photoessay by Bob Levy, author of Club George, about the bad hair day of a male Northern Cardinal who lives by the AMNH;

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

cheers,

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