hello tweeties,

greetings from very VERY cold helsinki, finland! today is weird wednesday, so today's especially challenging mystery bird, courtesy of Dave Rintoul, can be viewed here;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/02/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_176.php

the most recently demystified mystery bird was a Chestnut-sided Warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica, courtesy of photographer, Richard Ditch, although no one seems able to definitively identify the insect in the bird's beak;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/02/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_170.php

you might also enjoy seeing this lovely image of a male northern cardinal standing against a brilliant snowy background in NYC's Central Park, courtesy of author and photographer, Bob Levy;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/02/northern_cardinal_gets_his_tur.php

here is a very short but interesting video of a fish being attacked by a kingfisher -- from the fish's point of view;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/02/a_fish-eye_view_of_a_bird_atta.php

and even though this is not a bird, you might also like watching this time-lapse video of a Saturnid moth emerging from its cocoon;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/02/birth_of_a_moth.php

cheers,

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