hello tweeties,

i thought you might be interested to know that a photograph i took in late November 2008 of a great tit, Parus major, in Helsinki's Hietaniemi Hautausmaa (Hietaniemi Cemetery) was included in a competition that resulted in it being chosen for inclusion in the newly released sixth edition of Schmap's Helsinki Guide, which permits users to download the image as a wallpaper on their iPhones or iPods (or computers, if you go directly to the link shown);

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30540563 at N08/3066757990/

the most recently demystified mystery birds, thanks to Richard Ditch, was a Western form of the White-collared Seedeater, Sporophila torqueola;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/02/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_172.php

here's today's mystery bird, also courtesy of photographer Richard Ditch;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/02/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_171.php

cheers,

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