hello tweeties,

the most recently demystified mystery bird was a Say's Phoebe, Sayornis saya, which roughly half of the readers identified correctly. Rick's analysis for identifying this species can be read here;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/01/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_46.php

thanks to photographer, Marv Breece, here's today's mystery bird for you to identify -- it's easy but it's so gorgeous that i couldn't resist sharing it with you anyway!

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/01/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_96.php

here's a video of a golden eagle with a very unusual hunting strategy where she pulls goats off the side of cliffs so they fall to their deaths. i have never heard of such a strategy before, have you?

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/01/a_very_unusual_hunting_strateg.php

cheers,

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