hello tweeties,

the most recently demystified mystery bird was a Caspian Tern, Sterna caspia, as everyone correctly identified;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/01/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_111.php

be sure to click on the link to read Rick's essay that accompanies this dramatic image.

thanks to photographer, Joseph Kennedy, here's today's mystery bird;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/01/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_113.php

cheers,

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