Subject: [Tweeters] Birds in the News, mystery birds and more (links)
Date: Jan 6 17:28:30 2009
From: Devorah Bennu - birdologist at yahoo.com


hello tweeties,

yesterday, i forgot to mention that Birds in the News is available for your reading pleasure. As an added bonus, one of my commenters is the "main star" of one of the news stories that was included. This issue of BITN includes a stunning image of a Rainbow Lory, Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/01/birds_in_the_news_156.php

the most recently demystified mystery birds was a Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, as everyone correctly identified. To read Rick Wright's interesting essay for distinguishing this species from the Black VUlture, be sure to read the analysis that accompanies that image;

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

thanks to photographer, Marv Breece, here's today's mystery bird for you to identify;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/01/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_99.php

you might also enjoy seeing this interesting image of burrowing owls, courtesy of my friends at National Geographic;

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

cheers,

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