hello everyone,

this week's edition of Birds in the News is available for your reading pleasure. It features a gorgeous image of a California Condor that you might enjoy seeing;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/05/birds_in_the_news_173.php

here's a "cute overload" video of a banker catching, one by one, a brood of twelve day-old mallard ducklings as they jump off a ledge onto the sidewalks of downtown Spokae, Washington (if this sounds familiar, it's because this same guy did this last year too, but there were only eight ducklings last year, and he missed catching one of them);

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/05/deja_vu_all_over_again_ducklin.php

this is a video preview of a proposed television story about birders that you might wish to watch and respond to. The film maker wants to convince the executives at Animal Planet that there is a strong public interest in programming about birds and birders;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/05/wild_in_the_city.php

today's mystery bird is an easy ID, but this wacky bird is doing something strange -- can you tell my readers why this bird is flying upside down?

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/05/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_277.php

cheers,

GrrlScientist
Devorah
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