hello everyone,

today's mystery bird is a north american species that should be relatively easy for you to identify;

http://bit.ly/1KZ2sx

the most recently demystified mystery bird was a Tropical Boubou, Laniarius aethiopicus, thanks to photographer, Dan Logen. there is some discussion in the comments about this bird being part of a cryptic species complex, so the classification of this individual is certainly far from being "written in stone";

http://bit.ly/PSjwr

for those of you who like to read science, nature and medical writing that is targeted specifically to the public will enjoy the current issue of Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People), a blog carnival that celebrates the finest science writing published in the blogosphere;

http://bit.ly/ylUqo

for those of you who wonder why we should bother studying and documenting the Tree of Life, this interesting video is for you;

http://bit.ly/4yU52d

i finally have lined up one of several prizes i have been working on for my DonorsChoose donors: free books from Princeton University Press! Yes, PUP is very kindly providing books of your choice from their catalogues to two of my DonorsChoose Challenge donors. Since I only have four donors so far, your chances of winning a free book are most excellent, so please do contribute to supporting science education for kids in impoverished classrooms throughout the nation;

http://bit.ly/1IfwnC

don't forget that i have added a proposal especially for those birders who wish to increase the ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of the bird watchers of today and tomorrow.

cheers,

GrrlScientist
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Roosting high up a tree somewhere in Central Park, NYC



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