hello everyone,

today's mystery bird is a real cutie (and it's a north american species, too);

http://bit.ly/7wydX

the most recently demystified mystery bird was a Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus, with a very cute baby aboard, thanks to a mystery bird fan, Joe Byrnes (this link includes Joe's commentary about the image)

http://bit.ly/4nCE5z

i also found a video clip of a BBC Two program that starts tomorrow (alas, only in the UK!!): Last Chance to See. this video clip shows stephen fry meeting a kakapo;

http://bit.ly/3yUAtq

and this is another video clip of stephen fry, talking about New Zealand bird names. his conclusion? all NZ birds were named by ten-year-olds;

http://bit.ly/ijMpW

cheers,

GrrlScientist
Devorah
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