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Mystery Bird: White Tern, Gygis alba

Jul 16 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Birding, Education, Mystery Birds, Teaching

tags: White Tern, Gygis alba, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

~~[Mystery bird]~~ The White Tern is known by more alternate names than a con-artist, also being known as the Angel Tern, Common White-tern, Common White Tern, Little White Tern, Little Fairy Tern, Fairy Tern, Little White-tern, Little Fairy-tern, and even (since it lives in tropical oceans of the world) as the Atlantic White Tern, Gygis alba (formerly; Gygis microrhyncha), photographed on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge -- one of the most remote coral atolls on earth -- a US territory in the north Pacific Ocean [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joe Fuhrman, 2010. [larger view] I encourage you to purchase images from this professional photographer.

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Mystery Bird: Bicolored Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus gubernator

Jul 15 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Birding, Education, Mystery Birds, Teaching

tags: Bicolored Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus gubernator, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

~~[Mystery bird]~~ Fledgling Bicolored Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus gubernator, photographed at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, Marin County, California. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 13 May 2010 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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Mystery Bird: Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata

Jul 14 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Birding, Education, Mystery Birds, Teaching

tags: Red-throated Loon, Red-throated Diver, Gavia stellata, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

~~[Mystery bird]~~ Red-throated Loon, also known as the Red-throated Diver, Gavia stellata, photographed at Bodega Bay, California. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 12 May 2010 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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TEDTalks: Carl Safina: The Oil Spill's Unseen Culprits, Victims

Jul 14 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Biology, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Fish, Mammals, Nature, Politics, Streaming videos

tags: The Oil Spill's Unseen Culprits, Victims, health, environment, ecology, pollution, oilspill, BP, acidification, Gulf of Mexico, dispersants, Carl Safina, TEDTalks, TED Talks, streaming video

The Gulf oil spill dwarfs comprehension, but we know this much: it's bad. Carl Safina scrapes out the facts in this blood-boiling cross-examination, arguing that the consequences will stretch far beyond the Gulf -- and many so-called solutions are making the situation worse.

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Mystery Bird: Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis

Jul 13 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Birding, Education, Mystery Birds, Teaching

tags: Least Bittern, North American Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

~~[Mystery bird]~~ Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis, photographed at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Anahuac, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 5 July 2010 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1250s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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Mystery Bird: Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides forficatus

Jul 12 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Birding, Education, Mystery Birds, Teaching

tags: Swallow-tailed Kite, Fork-tailed Hawk, Swallow-tailed Hawk, Snake Hawk, Fish Hawk, Elanoides forficatus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

~~[Mystery bird]~~ Swallow-tailed Kite, also known by a bunch of other common names, such as the Fork-tailed Hawk, Swallow-tailed Hawk, Snake Hawk and Fish Hawk, Elanoides forficatus, photographed at Double Bayou Park, Chambers County, Anahuac, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 26 June 2010 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/400s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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Mystery Bird: Irania, Irania gutturalis

Jul 11 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Birding, Education, Mystery Birds, Teaching

tags: Irania, White-throated Robin, Irania gutturalis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

~~[Mystery bird]~~ Irania, also known as the White-throated Robin, Irania gutturalis, photographed at Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Dan Logen, 14 January 2010 [larger view].
Nikon D300, 600 mm VR lens. ISO 500 1/400 sec, f/6.3.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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Mystery Bird: Green Barbet, Stactolaema olivacea

Jul 10 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Birding, Education, Mystery Birds, Teaching

tags: Green Barbet, Stactolaema olivacea, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

~~[Mystery bird]~~ Green Barbet, Stactolaema olivacea, photographed at Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Dan Logen, 10 January 2010 [larger view].
Nikon D300, 200-400 VR lens at 400 mm., ISO 800, 1/640 sec, f/7.1.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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Mystery Bird: White-winged Scoter, Melanitta deglandi

Jul 09 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Birding, Education, Mystery Birds, Teaching

tags: White-winged Scoter, Melanitta deglandi, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

~~[Mystery bird]~~ White-winged Scoter, Melanitta deglandi, photographed at Bodega Bay, California. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 12 May 2010 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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Mystery Bird: Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus

Jul 06 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Birding, Education, Mystery Birds, Teaching

tags: Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz

~~[Mystery bird]~~ Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, photographed in China Camp State Park, Point San Pedro Peninsula, California. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 11 May 2010 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/400s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.

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