Today's mystery bird for you to identify | GrrlScientist
The Daily Mystery Bird is a long-running feature that publishes every day at 1459 (London time), 1359 (GMT), 0959 (NYC time), and 0659 (Seattle time). The game is simple: you have 48 hours to ID the species from an image, video or song. The birds can be from anywhere in the world and vary tremendously in the ID challenge they present. Good luck!Mystery Bird photographed Smith Point Hawk Watch, Chambers County, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 4 September 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.Daily Mystery Bird Rules1. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. IDs without any supporting information are not valid and if you make a habit of ruining the game for everyone else, you run the risk of making me angry at you, besides....
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