Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientist

This distinctive North American mystery bird has a variety of specialised feeding behavioursMystery Bird photographed at Sabine woods and vicinity, a Texas Ornithological Society bird sanctuary located a few miles from Sabine Pass, Texas (USA). [I will identify this bird in 49 or so hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 22 April 2012 (with permission, for GrrlScientist/Guardian use only) [velociraptorise]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepice 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400 Question: This distinctive North American mystery bird has a variety of specialised feeding behaviours. What are those? They also have several specialised body structures that evolved to meet their special needs. What are those? Can you identify this bird's taxonomic family and species?The Game:1. This is intended to be a learning experience where together we learn a few things about birds and about the process of identifying them (and maybe about ourselves, too). 2. Each...

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