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tags: Suomenlinnan Telakalta, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Suomenlinnan Telakalta (Suomenlinna shipyard). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view].
tags: Trumpeter Hornbill, Bycanistes bucinator, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Trumpeter Hornbill, Bycanistes bucinator, photographed in a classroom in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, somewhere in Scotland, UK. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. [Mystery bird] photographed in a classroom in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, somewhere in Scotland, UK. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] [larger view]. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Suomenlinnan Muuri, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Suomenlinnan Muuri (Suomenlinna wall). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. This image makes me wonder about the bricks that were (obviously!) added much later to this lovely rock wall: why were they added? Who added them and why? What did those people think about what they saw while they were adding these bricks?
tags: Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia, photographed at the Arthur Storey Park, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 28 December 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Suomenlinnan Muuri, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Suomenlinnan Muuri (Suomenlinna wall). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz This video is beautiful, so beautiful that you don't have to identify any of the birds captured on this video: you can just sit back and appreciate them. That said, I view IDing these birds as something fun to do, and a lot of my readers will agree. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Andrew Zuckerman is famous for photographing his subjects on a white background. These portraits remove every distracting element and force you to focus exclusively on every minute detail of the subject. Zuckerman doesn't just…
tags: Suomenlinnan Muuri, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Suomenlinnan Muuri (Suomenlinna wall). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed near the Larsen Lake Blueberry Farm in Bellevue, Washington. [No one, not even the photographer, knows the ID of the bird that made this snow-print. The photographer is seeking your help IDing this bird] Image: Ben Bardill, December 2008 (many thanks to Denny Granstrand for obtaining permission to share this image with us) [larger view]. There's a second image below the jump that might give you a better idea of this bird's size. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. [Mystery bird]…
tags: Suomenlinnan Ikkuna, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Suomenlinnan Ikkuna (Suomenlinna window). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) I love the pattern of different colors and the contrasting shadows between individual stones in this image.
tags: Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, inspecting what appears to be a beheaded Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth, Lycomorpha pholus, photographed on the Katy Prairie, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 1 January 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/320s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Here's an interesting bird for you to identify, and as an added bonus, can you identify the insect that it is inspecting?…
tags: Linnoitusta Suomenlinnassa, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Kukka Suomenlinnassa (Suomenlinna blossom). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Wild Canary, Eastern Goldfinch, American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, Carduelis tristis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] American Goldfinch, also known as the Eastern Goldfinch or the Wild Canary, Spinus (Carduelis) tristis, photographed on the Brazoria Wildlife Refuge, Brazoria, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 5 January 2010 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/320s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery…
tags: Linnoitusta Suomenlinnassa, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Linnoitusta Suomenlinnassa (Suomenlinna fortress). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird #1] Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris, photographed at the Hermann Park Conservancy, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 18 November 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. [NOTE: all IDs were made by the photographer; I don't agree with them, but I am reporting them. Of course, the links to the original images are broken now] Mystery bird #2…
tags: Oviaukko Suomenlinnassa, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Oviaukko Suomenlinnassa (Suomenlinna doorway). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: Hadada Ibis, Bostrychia hagedash, Hagedashia hagedash, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Hadada Ibis, Bostrychia (Hagedashia) hagedash, photographed at Arusha National Park, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Dan Logen [larger view]. Nikon D2X and Nikon 200-400 VR lens at 240 mm. ISO 200 f/9 1/125. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Suomenlinnan Taivas, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Suomenlinnan Taivas (Suomenlinna sky). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
tags: White-eared Barbet, Stactolaema leucotis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] White-eared Barbet, Stactolaema leucotis, photographed at Amani Preserve, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Dan Logen, 6 September 2007 [larger view]. Nikon D2X, 200-400 mm lens, at 400. ISO 200, 1/250, f/6.3. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Araripe Manakin, Antilophia bokermanni, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Araripe Manakin, Antilophia bokermanni, photographed at Chapada do Araripe, south Ceará, Brazil. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Ciro Albano. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Learn more about this endangered South American bird. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Oviaukko Suomenlinnassa, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Oviaukko Suomenlinnassa (Suomenlinna doorway). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)