| Turtle egg rescue at space center billed success By MARCIA DUNN 2010-09-08T20:03:09ZCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The unprecedented turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down.... hosted.ap.org |
Critic’s Notebook: In Arabian Desert, a Sustainable City Rises Promoters of Masdar, a city being built near Abu Dhabi, say that it will be the first carbon-neutral city. feeds.nytimes.com |
Optus may connect customers to NBN Optus is in advanced talks to transfer its cable broadband customers to the Government's proposed National Broadband Network (NBN). abc.net.au |
Today's Mystery Bird For You To Identify This stunning North American mystery bird was named for a famous explorer and naturalist who discovered this and many other species. Can you name this species and tell me about its namesake?Mystery Bird photographed near Auburn, Washington, USA. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]Image: Brian Pendleton, 22 February 2007 [with binoculars].This stunning North American mystery bird was named for a famous explorer and naturalist who discovered this and many other species. Can you name this species and tell me about its namesake?Daily Mystery Bird Rules: 1. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification, keeping in mind that more than one field mark is often necessary to distinguish between species. IDs without any supporting information are not valid and may be deleted by the moderators. 2. Expert and intermediate level birders: do NOT try to be the first to blurt out the mystery bird's ID. Instead, please provide helpful hints, such as descriptions, literary references, puns, personal anecdotes, and other forms of discussion and assistance for beginning birders and for those following on their iPhones without naming the species. Expert and intermediate birders are free to name the bird species 24 or more hours after it was first published.3. Each mystery bird is usually accompanied by a question or two. These questions can be useful for identifying the pictured species, but may instead be used to illustrate an interesting aspect of avian biology, behaviour or evolution, or may be intended to generate conversation on other topics, such as conservation. 4. Each bird species will be demystified 48 hours after publication. If you have bird images, video or mp3 files that you'd like to share with a large and appreciate audience, feel free to email them to me for consideration.GrrlScientistguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Antarctic Division replaces damaged plane The Australian Antarctic Division hopes to send a second plane to Antarctica early next month to replace one damaged during a landing. abc.net.au |