| Toyota plant in Australia to build greener engines By 2010-09-10T07:09:23ZMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Toyota will build a 300 million Australian dollars ($277 million) plant in Melbourne that will produce greener engines that deliver reduced carbon emissions, the company said Friday.... hosted.ap.org |
Zoo defends anti-palm oil posters Adelaide Zoo says it does not think it should have to remove anti-palm oil posters plastered on its orangutan enclosure. abc.net.au |
F.T.C. Proposes Tighter Rules for Green Claims The commission’s revised guidelines warn against using labels that make claims that cannot be substantiated. feeds.nytimes.com |
Astronomers Say They've Found Oldest Galaxy So Far Hidden in a Hubble Space Telescope photo released earlier this year is a smudge of light that European astronomers say is a galaxy from 13.1 billion years ago. feeds.nytimes.com |
Today's mystery bird for you to identify I've never seen this species in the wild, but in my opinion, this African mystery bird is a "flying field mark" because nothing else in the world looks like it. Can you identify this lovely and distinctive bird?Mystery Bird photographed at Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]Image: Dan Logen, 17 January 2010 [velociraptorize].Nikon D300, 600 mm lens with 1.4 extender, ISO 400, f/9, 1/400 secI've never seen this species in the wild, but in my opinion, this African mystery bird is a "flying field mark" because nothing else in the world looks like it. Can you identify this lovely and distinctive bird?Daily Mystery Bird Rules: 1. This is a game, not a testosterone-driven competition designed to crush one's fellow birders/twitchers into the muck of disappointment, despair and humiliation. It is meant to be a learning experience where together we can learn a few things about birds and about the process of identifying them (and maybe about ourselves, too).2. 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. 3. 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.4. 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 or ethics. 5. Each bird species will be demystified approximately 48 hours after publication. (Yes, I do my best with this.)If you have bird images, video or mp3 files that you'd like to share with a large and (mostly) appreciative 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 |