If so, go help Michael identify this bird he took a picture of earlier today. If you can, post a comment here.
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Coturnix is organizing an informative google bomb — if you look up Michael Egnor on the web, what should you find? How about lots and lots of critics?
It seems only fair. Teach the controversy!
...like this (explanation here):
In the back-channels here on Scienceblogs and on Panda's Thumb we were discussing the pros and cons of paying so much attention to one Dr.Michael Egnor, a new creationist shill for the Discovery Institute.
I sent my guess: juvenile Brewer's Sparrow. That's just an amateur opinion with a copy of the National Geographic field guide to North American birds and Google images.
Check out whatbird.com for a great interactive bird identifying site.
Thanks, Bora - it is a female House Finch...