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October 12, 2008
Topic Categories: Image of the Day • Nature • Plantae
tags: lily, flowers, photography, Image of the Day
When I met David in Seattle recently, he explained his flower photography as his wish to get down inside the blossoms.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 2:59 PM • 1 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: The Birdbooker Report
tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, animal books, natural history books, ecology books
"One cannot have too many good bird books"
--Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927).
The Birdbooker Report is a special weekly report of wide variety of science, nature and behavior books that are or soon will be available for purchase. This report is written by one of my Seattle birding pals and book collector, Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, and is published here for your enjoyment. Here's this week's issue of the Birdbooker Report by which lists ecology, environment, natural history and bird books that are (or will soon be) available for purchase.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 11:59 AM • 1 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: Bird ID Quiz • Birding
tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, nature, Image of the Day
[Mystery bird] photographed at Oakland, California. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 22 December 2007 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/350s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
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October 11, 2008
Topic Categories: Seattle, Washington
tags: Seattle Washington, Biology Department Greenhouse, University of Washington, flowers
I ran into another Seattle pal on my way back from the Montlake Fill to the Zoology department (now subsumed into Biology), where I earned my PhD. As a result, we spent half an hour talking, so I was late, so the office was locked up (as was my laptop). But the day was gorgeous, the weather perfect, so I took the opportunity to do more photography.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 10:59 PM • 2 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: My Pictures • NYC Subway Art • NYC Through My Eye • NYC life • Photography and cameras
tags: Times Square, 42nd street, Losing My Marbles, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Losing my Marbles (2003).
Artist: Lisa Dinhofer.
Losing my Marbles, image 3, detail 5. Glass mosaics on mezzanine walls of the 42nd Street (Times Square) for the A, C and E trains. This mosaic was just installed since I photographed it as the adhesive was still drying and the workmen were sweeping up their mess!
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:59 PM • 0 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: Image of the Day • Nature • Plantae
tags: Dahlia, flowers, photography, Image of the Day
When I met David in Seattle recently, he explained his flower photography as his wish to get down inside the blossoms.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 2:59 PM • 0 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: Bird ID Quiz • Birding
tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, nature, Image of the Day
[Mystery bird] photographed at Hermann Park, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 14 March 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/350s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
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October 10, 2008
Topic Categories: Seattle, Washington
tags: Seattle Washington, Montlake Fill, Union Bay Natural Area, urban wetland, urban nature preserve, University of Washington
Entrance to the Union Bay Natural Area (UBNA), more commonly known as the "Montlake Fill".
One of my most favorite places to go birding is the Union Bay Natural Area (UBNA), which I have always known as the Montlake Fill. In my opinion, this is one of the finest small- to medium-sized urban birding areas and nature preserves on the west coast.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 10:59 PM • 5 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: My Pictures • NYC Subway Art • NYC Through My Eye • NYC life • Photography and cameras
tags: Times Square, 42nd street, Losing My Marbles, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Losing my Marbles (2003).
Artist: Lisa Dinhofer.
Losing my Marbles, image 3, detail 4. Glass mosaics on mezzanine walls of the 42nd Street (Times Square) for the A, C and E trains. This mosaic was just installed since I photographed it as the adhesive was still drying and the workmen were sweeping up their mess!
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:59 PM • 0 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: Birds • Conservation • Endangered Species • Parrots • South Pacific Islands
tags: parrot, Lories, Lorikeet, Loriinae, Loriidae, Rimatara Lorikeet, Kuhl's Lory, Vini kuhlii, conservation, ornithology, South Pacific Islands
Endangered Rimatara Island (Kuhl's) lory, Vini kuhlii,
peer down upon their fledgling chick
in a nest hollow of an albizia tree, Falcataria moluccana,
on the island of Atiu, in the Cook Islands.
Those of you who have been following the story of the endangered Kura, or Rimatara Lory, Vini kuhlii, will be very excited to know that these rare birds are producing babies! Last year, 27 Rimatara lories, or Kura, were translocated from the island of Rimatara to the rat-free island of Atiu, which is part of their historic range. The translocated birds were recently documented to be producing chicks in their new (historic) home.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 3:12 PM • 1 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: Image of the Day • Insects • Nature • Plantae
tags: foraging bee, flowers, photography, Image of the Day
When I met David in Seattle last week, he explained his flower photography as his wish to get down inside the blossoms.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 2:59 PM • 1 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: Open Thread
I have been nearly completely unable to write, even though I have no lack of ideas to write about (I am sitting on a pile of interesting scientific papers at this moment, but find myself too worried and upset to be able to focus on them long enough to write a coherent story). So I am going to ask you, what's on your mind? I'd really like to know what's happening in your lives and how you are all faring in these wild and insecure times.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 12:45 PM • 9 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: Bird ID Quiz • Birding • Photography and cameras
tags: Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 2008 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2008:04:16 08:46:29
Exposure Time: 1/319
F-Number: 5.60
ISO: 320
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 9:59 AM • 16 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
October 9, 2008
Topic Categories: Seattle, Washington
tags: Seattle Washington, Ballard Farmer's Market, fresh produce, fresh fish, wine, flowers
Dinner at Shannon's,
using fish, produce and wine from the Ballard farmer's market.
"Do you photograph every meal you eat?" Shannon sounded amused as I pointed my camera at the mushrooms in the frying pan.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 10:59 PM • 1 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: My Pictures • NYC Subway Art • NYC Through My Eye • NYC life • Photography and cameras
tags: Times Square, 42nd street, Losing My Marbles, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Losing my Marbles (2003).
Artist: Lisa Dinhofer.
Losing my Marbles, image 3, detail 3. Glass mosaics on mezzanine walls of the 42nd Street (Times Square) for the A, C and E trains. This mosaic was just installed since I photographed it as the adhesive was still drying and the workmen were sweeping up their mess!
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:59 PM • 0 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
Topic Categories: Image of the Day • Nature • Plantae
tags: hydrangias, flowers, photography, Image of the Day
When I met David in Seattle last week, he explained his flower photography as his wish to get down inside the blossoms.
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Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 2:59 PM • 0 Evolving Parrots • View blog reactions
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