November 30, 2007
Parrot News
Topic Categories: Behavior • Parrots • Personal • Pets • What's new in my zoo
Life with a young parrot means that you must ride herd on her all the time.
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 6:31 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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GrrlScientist is a female evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist and writer. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she relocated from Seattle to NYC with her parrots after earning her PhD. In NYC, she was a postdoctoral fellow for two years, reconstructing a molecular phylogeny of the parrots of the South Pacific islands. GrrlScientist has written a science blog since 4 August 2004 (the early years are archived here). If you appreciate her writing, please help her pay her living expenses by clicking on the Paypal or Amazon buttons below.An interview with GrrlScientist.
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November 30, 2007
Topic Categories: Behavior • Parrots • Personal • Pets • What's new in my zoo
Life with a young parrot means that you must ride herd on her all the time.
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 6:31 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Blog Carnivals
another science-oriented blog carnival has been published for you to enjoy.
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 4:03 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Birding • Birds • Image of the Day • Ornithology
This image documents an odd behavior shown by a great blue heron .. does anyone know why the bird is doing this?
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 2:59 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Birds • Parrots • Pets • Streaming videos • Teaching
A young hawk-headed parrot shows his tricks for the camera.
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 29, 2007
Topic Categories: Blog Carnivals
meow! meow! meow!
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 10:39 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Molecular Biology • Ornithology • Parrots • Pets • What's new in my zoo
Describing how sex is identified in birds, such as parrots, where the sexes look alike.
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 5:06 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Birding • Birds • Blog Carnivals
A blog carnival devoted to birds for you to enjoy! tweet tweet!
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 4:16 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Behavior • Streaming videos • Wow!
This streaming video documents what a squirrel will do to get a nut -- you have to see it to believe it!
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:59 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 28, 2007
Topic Categories: OnLine poll
Since neither fame nor money are correlated with prestige, what do you think makes a particular profession prestigious?
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 12:35 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Humor • Satire • Streaming videos
This amusing video teaches you an important lesson about Nike sneakers.
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 27, 2007
Topic Categories: Harry Potter • World Domination
Perhaps not surprisingly, most members of these Quidditch teams are Muggle science students.
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 10:49 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Book Review • Books • Gift ideas
Apparently the NYTimes doesn't think ANY science books are notable, so which science books published in 2007 are notable to you?
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 3:10 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Behavior • Birds • Ornithology • Streaming videos
This is an update on a streaming video I posted awhile ago, about a wild crow who befriended a kitten.
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:59 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 26, 2007
Topic Categories: Birds in the News
Another edition of the original international online news paper devoted to birds in the news.
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 11:59 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Topic Categories: Humor • Satire • Science fiction • Silliness • Streaming videos • Your Inner Child
An amusing streaming video that will give you a smile this Monday morning.
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:59 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 25, 2007
Topic Categories: Birding • Birds • Image of the Day • Ornithology
Another lovely image for you to enjoy, courtesy of a friend, long-time reader and book author.
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