Now on ScienceBlogs: The Australian's War on Science 41
"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper." -- Eden Phillpotts.
GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she relocated from Seattle to NYC with her parrots after earning a BS in Microbiology (emphasis in Virology) and PhD in Zoology (Ornithology) from the University of Washington. In NYC, she was the Chapman Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History for two years, pursuing part of her "dream" research project by reconstructing a molecular phylogeny of the parrots of the South Pacific islands. GrrlScientist and her five parrots are currently relocating to Germany, where she will continue writing her blog while also writing a book and learning German. (Meanwhile, her parrots will continue to nibble on her extensive personal library.) If you appreciate GrrlScientist's writing, you can help pay her living expenses by hiring her to "blog" your conference, speak at your club or write articles for your publication (or by clicking on the Paypal button below). If you read an essay on this blog that you especially enjoyed, please nominate it for inclusion in OpenLab2009.
Online interviews with GrrlScientist: Kolibri Expeditions, ScienceOnline09, Nature Blog Network and ScienceBlogs.
GrrlScientist's banner was designed by graphic artist, Jeff Hebert, whose other work can be viewed here.
Nominate your science, nature or medical writing to Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the Public) blog carnival using the widget above.
|
|
« AP Projects Obama Democratic Winner of Iowa Caucus | Main | Gull on Oregon Coast »
Topic Categories: Behavior • Streaming videos
Posted on: January 4, 2008 8:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: Nora, piano-playing cat, behavior, streaming video
Nora is a cat who lives with a piano teacher, and she also loves to play the piano, as you will see in the video, below. Nora's solo was later followed by a duet with a student. Perhaps not surprisingly, Nora now has a CD available called Cat on the Keys. $2.00 from every CD sold are donated in Nora's name to Best Friends Animal Society. [2:48]
Find more posts in: 
Brain & Behavior
Share this: Facebook Twitter Stumbleupon Reddit Email + More
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/60231
Comments
Astronomers booted from papal palace
Posted by: Tegumai Bopsulai, FCD | January 4, 2008 11:25 AM
Genius! I have heard jazz improvisations that are worse than that! (Most of them were by me, admittedly)... :)
Posted by: Chris Allen | January 4, 2008 3:21 PM
Somewhere out there, a hundred monkeys are trembling in fear.
Posted by: ringo | January 4, 2008 6:44 PM
Nora's fun!
Fanks for joining the Bad Kitty Cats festival of Chaos this week!
Purrrrrrs,
Sanjee and the gang
Posted by: HotMBC | January 13, 2008 6:54 PM