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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.
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August 31, 2009
Category: Travel
Here's a look at the floating wooden bridge that I walked across on my way to visit the Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
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Category: Image of the Day
Can I tell you that I miss beautiful Helsinki? Well, here's a tiny glimpse of one of the thousands of reason that I love this city
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Category: NYC life
We all know what a pub crawl is, but what's a cricket crawl?
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Category: Birds in the News
Another issue of the online newsletter that collects international news stories about birds for you to read and enjoy
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My newest supporter is LadyMin's Garden! Plenty of people think I'd do a superb job as your official Antarctica blogger in February 2010 (here's a list)
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Category: Mystery Birds
Can you identify this partially obscured mystery bird's species?
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Category: NYC life
Free tour to meet some of NYC's illegal aliens: the feral Quaker parrots in Brooklyn
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It's someone's birthday!
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Category: Streaming videos
This amazing video of parrots playing basketball is fascinating watching because it shows the results of excellent animal training techniques. This video shows "1 on 1" and "2 on 2" basketball games.
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FOUR WEEKS TO GO?? Voting is changing rapidly now since people can reassign their votes -- they are apparently choosing between the top four vote-getters, so now is your chance to really make a difference by voting for me!
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