Comments for Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

Comment on Goodbye: Dusky Seaside Sparrow by Robert

Robert — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:17:57 +0000

I still remember the year that the last of its kind died. I read the article I found in the local newspaper to my middle school students that day. It’s a sad time when a species is gone forever.

Comment on TEDTalks: Matt Ridley: When Ideas Have Sex by mackerelsaladboy

mackerelsaladboy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:49:01 +0000

My Dad knows Matt Ridley

Comment on ScienceBlogs = ZombieBlogs by mackerelsaladboy

mackerelsaladboy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:31:07 +0000

Sorry to hear of this just now. Will catch up with you soon, I hope. Take care.

Comment on Stinkhorn Mushroom by Leon Shernoff

Leon Shernoff — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:49:15 +0000

Hi, there

This is a stinkhorn, but not a Clathrus. It’s a Simblum (Clathrus on a stalk), or perhaps Lysurus periphragmoides.

You can look through a bunch of possibilities here:
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/phallaceae.html
but I don’t think the picture is sharp enough to really tell.

Comment on ScienceBlogs = ZombieBlogs by Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:48:06 +0000

Don’t go far, GrrlScientist! We lurkers love you, even if we don’t have much to say.

Comment on ScienceBlogs = ZombieBlogs by Daniel Eichenbaum

Daniel Eichenbaum — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:13:45 +0000

Please keep the blog going wherever you happen to land. Your ideas and discussions are too important to be silenced. I especially love your attention to avian research.

Comment on Mystery Bird: Gray Wren-warbler, Calamonastes simplex, and Lesser Striped Swallow, Hirundo abyssinica by Murray

Murray — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:56:00 +0000

Have a picture of an almost identical (as far as I can make out) bird in the Princeton series of African birds (southern), Dan, only with a red eye! Your photo made me smile, to see the contrast in size between the swallow and its tiny friend. Do you or Adrian have a book on African birds that you might recommend ?

Comment on Update on The Homeless Telegraph Hill Parrots of San Francisco by Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:49:21 +0000

A large group of them has been hanging out in my neighborhood (and my yard) this week in the Inner Sunset. We may need to call them the parrots of Grand View Park.

Comment on ScienceBlogs = ZombieBlogs by Daniel J. Andrews

Daniel J. Andrews — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:03:44 +0000

New sites bookmarked (or will be soon as I post this). Thanks for all the posts, mystery birds. I loved the ones where all you could see was part of a tail or wing. That’s the type of challenge I like. Best wishes to you.

Comment on A Rocket of His Own by Sean

Sean — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:57:09 +0000

No pun intended, but I love how down to Earth Neil is in his explanations. He really is an inspiration in how to communicate science to the general public.