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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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Parrots:

How Far Would You go to Get 'The Perfect Bird Photograph'?

Category: Streaming videos

Bird photographers: yes, we DO go to great lengths to get those speshul pictures!

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TEDTalks: Einstein the Parrot: Talking and squawking

Category: Streaming videos

This whimsical wrap-up of TED2006 -- presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her trainer, Stephanie White -- simply tickles.

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Kuhl's Lorikeet Conservation: 'Ura: The Spirit of the Queen, 3

Category: Streaming videos

This informative video discusses the conservation of one of my research birds, the Rimatara (Kuhl's) Lory, Vini kuhlii, known by the natives as the 'Ura. Not only is this bird's story interesting, but it also exemplifies the complications and challenges of conserving any endangered species.

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Kuhl's Lorikeet Conservation: 'Ura: The Spirit of the Queen, 2

Category: Streaming videos

This informative video discusses the conservation of one of my research birds, the Rimatara (Kuhl's) Lory, Vini kuhlii, known by the natives as the 'Ura. Not only is this bird's story interesting, but it also exemplifies the complications and challenges of conserving any endangered species.

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Kuhl's Lorikeet Conservation: 'Ura: The Spirit of the Queen, 1

Category: Streaming videos

This informative video discusses the conservation of one of my research birds, the Rimatara (Kuhl's) Lory, Vini kuhlii, known by the natives as the 'Ura. Not only is this bird's story interesting, but it also exemplifies the complications and challenges of conserving any endangered species.

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World Parrot Trust Speaks out Against HR 669

Category: Legislation

The complete text of this letter is published here after it became publicly available yesterday

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Seattle Busker, Phinneas Phogg

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This interesting video is an interview with Chris and Phineas Phogg, who entertain crowds at the Pike Place Market in my other home, Seattle.

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As the Cockatoo Barks ..

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This amusing video captures an umbrella cockatoo taunting a pug by imitating its barking -- what do you suppose this cockatoo was saying?

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REPRISE: Dead Birds Do Tell Tales

Category: Ornithology

What value do Natural History Museums have for modern DNA research? This story provides some insight from my own research

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The Philosophical Budgerigar

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This video documents a budgerigar who is astonishingly chatty -- and he makes more sense than a lot of people I know, too

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