Hedwig Pöllöläinen
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November 5, 2008
tags: North Norfolk Coast, UK coastline, salt marshes, shingle dunes, shorebirds, seabirds, streaming video
This wildlife film shows the wildlife that can be found along the North Norfolk Coast of the UK during the winter. From Seals to migrating waders, salt marshes to shingle dunes, we are able…
November 5, 2008
tags: Barack Obama, politics, victory speech, election2008, streaming video
This is the third and last part of Obama's victory speech delivered on 4 November 2008 [9:47]
November 5, 2008
tags: Barack Obama, politics, victory speech, election2008, streaming video
This is the second part of Obama's victory speech delivered on 4 November 2008 [10:31]
November 5, 2008
tags: Barack Obama, politics, victory speech, election2008, streaming video
This is the first part of Obama's victory speech delivered on 4 November 2008 [4:12]
November 4, 2008
tags: Barack Obama, election2008, politics, NYC, Times Square
Image: orphaned [larger view].
One of the nice things about living in NYC is the fact that there are often fun things happening that are both spontaneous and free-of-charge. One of those events occurred last evening and continued…
November 4, 2008
tags: Barack Obama, election2008, President Obama, politics, American politics
Image: Doug Mills/The New York Times [larger view].
Congratulations on your historical victory, Senator Obama. I am happy for this country.
However, I am sad for you and for your family. After all, you were chosen…
November 4, 2008
tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Revelers (2007).
Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the…
November 4, 2008
tags: Sarah Palin, politics, satire, humor, streaming video
Sarah Palin has such a good idea to put the federal checkbook online -- it's such a good idea that Coburn (R), Obama (D) and McCain (R) already beat her to it .. in 2006. Like, duh! But I shouldn't criticize Sarah because she gives hope to…
November 4, 2008
Here's the latest carnivalia for you to enjoy;
Europe Travel Carnival, 3 November 2008 issue.
The Carnival of the Conservatives, 3 November 2008 edition. Hrm, I'll bet you can guess what this one is all about.
Carnival of Aloha! is all about .. Hawai'i! And the host seemed to be rather excited…
November 4, 2008
tags: politics, birdie message, image of the day
Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George, 2008 [larger view].
November 4, 2008
tags: Sarah Palin, politics, satire, humor, streaming video
Sarah Palin: This streaming video provides an overview of her experience that makes her the most qualified human being in America to be the vice presidential candidate for the Republican ticket. This shows that all Republicans with an IQ…
November 4, 2008
tags: God is Hate, christians are haters, religion is organized hate, religion, fundamentalists are everywhere, mindcontrol
The above letter was spoofed and supposedly signed by Alice Shannon of Soldotna, Alaska, and republished by DIGG. However, the original letter was published in the…
November 4, 2008
tags: Sarah Palin, politics, satire, humor, streaming video
Sarah Palin cannot tell the truth if you held a moose gun to her head, and she proves it while standing in front of her own fellow morons, spouting lies that can easily be proven wrong. Do we want a lying misogynistic asshole like this in…
November 4, 2008
tags: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin's Kanye West remix, politics, satire, humor, music video, streaming video
Sarah Palin is a contestant on the new game show, Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader? [1:07]
November 4, 2008
tags: Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Female Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, photographed at the east end of Galveston Island, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 16 April 2007 [larger view].
Nikon D200,…
November 4, 2008
tags: Ringnecked parakeet, Rose-Ringed Parrot, Psittacula krameri, talking parrot, parrots, behavior, streaming video
This video shows Tajj, a male Ringneck parakeet talking with his human. Ring-necked parakeets are also known as Rose-Ringed Parrots, Psittacula krameri, due to the colorful ring on…
November 3, 2008
tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Revelers (2007).
Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the…
November 3, 2008
tags: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin in her own words, politics, satire, humor, streaming video
Sarah Palin's greatest hits: Proof that all a woman needs to succeed in America is a pretty face and a tight ass [5:46]
November 3, 2008
tags: Sarah Palin, Prankin Sarah Palin, politics, satire, humor, streaming video
Sarah Palin is as stupid and gullible as she is arrogant and .. erm, intellectually gifted -- don't forget this when you are standing in the polling booth tomorrow [6:02]
November 3, 2008
tags: Pipestone Canyon Valley, Cascade Mountain Range, Winthrop Washington, landscape, nature, photography, Image of the Day
On the road between the small mountain hamlet of Winthrop, Washington state, to Pipestone Canyon Valley, a few miles north of Winthrop in the North Cascade Mountain Range…
November 3, 2008
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
European Bee-eater pair, Merops apiaster.
She's still hungry, but not yet willing to mate. So the male bee-eater takes wing
to find more food. When he returns, "the female nearly always accepts the
offering, quickly eating…
November 3, 2008
tags: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin's Kanye West remix, politics, satire, humor, music video, streaming video
Sarah Palin sings a song about Barack Obama .. "he's a hypnotizer" .. [2:29]
November 3, 2008
tags: Hawaiian Goose, Nene, Branta sandvicensis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Nene (Hawaiian goose), Branta sandvicensis, photographed in the United States. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: John del Rio, 2008 [].
Please name at least one field mark that…
November 3, 2008
tags: Irene Pepperberg, Alex, Alex the African grey parrot, talking parrot, cognition, behavior, streaming video
As you know, I went to Irene Pepperberg's reading last night from her new book about her friend and colleague, Alex the African grey parrot. This is an interesting video interview with…
November 2, 2008
tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Revelers (2007).
Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the…
November 2, 2008
tags: Pipestone Canyon Valley, Cascade Mountain Range, Winthrop Washington, landscape, nature, photography, Image of the Day
Pipestone Canyon Valley, a few miles north of the small town of Winthrop in the North Cascade Mountain Range in Washington State.
Image: David W. Morgan, 25 October 2008 […
November 2, 2008
Here's some carnivalia for you to enjoy;
A Gardening Carnival, 29 October 2008 issue. This is filled with gardening goodness.
November 2, 2008
tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, animal books, natural history books, ecology books
"One cannot have too many good bird books"
--Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927).
The Birdbooker Report is a special weekly report of wide variety of science, nature and behavior books that are…
November 2, 2008
tags: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin's Kanye West remix, politics, satire, humor, music video, streaming video
As if real life isn't frightening enough, this video shows Sarah Palin's hot new Kanye West remix that should give you nightmares long after voting day has ended [2:05]
November 2, 2008
tags: Hutton's Vireo, Vireo huttoni, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Hutton's Vireo, Vireo huttoni, photographed in Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, AZ. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 2008 [larger view].
Please name at least one field mark…