Hedwig Pöllöläinen
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August 11, 2008
tags: American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, nature, Image of the Day
American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 10 May 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
August 11, 2008
Here's a few blog carnivals that were published while I was hanging out with my ScienceBlog colleagues (sorry for posting this so late!);
I and the Bird blog carnival, issue 81. This blog carnival focuses on wild birds and birding.
Carnival of Cinema, episode 88, the Blogger of Paradise edition.…
August 11, 2008
I've had my say, so I am trying to encourage you to comment, so this thread is dedicated to you, my readers, and to giving you the opportunity to tell us about something that concerns you. Is there something in the news that has been bothering you? Has something happened recently that is still…
August 11, 2008
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
ABSTRACT: Chattering Lory, sometimes known as the Scarlet Lory, Lorius garrulus.
Image: John Del Rio [larger view].
Birds in Science News
The Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo, Chalcites basalis, specializes in laying a single egg…
August 11, 2008
During our get-together this past weekend, several of my SciBlings asked me why you don't comment very much, compared to the amount of content that I provide. I thought I was the only one who noticed that the ratio of readers' comments to individual entries on this blog are dramatically lower…
August 10, 2008
tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers.
Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004.
West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #33
as seen at NYC's…
August 10, 2008
Some of my ScienceBlog colleagues in NYC 2008.
Okay, a reader commented on this image, so I had to leave this here, but one of my colleagues who doesn't want to be revealed to the public was caught in the picture. So here's something different to look at -- one of my favorite pictures, that I…
August 10, 2008
Professor Steve Steve (of "Panda's Thumb" fame) sits with GrrlScientist in an internet cafe and coffee shop near her home in NYC. Professor Steve Steve will accompany GrrlScientist to London, England at the end of August.
Image: GrrlScientist 10 August 2008 [larger view].
August 10, 2008
tags: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, movie posters, poster teasers
Well, not many people have responded to my Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie poster poll, so I am asking you once again, whichy poster do you like best? I've linked to each of the posters from the poll itself…
August 10, 2008
tags: American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Reflection.
American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 July 2007 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 500.0mm…
August 10, 2008
tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, natural history books, ecology books
"One cannot have too many good bird books"
--Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927).
Here's this week's issue of the Birdbooker Report by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, which lists ecology, environment, natural…
August 9, 2008
tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers.
Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004.
West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #32
as seen at NYC's…
August 9, 2008
tags: American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, nature, Image of the Day
American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, in flight over Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 13 April 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm…
August 8, 2008
tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers.
Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004.
West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #31
as seen at NYC's…
August 8, 2008
tags: American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, nature, Image of the Day
American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 13 April 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
August 8, 2008
tags: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, movie posters, poster teasers
Which Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster is your favorite? This is the last one (I think). I am not sure if this one is legitimate because I have been unable to find a version of this poster that is actually…
August 7, 2008
tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers.
Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004.
West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #30
as seen at NYC's…
August 7, 2008
Some of you might know that starting tomorrow, a dozen or so of the ScienceBlog peeps are meeting in NYC. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you who they are (only they are allowed to reveal themselves), but most of them have told you they will be in NYC already, so you probably know who is here for the…
August 7, 2008
tags: American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, nature, Image of the Day
American Avocets, Recurvirostra americana, feeding at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 12 May 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1250s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm…
August 7, 2008
Here's a few blog carnivals for you to read;
Tangled Bank, issue 111 -- eleventy-one! I think that's good luck in Hobbiton, right? Anyway, this blog carnival focuses on science, nature and medicine.
Carnival of the Vanities, 7 August 2008 issue. This is the original blog carnival, the first one in…
August 7, 2008
tags: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, movie posters, poster teasers
Which Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster is your favorite? After you've seen them all (I've found ten so far), I am going to ask you to vote for your favorite!
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince;
Poster 1…
August 6, 2008
tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers.
Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004.
West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #29
as seen at NYC's…
August 6, 2008
tags: virology, mimivirus, sputnik, virophage, microbiology, molecular biology
Now here's an astonishing discovery that's hot off the presses: a virus that infects other viruses! This amazing finding is being published tomorrow in the top-tier peer-reviewed journal, Nature.
I don't know about you…
August 6, 2008
tags: researchblogging.org, premature hair graying, autosomal dominant trait, genetics, horses, hair color, syntaxin-17, melanocortin-1 receptor, cis-acting regulatory mutation, melanoma, evolution
This horse is in the process of losing its pigment.
It will end up being all white by the time it…
August 6, 2008
tags: American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, nature, Image of the Day
American Avocets, Recurvirostra americana, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 13 April 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/2000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
August 6, 2008
Here's a few blog carnivals for you to enjoy;
StoryBlogging Carnival, issue XC. This carnival features blog essays that tell a story.
Carnival of the Feminists, 62nd edition. This blog carnival focuses on feminism and increasing the exposure of news that affects the welfare of women.
Linnaeus'…
August 6, 2008
tags: white-tailed sea eagle, behavior, fetch, streaming video
Are you suffering from a problem with ants? Perhaps you should check your scanner to see if they've set up housekeeping in there? [1:19]
August 6, 2008
tags: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, movie posters, poster teasers
Which Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster is your favorite? After you've seen them all (I've found ten so far), I am going to ask you to vote for your favorite!
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince;
Poster 1…
August 5, 2008
tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers.
Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004.
West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #28 [Detail]
as seen at…
August 5, 2008
My companion parrot, Elektra, a female Solomon Islands Eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus solomonensis.
Image: GrrlScientist 3 April 2008 [larger view].
Sometime today (probably while I was cleaning up after my parrots), this blog received its two millionth visitor! Thank you everyone!