Hedwig Pöllöläinen
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August 5, 2008
tags: American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, nature, Image of the Day
American Avocets, Recurvirostra americana, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 December 2006 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/750s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400.
August 5, 2008
tags: white-tailed sea eagle, behavior, fetch, streaming video
This streaming video shows a man playing fetch with Evie, his white-tailed sea eagle. This is a fun game if you enjoy having a 14-pound bird with an eight foot wing-span fetching a tennis ball -- and sometimes puncturing your hands or…
August 5, 2008
tags: researchblogging.org, begging calls, brood parasitism, coevolution, learning, social shaping, ornithology, Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Chalcites basalis, Chrysococcyx basalis
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Chalcites (Chrysococcyx) basalis,
Capertee Valley, NSW, Australia, September 2003.
Image:…
August 5, 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 4, 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
as seen at NYC's…
August 4, 2008
Here's a few blog carnivals for you to read;
Carnival of the Blue, number 15. This is a new blog carnival that focuses on the ocean, including ocean life asn well as non-oceanic life that is dependent upon the sea.
All Things Eco, issue eleven. This blog carnival focuses on living lightly on the…
August 4, 2008
tags: Shorebird, bird identification quiz, birds, nature, Image of the Day
A lovely mystery shorebird for you to identify.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 11 July 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
August 4, 2008
ScienceBlog's reader meet-up is in the process of being changed because of a very real and present threat of rain. An outdoors-only venue is definitely not a good idea if those who show up have to huddle under umbrellas or get soaked down to their underwear! The time and date remain unchanged but…
August 4, 2008
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
Brown Lory, also known as the Duyvenbode's Lory, Chalcopsitta duivenbodei. This species is endemic to the island of New Guinea.
Image: John Del Rio [larger view].
Birds in Science News
One of the challenges facing those…
August 4, 2008
tags: researchblogging.org, Macaw Wasting Disease, myenteric ganglioneuritis, proventricular dilatation disease, Bornaviridae, avian bornavirus, negative strand RNA viruses, pan-viral microarray, ViroChip
One pair of the Little Blue (Spix's) Macaw, Cyanopsitta spixii.
This species is extinct in…
August 4, 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 3, 2008
Four years ago today, I was facing impending unemployment and an uncertain future along with the loss of my precious career .. basically, I was losing everything I loved and had worked so hard for so I started publishing this blog. I thought writing for the public would help me get out of bed in…
August 3, 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 #27
as seen at NYC's…
August 3, 2008
The people at Seed Media Group have designed a survey for the readers of ScienceBlogs in an effort to learn more about what you think we can do to raise science literacy. The survey should take roughly 20 minutes and they anticipate several thousand responses. As a small reward for your time, Seed…
August 3, 2008
tags: Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Marbled Godwits, Limosa fedoa, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
These birds are in various stages of changing their plumages (and beak color) from basic to alternate.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 July 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa…
August 3, 2008
Here's a couple blog carnivals that you will enjoy;
Carnival of the Godless, 3 August 2008 issue. This blog carnival deals with atheism and the joys of living a rational life.
Carnival of the Vanities, the 2 August 2008 issue. This blog carnival is the original blog carnival that inspired all the…
August 3, 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 3, 2008
Okay, here's something totally weird: I ran across a site that analyzes your browser history and uses a mathematical algorithm to identify your gender. According to this algorithm, I am male;
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 6%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 94%
Hrm. Do you suppose this is the…
August 3, 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 2, 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 #26
as seen at NYC's…
August 2, 2008
I am going to be visiting London for ten days and need to know if I should exchange some of my crappy American dollars for either British pounds or for Euros? My bank, which apparently hires complete morons, doesn't even know where I should go to exchange some cash, so I assume they are…
August 2, 2008
tags: Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, at Frenchtown Road, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 12 June 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/750s f/8.0 at 1000.…
August 2, 2008
Hey everyone, it seems that Microsoft's Internet Exploder (IE) is at it again: it is making life difficult for some of you because IE5.5 and older versions cannot load many of the ScienceBlogs sites, including this one. This occurred because sitemeter changed the coding for their widget yesterday (…
August 2, 2008
Here's a couple blog carnivals for you to enjoy;
Friday Ark number 202. This blog carnival focuses on photography, and animals are the stars!
American Economics blog carnival, 1 August 2008 edition. This blog carnival focuses on economic topics -- realities and perceptions -- as well as some…
August 2, 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 1, 2008
tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
This station was recently renovated with a "retro look" makeover, complete with new plaques and tablets in the original 1904 Heins-LaFarge style. The new…
August 1, 2008
tags: Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus, at Frenchtown Road, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas.
This individual is acquiring alternate (breeding) plumage.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 6 June 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200,…
August 1, 2008
tags: sex, abortion, feminism, family planning, medicaid, Department of Human and Health Services, contraceptives, birth control pills
This morning, I heard an astonishing interview on WNYC that discussed a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) draft document that was just leaked. This…
August 1, 2008
tags: researchblogging.org, evolution, speciation, ring species, phylogeography, landscape genetics, crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans, parrots, birds, Australia
Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans.
Image: Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
One of the challenges facing those who believe…
August 1, 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…