Hedwig Pöllöläinen
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July 31, 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 #24
as seen at NYC's…
July 31, 2008
Everyone knows that the White House has been forcing scientists to only talk about research that conforms with GW's agenda, and the political cartoonists have been busily committing these shameful lies to paper in a form that we all can appreciate. One of those cartoons is pictured above. Thanks…
July 31, 2008
tags: Harry Potter, Tales of Beedle the Bard, books, JK Rowling, book news
[larger view]
The Harry Potter news has been pouring in so fast that fans like me can hardly keep track of what keeps them awake at night due to excited anticipation. This time, the news is that the book of fairy tales,…
July 31, 2008
Hey everyone, the planners have set up a location for the public to meet the ScienceBloggers in NYC!
Location: Social bar and lounge -- look for us in the back room.
Date: Saturday, 9 August 2008
Time: 2-4pm
July 31, 2008
tags: Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
These birds are in alternate (breeding) plumage.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 11 July 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ…
July 31, 2008
Here's a blog carnival for you to enjoy;
A Gardening Carnival, 30 July 2008 edition. This blog carnival focuses on all aspects of gardening and lawn care.
July 31, 2008
Yeah, me!
Although I did spot one mistake in the test itself .. did you also see it?
I Scored a 100%!
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July 31, 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…
July 30, 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 #23
as seen at NYC's…
July 30, 2008
tags: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, streaming video, movie trailers, 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!
Okay, trailer number one for…
July 30, 2008
tags: researchblogging.org, animal migration, ecology, conservation, habitat destruction, global warming, overexploitation
Image: Makoa Farm Horseback Riding Safaris in Tanzania [larger view].
What do salmon, passenger pigeons, American bison and wildebeest have in common? They all are (or…
July 30, 2008
tags: Eastern Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Eastern Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 6 June 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s…
July 30, 2008
Here's a few recently published blog carnivals for you to enjoy;
Carnival of Liberals, 30 July edition. This blog carnival focuses on politics and freethought.
Carnival of the Green, issue 138. This blog carnival focuses on living lightly on the earth.
July 30, 2008
tags: flamingos, baboons, nature, streaming video
This streaming National Geographic video shows a group of hungry baboons in Kenya's Lake Bogoria that find themselves surrounded by a million unsuspecting, and unprotected, flamingos. I am sure you can guess what happens next. [2:40]
July 30, 2008
tags: researchblogging.org, dinosaurian soft tissue, fossils, bacterial biofilms, paleontology, endocasts, formerly pyritic framboids, collagen
Figure 1. EDS spectrum of framboid. EDS spectrum of framboid showing an iron-oxygen signature. Pt is from coating for SEM. Area in red box was scanned…
July 29, 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 #22
as seen at NYC's…
July 29, 2008
I receive a fair number of books to review each week, so I thought I should do what several magazines and other publications do; list those books that have arrived in my mailbox so you know that this is the pool of books from which I will be reading and reviewing on my blog. You may have noticed…
July 29, 2008
tags: Western Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Western Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
The bird on the left is in alternate (breeding) plumage while the bird resting on the
right is in basic (winter) plumage.…
July 29, 2008
tags: Canadian Apology, humor, politics, streaming video
This streaming video shows a truly Canadian apology for all the "wrongs" they have commited towards the U.S. [2:27]
July 29, 2008
Even though Homeland Security is not happy about this, I am rather pleased about this discovery. How about you?
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July 28, 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 #21
as seen at NYC's…
July 28, 2008
Here are a few blog carnivals for you to read and enjoy;
Carnival of the Elitist Bastards, issue number three. This new blog carnival celebrates excessive arrogance and bare-knuckle commentary, where smart-assed brutes with swords for tongues receive their rightful acknowledgment.
All Things Eco…
July 28, 2008
Hey, do you all know what day today is? Today is one month before I will be standing in London England. That's right, one month from this very moment, after having spent the previous night on a redeye from NYC, I will be hanging around with my NATURE blog colleagues and exploring London pubs…
July 28, 2008
tags: identify this bird, shorebird, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Mystery shorebird, Avium mysteriosus, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 25 August 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
July 28, 2008
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
A Marsh Wren, Cistothorus palustris, gathers cattail material
for its nest along the shore of Lost Lake in North Central Washington
just 10 miles south of the Canadian Border.
Image: Jeff Larsen, Writer/Photographer […
July 28, 2008
tags: twin baby moose, sprinkler, Anchorage Alaska, streaming video
Here's a sweet little video showing twin baby moose playing in a sprinkler in the back yard of a resident of Anchorage, Alaska. Mom also gets in on the fun. June 2008. [3:52]
July 28, 2008
Here's another one of those silly online quizzes for you to play with before you get down to work;
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Several of the people who died on my birthday throughout history include;
2007 - Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden
2007 - Molly…
July 27, 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 #20
as seen at NYC's…
July 27, 2008
tags: Black-Bellied Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Black-Bellied Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
This bird is in breeding plumage, more correctly known as "alternate plumage."
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 6 June 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa…
July 27, 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…