Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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February 25, 2008
tags: NYC, 72nd street subway station, photography, NYC through my eye
NYC subway stations at 72nd and Broadway (foreground; the 1-2-3 trains stop here).
You can see some snow is still present.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [larger view].
I captured this image yesterday in the late afternoon. One…
February 25, 2008
I just found that Columbia University Press's official blog linked to my humble blog. That's really wonderful, it made my day, in fact!
February 25, 2008
tags: silverfish, Lepisma saccharina, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
This beastie is probably a silverfish, Lepisma saccharina,
as portrayed in tiles on the stairway of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size…
February 25, 2008
tags: birds, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus, Image of the Day
New wintering sites for
critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus,
have been discovered in Myanmar.
(another picture of this species).
Image: Peter Ericsson. [larger view].
February 25, 2008
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
King penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus, swim off the Crozet Islands in the Indian Ocean near Antarctica. Scientists estimate that a rise in ocean surface temperature of less than half a degree over the next 20 years would…
February 25, 2008
tags: black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes, endangered species, cute overload, streaming video
An endangered black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes, steals a CNN microphone cover. This is an animal that can move as fast backwards as forwards, or so it appears. Short, but incredibly cute footage of…
February 24, 2008
tags: damselfly, odonota, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is a Damselfly (but which species?)
as portrayed in tiles on the stairway up to the ground level of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008.. [wallpaper…
February 24, 2008
tags: nature, coast, Image of the Day
I have been digging through my image archives in my gmail account and found some real treasures that my readers sent to me. Unfortunately, I overlooked quite a few images that were sent when I was in the hospital and had poor computer access. So let me fix this…
February 24, 2008
tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, natural history 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 Paulsen, which lists bird and natural history books that are (or will soon be)…
February 23, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, Carnival of Cities
I know you all are sitting around this evening bored, with nothing to do, so let me help you a little bit. I am hosting another blog carnival, the Carnival of Cities. This is a fun little blog carnival that is surprisingly popular. It focuses on any aspect…
February 23, 2008
tags: Berlin Archaeopteryx cast, birds, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
A cast of the Berlin Archeopteryx specimen (including moronic graffiti)
as portrayed in bronze on the walls of the NYC downtown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image:…
February 23, 2008
tags: Elizabeth Dodd, Moonrise over chimney rock, photography, photoessay
Poet and writer, Elizabeth Dodd, and Moonrise over Chimney Rock.
Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU [wallpaper size].
I have mentioned Elizabeth Dodd's poetry on this blog in the past, so I thought I'd share this photoessay of hers…
February 23, 2008
tags: nature, moon over desert, Image of the Day
I have been digging through my image archives in my gmail account and found some real treasures that my readers sent to me. Unfortunately, I overlooked quite a few images that were sent when I was in the hospital and had poor computer access. So let…
February 23, 2008
Today's view out the windows of my new neighborhood coffee shop.
It's cold outside today, and, as you can see, it snowed.
GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
This past week has been a real challenge because my bathroom is apparently disintegrating, which has caused the building "super" and his…
February 23, 2008
tags: Evolution: What The Fossils Say And Why it Matters, fossils, dinosaurs, creationism, Donald Prothero, book review
I was in love with dinosaurs when I was a kid, and I still am. It was my love for dinosaurs and fossils and especially my time spent learning the minutea of the evolutionary…
February 22, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, Friday Ark
The 179th edition of the Friday Ark is now available for your viewing pleasure. This is the carnival that focuses specifically on sharing images of ANIMALS, although some of these images are accompanied by words.
February 22, 2008
tags: amphibian, frog, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Red-eyed tree frog and either Ichthyostega or Acanthostega shadowing it
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008…
February 22, 2008
tags: Charles Darwin, crabs, crustaceans, University of Oxford, Oxford Museum of Natural History, online database
Fiddler crabs are easily recognised by their distinctive asymmetric claws. This specimen was captured in May 1835 when the Beagle arrived in Mauritius.
Image: Oxford University Museum…
February 22, 2008
tags: mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, birds, Image of the Day
I have been digging through my image archives in my gmail account and found some real treasures that my readers sent to me. Unfortunately, I overlooked quite a few images that were sent when I was in the hospital and had poor computer…
February 22, 2008
tags: cave of the swallows, Sótano de las Golondrinas, pit caves, cave diving, streaming video
The Cave of the Swallows is an enormous pit cave in a rainforest in San Luis PotosÃ, Mexico. The cave is known by the native name of Sótano de las Golondrinas, which means Basement of the Swallows,…
February 21, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, Carnival of Cities
Now that I have finished putting together the 69th edition of I and the Bird (*whew* that's hard work!), I now am focusing my energies on another blog carnival that I am hosting next week: Carnival of Cities. This is a relatively new (to my readers) blog…
February 21, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, Tangled Bank
I have been so focused on putting together the blog carnival that I am hosting, the 69th edition of I and the Bird, that I have not yet mentioned that my favoritest of all blog carnivals, The Tangled Bank, is now available. Go here to read the 20 February edition…
February 21, 2008
tags: insect, wasp, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is an Ichneumon wasp species (but which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size…
February 21, 2008
tags: lynx, Lynx canadensis, mammals, Image of the Day
I have been digging through my image archives in my gmail account and found some real treasures that my readers sent to me. Unfortunately, I overlooked quite a few images that were sent when I was in the hospital and had poor computer access.…
February 21, 2008
The Oblivious Birder.
Jeff created this photo for use in a recent keynote address given at the Spacecoast Bird & Wildlife Fest. Clearly this was tongue in cheek as the birder is completely unaware of the oncoming traffic. However, when he gave the example all admitted that they had seen…
February 21, 2008
tags: birds, ornithology, flamingos, courtship dance, streaming video
This video documents the highly synchronized mating dance of wild flamingos, just one of many surprising animals hidden among the Andes in South America. This footage is from the NATURE premiere of "Andes: The Dragon's Back." It…
February 20, 2008
tags: spider, arachnid, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia, guarding her egg case,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. […
February 20, 2008
tags: environment, commercial fishing industry, bottom trawling, orange roughy, Chilean sea bass, seafood
Landsat satellite image, Gulf of Mexico (mouth of Vermillion Bay, Louisiana), taken on 10/12/92. Note the abundant narrow sediment trails, most in shallow water (<20m), possibly caused by…
February 20, 2008
tags: birds, Mergus merganser, common merganser, Image of the Day
I have been digging through my image archives in my gmail account and found some real treasures that my readers sent to me. Unfortunately, I overlooked quite a few images that were sent when I was in the hospital and had poor…
February 20, 2008
tags: book review, HIV, AIDS, Africa, epidemic, public health, Helen Epstein, The Invisible Cure
"AIDS has come to haunt a world that thought it was incomplete. Some wanted children, some wanted money, some wanted property, some wanted power, but all we have ended up with is AIDS."
-- Bernadette…