Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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February 20, 2008
tags: politics, democracy, superdelegates, Roy Zimmerman, streaming video
For this morning's video, I thought I'd share this little song with you, mostly because I have been asked to interview a local superdelegate for a story that the Huffington Post (where I volunteer) is writing. This time, I…
February 19, 2008
tags: columbus circle, manhattan, photography, NYC, NYCLife
Columbus Circle/CNN, NYC, at night.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
If you look closely at the previous picture and compare it to this one, you will find that the tall building on the right in this picture is actually on…
February 19, 2008
tags: columbus circle, manhattan, photography, NYC, NYCLife
Columbus Circle, NYC, at night.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [This is interesting in wallpaper size, in a sort of "Where's Waldo" sort of way].
February 19, 2008
tags: subway car, manhattan, photography, NYC, NYCLife
A subway car being moved on surface streets in Manhattan.
It's amazing to realize how BIG these things are when compared to other, more familiar, vehicles.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [Do you really want this in wallpaper size?].
I had…
February 19, 2008
tags: snake, reptiles, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Unknown (to me) species of snake
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].
Does anyone have any…
February 19, 2008
Hey everyone, I am once again asking you to send me submissions for my issue of the I and the Bird blog carnival. The carnival will be published here on 21 February at noon EST (unless the blog platform's scheduling feature is still screwy, which it might be, grrrr). I am seeking submissions about…
February 19, 2008
Today's view out the windows of my new neighborhood coffee shop.
It's cold outside today, and snow is predicted overnight, with snow and
sleet tomorrow morning.
GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
I am not sure if you've noticed or not, but I've been having a rough time leaving my apartment these…
February 19, 2008
tags: nature, poppies, 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…
February 19, 2008
tags: satire, parody, humor, Iraq, suicide vests, streaming video
Panelists discuss whether stringent new suicide vest laws would ensure that only responsible people blow themselves up. "It's not fair to treat people like criminals if they use a suicide vest in a responsible and proper manner" [2:…
February 18, 2008
tags: birds, brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Brown Kiwi, Apteryx mantelli,
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 18, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, All Women Blogging
The 30th edition of the All Women Blogging Carnival is now available for you to read and enjoy. This blog carnival focuses exclusively on blog entries that were written by women. And they included one that I wrote, too!
February 18, 2008
tags: nature, mountain, 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…
February 18, 2008
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
New wintering sites for critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus, have been discovered in Myanmar.
Image: Peter Ericsson.
Birds in Science
There is a lot of controversy among scientists…
February 18, 2008
tags: alka seltzer, microgravity, space science, NASA, streaming video
Alka-Seltzer is added to spherical water drop in microgravity onboard the International Space Station on March 22, 2003. Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit performs a series of microgravity experiments with water…
February 17, 2008
tags: reptile, snake, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Is this a rainbow snake, Farancia erytrogramma?
Snake, 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 17, 2008
Peering out of the windows of my new hang-out, a coffee shop that
just opened in my neighborhood. Guess who is going to get ALL of
my disposable income from now on?
GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
I think I mentioned to you a few months ago (in November to be precise) that three banks opened…
February 17, 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).
A friend of mine, Ian Paulsen, loves books as much as I do, and possibly (gasp!) moreso! I know this is difficult to believe, but he has…
February 17, 2008
tags: birds, kea, Nestor notabilis, ornithology, 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 16, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, Oekologie
The 14th edition of the Oekologie is now available for you to read and enjoy. This blog carnival mainly focuses on the science of ecology.
February 16, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, Friday Ark
The 178th edition of the Friday Ark is now available for you to read and enjoy. This blog carnival presents pictures of animals for you to enjoy, so get on over there!
February 16, 2008
tags: Scandentia, tree shrew, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
This might be a tree shrew (but which species?)
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 16, 2008
tags: birds, ornithology, Image of the Day
This photo was taken in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Have you any idea what it is? The photographer thought it was an owl, but a friend of the photographer thinks it may be a young red-shouldered hawk -- but in Colorado? [larger view].
My guess is below…
February 16, 2008
New York's subway station at 81st and Central Park West (CPW), also known as the AMNH subway station, was first opened on 10 September 1932, and rennovation of this station was completed in 1999 after the planetarium had been added to the Natural History Museum in 1990 (at a great cost that still…
February 15, 2008
As some of you know, I am hosting the next edition of I and the Bird blog carnival on 21 February, and I need BIRD SUBMISSIONS FROM YOU!!! I am interested in anything about ornithology, birds, and bird watching (unfortunately, I am not allowed to accept submissions that deal with captive birds). So…
February 15, 2008
tags: amphibian, African reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
African reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus,
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…
February 15, 2008
tags: researchblogging.org, climate change, global warming, oceanic dead zones, west coast, North America, Oregon state, Washington state
Millions of dead crabs are washing up onto Oregon and Washington state beaches from the offshore "dead zone".
Ever since it was first noticed by crab…
February 15, 2008
tags: birds, sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus, ornithology, Image of the Day
This thermal image of sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus.
shows that these birds are well insulated, with only their eyes and one leg losing heat.
Staff at London Zoo say this unique insight shows how animals…
February 15, 2008
tags: endangered species, red knot, Caladris canutus rufus, Delaware Bay, horseshoe crab, streaming video
This a streaming video about the shorebirds, the Red Knot, that migrate through Delaware Bay from South America. Red Knots stay in the bay for 10 days or so and feed on horseshoe crab eggs to…
February 14, 2008
tags: pangolin, animals, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is a species of pangolin, Manis species,
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 14, 2008
tags: birds, Eastern Screech-owl, Megascops asio, ornithology, Image of the Day
Eastern Screech-Owl, Megascops asio,
in its nest tree in Central Park, NYC.
Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George. [larger size].
The photographer writes; From 1996 to 2002 the New York City Parks Department in…