Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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February 3, 2008
tags: birds, great horned owl, Bubo virginianus, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus,
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…
February 3, 2008
tags: birds, House Sparrow, English Sparrow, Passer domesticus, ornithology, Image of the Day
"Don't think we're ungrateful. We really do appreciate the free cold buffet
but just once couldn't you serve hot hors d'oeuvres?"
Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George. [larger size].
February 3, 2008
tags: bob's house, deaf, Pepsi ad, Super bowl, streaming video
Okay you guys, in honor of the SuperBowl, I am showing this video to you today. Pepsi made this odd commercial ad that will really give the audience pause .. it honors deaf people and is entitled "Bob's House" [1:00]
Did you hear…
February 2, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, teaching
The 176th edition of the weekly blog carnival, Friday Ark, is now available for you to enjoy. This is a blog carnival that focuses on linking to pictures of animals, although the pictures might also have a story associated with them (but they don't have to). So if you…
February 2, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, history
The 61st edition of the History Carnival is now available for you to read and enjoy. This is a big carnival, and yet they saw fit to include a piece that I wrote (yeah, me!) so go there to learn lots of new and interesting things.
February 2, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, teaching
The 29th edition of the Circus of the Spineless is now available for you to read and enjoy. This is another "too small" blog carnival, but it includes pieces from my favorite invertebrate zoologists, so go there and enjoy!
February 2, 2008
tags: blog carnivals, teaching
The 2nd edition of A Teacher's Life Blog Carnival is now available for you to read and enjoy. And yes, they did include a submission from me. This blog carnival is not big enough, though, so if you have something to contribute to the next carnival, you should get over…
February 2, 2008
tags: reptiles, monitor lizard, komodo dragon, Varanus komodoensis, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is the world's largest monitor lizard,
the Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis.
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central…
February 2, 2008
I just thought I'd take this opportunity to let you all know that I have not been kidnapped by space aliens nor by the infamous "kidney harvesters", that I did survive my birdday. Apparently, I have a few more friends here in NYC than I thought, and they all banded together to mercifully ensure…
February 2, 2008
tags: birds, Bismarck Kingfisher, Alcedo websteri, ornithology, Image of the Day
Bismarck Kingfisher, Alcedo websteri,
a specialist of lowland forest streams has lost a fifth of its habitat during the previous ten years.
Image: Nik Borrow.
February 1, 2008
tags: amphibians, leopard frog, Rana pipiens, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is a Leopard frog, Rana pipiens.
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 1, 2008
tags: birds, Northern Bald Ibis, Geronticus eremita, ornithology, Image of the Day
One of the tagged Northern Bald Ibis, Geronticus eremita,
helping to elucidate the migration routes of this species.
Image: Cagan Sekercioglu.
February 1, 2008
tags: meet your meat, activism, animal welfare, meat industry, streaming video
I am not an animal rights activist, but I am deeply concerned about animal welfare, and I rarely eat meat, for many reasons, both ethical and economical. But if you are a rabid carnivore, this is the video that has…
January 31, 2008
tags: ladybugs, ladybirds, Coleoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Ladybugs, Coleoptera 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].
Read…
January 31, 2008
Orphaned image.
Happy birdday to me.
I thought that I'd take myself out for a celebratory drink tonight, so here I am, lighting fires in my beer. It's a good thing I am not drinking scotch: I might burn the place down doing this. Well, there is still time to address this oversight, I suppose.
January 31, 2008
tags: bats, little brown bats, Indiana bats, white nose syndrome, cavers, Alan Hicks
Hibernating bats suffering from the mysterious "White Nose Syndrome" (arrows).
Image: Alan Hicks, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation [larger view]
If you live in New York or Vermont, then you might…
January 31, 2008
tags: birds, White-necked Picathartes, Picathartes gymnocephalus, ornithology, Image of the Day
White-necked Picathartes, Picathartes gymnocephalus:
one of the species to benefit from Gola Forest being declared a national park.
Image: Jason D Weckstein, Ben D Marks/NCRC.
January 31, 2008
tags: Newfoundland, freezing waves, streaming video
This strange weather phenomenon happened in Newfoundland where the waves were actually frozen as they crashed on the beach [1:00]
Possible explanation: This phenomenon, while visually stunning, can be easily explained. It likely wasn't extremely…
January 30, 2008
tags: Carnival of the Liberals, blog carnivals
The latest edition of the Carnival of the Liberals is now available for your reading pleasure. I've been sending them regular submissions for the past six weeks, and they -- finally -- included one, so you have to reward them by going over there and…
January 30, 2008
tags: Journey to the Center of the Earth, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
A journey to the center of the earth (view 1, uptown stairway)
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).
If you look…
January 30, 2008
tags: birds, Atlantic+Puffin, Fratercula arctica, ornithology, Image of the Day
Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica,
was one of the species badly hit by the Erika oil disaster,
which killed about 72,000 birds.
Image: RSPB.
January 30, 2008
tags: drug use, lemurs, streaming video
This streaming video from Animal Planet reveals that Madagascar's lemurs also use drugs to get high -- but instead of peyote buttons or magic mushrooms, they use a poison produced by the millipede [1:55]
January 29, 2008
tags: Writers from across the blogosphere, blog carnivals
The latest edition of the Writers From Across The Blogosphere Carnival is now available for your reading pleasure. They included a few things that I've written, along with a mountain of other contributions that you are sure to enjoy.
January 29, 2008
tags: Carnival of Homeschooling, blog carnivals
The 109th edition of the Carnival of HomeSchooling is now available for your reading pleasure. They included something from me, too.
January 29, 2008
tags: Carnival of Cities, blog carnivals
The latest edition of the Carnival of the Cities is now available for your reading pleasure.
January 29, 2008
tags: Barbaro, horse racing, thoroughbreds, horses, leg injuries, churchill downs
Goodbye Barbaro, thanks for the memories.
Image source.
Roy and Gretchen Jackson, the owners of the gallant racehorse, Barbaro, who was euthanized one year ago today, have decided to inter his cremains at Churchill…
January 29, 2008
tags: Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
An alligator, Alligator mississippiensis,
with the shadow of a Stegosaurus behind 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…
January 29, 2008
tags: Jennifer A. Clack, 2008 Daniel Girault Elliot medal, National Academy of Sciences, zoology, evolutionary biology, paleontology
The National Academy of Sciences's 2008 Daniel Girault Elliot medal.
I just learned that Jennifer A. Clack, ScD, FLS, Professor and Curator of Vertebrate…
January 29, 2008
tags: Harry Potter, JK Rowling, books
Splitting with Harry Potter was more painful than getting divorced, a tearful JK Rowling says.
Image: DailyMail.
I thought I was the only one going through Harry Potter Separation Anxiety (HPSA, the newest disorder to be listed in the DSM), but JK Rowling…
January 29, 2008
tags: birds, Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix, ornithology, Image of the Day
Data in the climatic atlas show that the distribution of the Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix,
is likely to be affected by climate change
Image: Chris Gomersall/RSPB Images.