Hedwig Pöllöläinen
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April 24, 2009
tags: polo horses, poisoned polo ponies, Florida, International Polo Club Palm Beach, Lechuza Caracas, Franck's Pharmacy, Biodyl, selenium
A Lechuza pony stands ready for play.
Image: New York Social Diary (2008).
The mysterious deaths of twenty-one Venezuelan polo horses was apparently due to…
April 24, 2009
Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.
Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) blog carnival is seeking your recently published blog entries (within the previous 60 days) about science, nature and…
April 24, 2009
tags: American Golden-Plover, Pluvialis dominica, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] American Golden-Plover, Pluvialis dominica, photographed in Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 19 March 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope…
April 24, 2009
tags: earth day, green living, environmentally-friendly offices, work space, streaming video
This video offers advice on how to be green at work by suggesting a few easy changes that you and your co-workers can make to save the environment [2:02]
April 23, 2009
tags: HR669, pets, exotic animals, invasive species, politics
Let's watch the legislative process in action: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Legislative Hearing on H.R. 669. [Archived Video].
Will anyone add this hearing footage to YouTube? For some mysterious reason, I…
April 23, 2009
Here's the latest to appear in the blog carnival circuit;
Carnival of the Vanities, the "Back to Normality" issue. Hrm .. what is "normality"?
Carnival of the Cities, which is where we can tell others about our cities, regardless of where we live.
April 23, 2009
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Dahlias.
83rd and Amsterdam Avenue (Upper West Side of Manhattan).
Image: GrrlScientist, 23 April 2009 [larger view].
April 23, 2009
tags: polo horses, poisoned polo ponies, Florida, International Polo Club Palm Beach, Lechuza Caracas, Franck's Pharmacy
Victor Vargas, patron of Venezuelan team Lechuza Caracas (1), left,
hits a shot past Carlos Gracida (2), right, of Mokarow Farms in the
Stanford U.S. Open Polo Championships at…
April 23, 2009
tags: Brown Creeper, Certhia americana, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Brown Creeper, Certhia americana, photographed at the Big Sioux Recreation Area near Brandon, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Terry Sohl, 30 December 2007.
Photo taken with…
April 23, 2009
tags: HR669, pets, exotic animals, invasive species, politics
Let's watch the legislative process in action, live: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Legislative Hearing on H.R. 669 (10:00 AM -- 1324 Longworth).
Take Action Now.
HR 669 Links:
Will HR 669 Transform Your Exotic…
April 23, 2009
tags: The Soloist, homelessness, mental illness, movie trailer, film, true story, streaming video
Wow, now this is a movie that I must see! I heard an interview with the author of the book on which this film was based, LATimes reporter, Steve Lopez. He meets a mentally ill homeless man playing…
April 22, 2009
Here's the current list of Scientia Pro Publica hosts. If you wish to host an edition of this carnival at your blog, please contact me or leave a comment here;
04 May -- Deep Thoughts and Silliness
18 May -- The Primate Diaries
01 June -- Pleiotropy
15 June -- Mauka to Makai
06 July -- Greg…
April 22, 2009
tags: House Resolution 669, HR 669, The Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act, legislation, pets, politics
Elektra, my female Solomon Islands eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus solomonensis.
This is the smallest and most distinctively marked of all the subspecies of eclectus parrots.
Image:…
April 22, 2009
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Bleeding Heart, Dicentra spectabilis.
124th and Broadway (Harlem) in Manhattan.
Image: GrrlScientist, 21 April 2009 [larger view].
April 22, 2009
tags: Earth Day, earth-friendly resolutions, meme, environment, nature
Mike at Questionable Authority has started a new meme in honor of Earth Day, listing our Earth Day Resolutions. Even though he's being a big dork by not tagging me with this meme, I have decided to contribute anyway. (I have…
April 22, 2009
tags: Black and White Warbler, Mniotilta varia, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Black and White Warbler, , photographed in Quintana and Beach, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 March 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope…
April 22, 2009
tags: umbrella cockatoo, Cacatua alba, behavior, humor, funny, streaming video
This amusing video captures an umbrella cockatoo, Cacatua alba, taunting a pug by imitating its barking -- what do you suppose this cockatoo was saying? [1:17]
April 21, 2009
What: A public presentation, "The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Belief"
Where: All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave and 80th St [map]
When: Wednesday, 22 April, 6:30 - 8:00 pm.
Cost: free and open to the public.
My fellow residents of NYC might be interested to know that the…
April 21, 2009
Here are the latest blog carnivals that have been published in the blogosphere;
Scientia Pro Publica, #2. This biweekly blog carnival, started by me to replace the now extinct Tangled Bank, celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing published in the blogosphere.
SurgExperiences, #221…
April 21, 2009
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Buttercup, Ranunculus sceleratus.
124th and Broadway (Harlem) in Manhattan.
Image: GrrlScientist, 21 April 2009 [larger view].
April 21, 2009
tags: polo horses, mysterious deaths polo ponies, florida, International Polo Club Palm Beach, Lechuza Caracas, Victor Vargas
Polo horse.
Image: orphaned, contact me for proper attribution [larger view].
By now, most of you have heard the tragic story of the twenty-one polo horses that died…
April 21, 2009
tags: Black-throated Sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Black-throated Sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 18 May 2005 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2005:05:18…
April 21, 2009
tags: Harry Potter news, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, film trailer, movies, streaming video
If you're like me, you have practically gnawed off all your fingers in anticipation of the often-delayed next installment in the Harry Potter film series; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,…
April 20, 2009
tags: Scientia Pro Publica, Science for the People, biology, evolution, medicine, earth science, behavioral ecology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, blog carnival
Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.
This…
April 20, 2009
tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
A friendly face in Manhattan.
West 79th Street between Amsterdam and Broadway Aves; UWS, Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 19 April 2009 [larger view].
April 20, 2009
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
Male Scarlet Tanager, Piranga olivacea, photographed in Newton Hills State Park in South Dakota.
Image: Terry Sohl, 7 June 2008 [larger view].
Photo taken with a Canon 20D, 400 5.6L.
Birds in Science and Technology…
April 20, 2009
tags: Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus, photographed in Tom Bass Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 March 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn…
April 20, 2009
tags: The Beagle Project, science, fund-raising, humor, streaming video
This amusing streaming video, featuring a self-described "fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation" whom I know in real life, has an important message: Let's Bring the Magic Back! [1:50]
The Beagle Project aims to…
April 19, 2009
What: A public presentation, "The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Belief"
Where: All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave and 80th St [map]
When: Wednesday, 22 April, 6:30 - 8:00 pm.
Cost: free and open to the public.
My fellow residents of NYC might be interested to know that the…
April 19, 2009
tags: 'Alala, Hawaiian Crow, Hawaiian Raven, Corvus hawaiiensis, endangered species, conservation
One of the last wild-born `Alalâ to ever be photographed in the wild.
Image: The Honolulu Advertiser.
One of the rarest forest birds in the world, the critically endangered `Alalâ, or Hawaiian…