Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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March 15, 2009
tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, animal books, natural history books, ecology books
"One cannot have too many good bird books"
--Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927).
The Birdbooker Report is a special weekly report of a wide variety of science, nature and behavior books that…
March 15, 2009
tags: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, photographed on the Fort Pierre National Grasslands in South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Terry Sohl, 4 January 2009 [larger view].
Photo taken with…
March 15, 2009
tags: get religion, religion, godlessness, atheism, streaming video
Here's an ad for one of the world's favorite time and life-wasters: Religion. Presented here as a public service (notice the background music) [1:25]
March 14, 2009
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Oculus, #8 (1998).
Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A, C & E trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic…
March 14, 2009
Here's the latest carnivalia for you to enjoy;
The Just Write Blog Carnival, 13 March 2009 Edition. This blog carnival is large and includes a wide variety of interesting submissions from around the blogosphere.
My mention of the Carnival of Family Life is late, but it's better than never!
March 14, 2009
tags: canons, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Mörssäri.
Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day).
This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].
March 14, 2009
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.
Open Lab 2008 (2009…
March 14, 2009
tags: The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks, Susan Casey, science, adventure, memoir, book review
An ocean without its unnamed monsters would be like a completely dreamless sleep.
-- John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez (Penguin…
March 14, 2009
tags: fledgling Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Fledgling Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus, photographed near a small Olympic Peninsula lake in Shelton, Washington State. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Lee Rentz, 19…
March 14, 2009
tags: books, memoir, godlessness, losing faith, William Lobdell
I am most pleased to tell you that William Lobdell, an award-winning journalist from the LATimes, who is also a new book author, as well as a blog writer, college lecturer and public speaker and media consultant, will be in NYC this…
March 13, 2009
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Oculus, #7 (1998).
Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A, C & E trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic…
March 13, 2009
tags: old stones, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Iäkäs kivittää.
Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day).
This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].
March 13, 2009
tags: Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla, photographed at Newton Hills State Park in South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Terry Sohl, 30 September 2008 [larger view].
Photo taken with…
March 13, 2009
tags: Alom Shaha, why is science important, streaming video
In this streaming video, Physics teacher and film-maker Alom Shaha sets out to uncover a genuinely satisfying answer to his students' most common question: why is science important? This film was made with funding from the Wellcome Trust,…
March 12, 2009
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Oculus, #6 (1998).
Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A, C & E trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic…
March 12, 2009
tags: Northwestern sweeps the skies, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Luode taivaan luutii.
Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day).
This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].
March 12, 2009
tags: Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, photographed at Newton Hills State Park in southeastern South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Terry Sohl, June 2007.
Photo taken with a…
March 12, 2009
tags: Robert Friedhoffer, kitchen science, magic tricks, science facts, streaming video
This streaming video is an interview with science teacher and book author, Robert Friedhoffer, who likes to use magic tricks to help kids learn scientific principles. I was especially pleased when he asked the…
March 11, 2009
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Oculus, #5 (1998).
Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A, C & E trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic…
March 11, 2009
tags: winterland, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Talvimaa.
Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day).
This is one of my favorite places to visit in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 28 February 2009 [larger view].
March 11, 2009
tags: Elf Owl, Micrathene whitneyi, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Elf Owl, Micrathene whitneyi, photographed outside a gorgeous little bed and breakfast on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Terry Sohl, 7 May 2008 [larger view…
March 10, 2009
tags: labyrinth, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Sokkelo.
A look down the dark labyrinthine tunnels connecting the
many small rooms and alcoves within the stone Suomenlinna fortress.
Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day).
This is one of my favorite places…
March 10, 2009
tags: Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus photographed in Brazoria Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 12 February 2009 [larger view].…
March 10, 2009
tags: hamster popcorn piano, cute overload, funny, dwarf hamster, streaming video
This streaming video is a recreation of the original dwarf-hamster-on-a-piano-eating-popcorn video, which I embedded into my blog waaaay back in the day, but which the filmographer inexplicably removed from YouTube.…
March 9, 2009
Here's the latest carnivalia for you to read and enjoy;
Academy of Science and Technology, issue #1. This was a homeschooling blog carnival that has undergone a change of name and focus, so now it is a forum for teaching and mentoring kids about science and technology.
Homeschooling Showcase, issue…
March 9, 2009
tags: fortress, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Linnan Muuri.
The Frozen Gulf of Finland (foreground)
with a Suomenlinna Fortress Wall standing in the background
on one of the Wolf Islands in the Suomenlinna Archipelago.
Photographed at Suomenlinna on Kalevalapaäivä (Kalevala Day…
March 9, 2009
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
Chatham Island (Mollymawk) Albatross, Thalassarche cauta eremita.
With 18 out of 22 albatross species threatened with extinction,
the FAO should be congratulated on establishing a gold standard
for reducing seabird bycatch…
March 9, 2009
tags: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, photographed in Starr County Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 5 April 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200,…
March 9, 2009
tags: hammy the hamster, cute overload, funny, golden hamster, streaming video
This streaming video shows Hammy the Golden Hamster choosing organic food more often than regular non-organic food -- of course, "Hammy" isn't paying the bills for his expensive food choices, a point that is conveniently…
March 8, 2009
tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Oculus, #2 (1998).
Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A & C trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic at…