Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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March 2, 2009
tags: pinky, pink bottlenose dolphin, albino bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Lake Calcasieu, Eric Rue
Image: Eric Rue, Calcasieu Charter Service.
A rare pink Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, has resurfaced two years after it had first been seen in Lake Calcasieu, an inland…
March 2, 2009
tags: Rautatientori Metroasema, Central Railway Station Subway Art, Helsinki Finland, Metro -- Friday evening, Sanna Karlsson-Sutisnas, subway art, photography
Metro -- Friday evening, detail 4a (Installed: 23 November 2007).
Rautatientorin Metroasema (Central Railway Station) Subway Art,…
March 2, 2009
tags: Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Päivä kaunis.
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].
"Kuu kulta, kivestä pääsit, päivä…
March 2, 2009
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis,
photographed at Meadows Campground, Hart's Pass,
in the Okanagan of Washington State.
Image: Lee Rentz, 19 October 2008.
Birds in Science
The unusually intact fossilized…
March 2, 2009
tags: Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 16 April 2008 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2008:04:16 08:46:29
Exposure Time: 1/319…
March 2, 2009
tags: neurobiology, arts, dance, science, streaming video
There's been a movement recently to "dance your PhD" and this is the first video I've seen where someone has actually done this -- what do you think? [2:55]
Dissertation Title: Cerebral activation patterns induced by inflection of regular…
March 1, 2009
tags: Rautatientori Metroasema, Central Railway Station Subway Art, Helsinki Finland, Metro -- Friday evening, Sanna Karlsson-Sutisnas, subway art, photography
Metro -- Friday evening, detail 4 (left to right) (Installed: 23 November 2007).
Rautatientorin Metroasema (Central Railway Station)…
March 1, 2009
tags: Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, image of the day
Pohjolan kivimäkehen.
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].
Kun oli kuun kulettanunna sekä pÅ
March 1, 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 1, 2009
tags: Eastern Screech-Owl, Otus asio, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Rufous morph Eastern Screech-Owl, Otus asio, photographed at near Beaver Creek Nature area in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Terry Sohl, 11 June 2006.
Photo…
March 1, 2009
tags: budgerigars, talking birds, pets, cute, streaming video
This video documents a budgerigar who is astonishingly chatty -- and he makes more sense than a lot of people I know, too [6:04]
Part 1-The Spiritual Evolution of Budgies -
February 28, 2009
You've watched the video, so let's do our best to help Joe Biden, and to do this, I suggest that we start at the beginning. I have two questions for you: Do you consider yourself to be "Middle Class"? If so, what is "Middle Class" in America?
Unlike most Americans, I do not, and never have,…
February 28, 2009
tags: Rautatientori Metroasema, Central Railway Station Subway Art, Helsinki Finland, Metro -- Friday evening, Sanna Karlsson-Sutisnas, subway art, photography
Metro -- Friday evening, detail 3 (left to right) (Installed: 23 November 2007).
Rautatientorin Metroasema (Central Railway Station)…
February 28, 2009
tags: plants, Gardenia-Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Viikki, image of the day
Curl.
Photographed at Gardenia-Helsinki, the public greenhouse at the
University of Helsinki, Viikki campus, Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 25 February 2009 [larger view].
February 28, 2009
tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, photographed in Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 6 December 2008 [larger view].
Nikon…
February 28, 2009
tags: budgerigars, talking birds, pets, cute, streaming video
This budgerigar has the cutest little speaking voice and .. hang on, what's he saying? [0:45]
Parakeet Says "Barack Obama" -
February 27, 2009
tags: Rautatientori Metroasema, Central Railway Station Subway Art, Helsinki Finland, Metro -- Friday evening, Sanna Karlsson-Sutisnas, subway art, photography
Metro -- Friday evening, detail 2 (left to right) (Installed: 23 November 2007).
Rautatientorin Metroasema (Central Railway Station)…
February 27, 2009
The latest blog carnival to be published is the Carnival of the Vanities, which is devoted to excellent writing recently published in the blogosphere, regardless of topic.
The Friday Ark, issue 232. This blog carnival is all about sharing images of animals, although there might be text associated…
February 27, 2009
tags: flower, Gardenia-Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Viikki, image of the day
Still Life: Flower in a vase.
Photographed at Gardenia-Helsinki, the public greenhouse at the
University of Helsinki, Viikki campus, Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 25 February 2009 [larger view].
I…
February 27, 2009
tags: African Diaries: Sketches and Observations, nature, wildlife, field research, Africa, David G. Derrick, book review
I love art, birds and travel, and because Africa has such a huge variety of exotic wildlife that I've only ever seen in zoos and aviaries, it is high on my list of places to…
February 27, 2009
tags: Blue Grouse, Dusky Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Blue (Dusky) Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, photographed in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Terry Sohl, 18 August 2008 [larger view].…
February 27, 2009
tags: vervet monkeys, animal behavior, alcohol, streaming video
This streaming video explores alcohol use (and abuse) among a group of feral vervet monkeys on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. Interestingly, the patterns of alcohol use and abuse closely mirror those found in humans. The sound on…
February 26, 2009
tags: Rautatientori Metroasema, Central Railway Station Subway Art, Helsinki Finland, Metro -- Friday evening, Sanna Karlsson-Sutisnas, subway art, photography
Metro -- Friday evening, detail 1 (left to right) (Installed: 23 November 2007).
Rautatientorin Metroasema (Central Railway Station)…
February 26, 2009
tags: Gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides, flower, Gardenia-Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Viikki, image of the day
Gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides.
Photographed at Gardenia-Helsinki, the public greenhouse at the
University of Helsinki, Viikki campus, Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 25…
February 26, 2009
tags: American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis, photographed in Buffalo Bayou in West Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 15 February 2009 [larger view].
Nikon…
February 26, 2009
tags: Helsinki, Finland
A sunny day in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 25 February 2009 [larger view].
As you can see from the image above, yesterday was a gorgeous, sunny day. It was so warm, comparatively speaking, that I thought that some of the snow might melt. I spent part of the…
February 26, 2009
tags: budgerigars, animal training, cute, streaming video
I've seen a lot of examples of animal training in my lifetime, but this certainly is one of the best because it involves not one or two animals, but a small flock .. and each bird is doing just what he or she should be doing .. amazing! [5:…
February 25, 2009
tags: Rautatientori Metroasema, Central Railway Station Subway Art, Helsinki Finland, Metro -- Friday evening, Sanna Karlsson-Sutisnas, subway art, photography
Metro -- Friday evening (Installed: 23 November 2007).
Rautatientorin Metroasema (Central Railway Station) Subway Art, Helsinki, Finland…
February 25, 2009
Here's the latest blog carnivals for you to read;
The very first issue of Diversity in Science blog carnival, which celebrates minorities and under-represented groups who are scientists and those who are working to increase the overall diversity of working scientists.
I also was asked to let you…
February 25, 2009
tags: Scots Pine Tree, Pinus sylvestris, tree bark, Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day
Tree Bark -- Can you identify the species?
Bark of the Scots Pine, Pinus sylvestris.
Seurasaari, western Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 February 2009. [larger view].
Review…