Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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January 21, 2009
tags: Dusky Seaside Sparrow, Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens, Joel Sartore, National Geographic, image of the day
The world in a jar: Is this the sort of world we wish to leave to our children?
Dusky Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens).
Extinct.
Image: Joel Sartore/National…
January 21, 2009
tags: Lucy's Warbler, Vermivora luciae, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Lucy's Warbler, Vermivora luciae, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 2007 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2007:06:21 07:31:23
Exposure Time: 1/80…
January 21, 2009
tags: inauguration, president obama, politics, television, presidential speech, streaming video
Oh, joy!
President Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States and delivered an inaugural address focusing on the themes of sacrifice and renewal yesterday afternoon…
January 20, 2009
tags: Christopher Street, Sheridan Square, The Greenwich Village Murals, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Greenwich Village Murals, 1994.
Artist: Lee Brozgold and the students of P.S. 41. Mosaic and ceramic tiles at Christopher Street/Sheridan Square (Uptown 1 train). Panel 3…
January 20, 2009
tags: politics, President Obama
Presidential hopeful (Now President) Barack Obama
greets the packed house at Fogelman Arena at Tulane University
after he speaks.
Image: Michael DeMocker
FINALLY! After eight long, miserable, horrible years of unmitigated failure at the hands of GW and his goons,…
January 20, 2009
tags: White-throated Thrush, Turdus assimilis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] White-throated Thrush, Turdus assimilis, photographed in Allen Williams Yard, Pharr, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 4 April 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200,…
January 19, 2009
tags: Christopher Street, Sheridan Square, The Greenwich Village Murals, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Greenwich Village Murals, 1994.
Artist: Lee Brozgold and the students of P.S. 41. Mosaic and ceramic tiles at Christopher Street/Sheridan Square (Uptown 1 train). Panel 2…
January 19, 2009
tags: Wattled Jacana, Jacana jacana, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Wattled Jacana, Jacana jacana, photographed in tributary called the Rio Ariau, a tributary that runs between the Rio Negro and Amazon rivers about 35 miles west of Manaus. [I will identify this bird for you…
January 18, 2009
tags: Christopher Street, Sheridan Square, The Greenwich Village Murals, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Greenwich Village Murals, 1994.
Artist: Lee Brozgold and the students of P.S. 41. Mosaic and ceramic tiles at Christopher Street/Sheridan Square (Uptown 1 train). Panel 1…
January 18, 2009
tags: Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 2008 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2008:01:20 09:04:13
Exposure Time: 1…
January 18, 2009
tags: nature, oceanography, marine life, sardines, South Africa, streaming video
I watched this film a couple days ago when I visited the AMNH, and then a reader and friend found this video on youtube -- so of course, I had to share it with you! [3:33]
While Wild Ocean explores the causes and…
January 17, 2009
tags: annual science communication conference, ScienceOnline'09, SciO09, Sigma Xi, Research Triangle Park, science blogging conference, nature blog writing
Naturalist Blogging in the heart of the Big Apple.
Welcome everyone, to our session at the ScienceOnline '09 conference at Sigma Xi in…
January 17, 2009
tags: Christopher Street, Sheridan Square, The Greenwich Village Murals, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Greenwich Village Murals, 1994.
Artist: Lee Brozgold and the students of P.S. 41. Mosaic and ceramic tiles at Christopher Street/Sheridan Square (Uptown 1 train).
Image:…
January 17, 2009
I am sitting here in North Carolina in a blog session about blog carnivals, and I am dismayed to ask you what has happened to these three blog carnivals: Tangled Bank, The Boneyard, and The Circus of the Spineless?
I know that there is a small core group of us at ScienceBlogs who are talking about…
January 17, 2009
tags: Franklin's Gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Franklin's Gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan, photographed the Quintana Beach and Jetty area, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 18 November 2008 [larger view].
Nikon…
January 17, 2009
tags: humor, silly, entertainment, shoes, beer, streaming video
Okay, so this is silly .. (but nevertheless, Dr. Isis will love it) .. but it might make you smile since you might also be thinking about what all of us crazy scientists have been doing last night in North Carolina [0:32]
January 16, 2009
tags: Christopher Street, Sheridan Square, The Greenwich Village Murals, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Greenwich Village Murals, 1994.
Artist: Lee Brozgold and the students of P.S. 41. Mosaic and ceramic tiles at Christopher Street/Sheridan Square (Downtown 1 train). Panel…
January 16, 2009
tags: Bell's Vireo, Vireo bellii, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Bell's Vireo, Vireo bellii, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 2007 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2007:06:15 06:57:08
Exposure Time: 1/100
F-Number: 5…
January 16, 2009
tags: zebroid, zorse, hebra, zebra-horse hybrid, streaming video
Here's some video of an individual zebroid (zebra-horse hybrid) that I wrote about in July 2007 [0:48]
here's more footage of this animal along with a companion [1:22];
And an old news report [1:14];
January 15, 2009
tags: Christopher Street, Sheridan Square, The Greenwich Village Murals, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Greenwich Village Murals, 1994.
Artist: Lee Brozgold and the students of P.S. 41. Mosaic and ceramic tiles at Christopher Street/Sheridan Square (Downtown 1 train). Panel…
January 15, 2009
For those of you who are wondering if the US Airways plane that crashed into the Hudson River immediately upon leaving La Guardia Airport in NYC for North Carolina can rest easy because here's a picture of my immediate surroundings for you all to enjoy ...
Image: source [larger view].
(I was…
January 15, 2009
tags: Dickcissel, Spiza americana, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Dickcissel, Spiza americana, photographed at Crab Street, Surfside, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 18 November 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ…
January 14, 2009
tags: Christopher Street, Sheridan Square, The Greenwich Village Murals, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Greenwich Village Murals, 1994.
Artist: Lee Brozgold and the students of P.S. 41. Mosaic and ceramic tiles at Christopher Street/Sheridan Square (Downtown 1 train). Panel…
January 14, 2009
tags: Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus, photographed in Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 28 December 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera…
January 13, 2009
tags: Christopher Street, Sheridan Square, The Greenwich Village Murals, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Greenwich Village Murals, 1994.
Artist: Lee Brozgold and the students of P.S. 41. Mosaic and ceramic tiles at Christopher Street/Sheridan Square (Downtown 1 train).
Image…
January 13, 2009
tags: Verdin, Auriparus flaviceps, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Verdin, Auriparus flaviceps, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 2007 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2007:05:04 08:14:06
Exposure Time: 1/639
F-Number…
January 12, 2009
tags: Christopher Street, Sheridan Square, The Greenwich Village Murals, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Christopher Street/Sheridan Square subway tile art (1 train).
Image: GrrlScientist, 27 December 2008 [larger view].
This mural depicts people who were instrumental in…
January 12, 2009
tags: Black-chinned Sparrow, Spizella atrogularis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Black-chinned Sparrow, Spizella atrogularis, photographed in Boyce Thompson Arboretum Demo Garden, Superior, Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 2006 [larger…
January 12, 2009
tags: Iraq, Iraq for Sale, politics, streaming video
Robert Greenwald, the director of IRAQ FOR SALE, was invited to testify before Congress by Rep. Jim Moran. He prepared four minutes from the documentary to show.
Republicans insisted this video not be shown. [4:37]
January 11, 2009
tags: Times Square, 42nd street Times Square, New York in Transit, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
New York in Transit, 2001, detail 4, photographed from left to right.
Artist: Jacob Lawrence. Glass mosaics on stairway wall between N, Q, W, R and S mezzanines.
Image:…