Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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January 11, 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…
January 11, 2009
tags: Orange-crowned Warbler, Vermivora celata, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Orange-crowned Warbler, Vermivora celata, photographed in Allen Williams Yard, Pharr, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 April 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200…
January 10, 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 3, photographed from left to right.
Artist: Jacob Lawrence. Glass mosaics on stairway wall between N, Q, W, R and S mezzanines.
Image:…
January 9, 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 2, photographed from left to right.
Artist: Jacob Lawrence. Glass mosaics on stairway wall between N, Q, W, R and S mezzanines.
Image:…
January 9, 2009
tags: kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, image of the day
Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, with a freshly caught flatfish.
This species is found in central and southern England, and they are currently increasing in their range in Scotland.
Image: Paul Richards [larger view].
This image is part of a lovely…
January 9, 2009
tags: announcement, scienceblogs, Movable Type 4.0, MT4.0
This blog, along with all the other blogs hosted at ScienceBlogs, will be un-edit-able starting at 1300 today, and extending into the future for at least 36 hours (Saturday night). This means that, even though you can see and read blog…
January 9, 2009
tags: NYC events, announcement, evolution, NYC Skeptics, Don Prothero
Professor of Geology and popular author, Don Prothero, will be speaking in NYC TOMORROW at the New York City Skeptics about evolution and his book, Evolution: What The Fossils Say And Why it Matters [my review]. Even though we…
January 8, 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 1, photographed from left to right.
Artist: Jacob Lawrence. Glass mosaics on stairway wall between N, Q, W, R and S mezzanines.
Image:…
January 8, 2009
Here's the latest carnivalia for you to enjoy;
I and the Bird, issue 91. This blog carnival focuses on wild birds and bird watching.
Carnival of the Vanities, 8 January 2009 edition. This blog carnival focuses on the best writing in the blogosphere for the previous week (or so), regardless of…
January 8, 2009
tags: kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, image of the day
Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, with a freshly caught flatfish.
This species is found in central and southern England, and they are currently increasing in their range in Scotland.
Image: Paul Richards [larger view].
This image is part of a lovely…
January 8, 2009
tags: announcement, scienceblogs, Movable Type 4.0, MT4.0
This blog, along with all the other blogs hosted at ScienceBlogs, will be un-edit-able starting at 1300 tomorrow, and extending into the future for at least 36 hours (Saturday night). This means that, even though you can see and read blog…
January 8, 2009
tags: Clay-colored Sparrow, Spizella+pallida, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Clay-colored Sparrow, Spizella pallida, photographed in Marymoor Park, Redmond, King County, Washington State. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Marv Breece, 7 October 2006 [larger…
January 7, 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. Photographed from the right side.
Artist: Jacob Lawrence. Glass mosaics on stairway wall between N, Q, W, R and S mezzanines.
Image: GrrlScientist 5…
January 7, 2009
tags: annual science communication conference, ScienceOnline'09, SciO09, Sigma Xi, Research Triangle Park, science blogging conference, nature blog writing
Okay everyone, you may be aware of the fact that I will be co-hosting a session about writing about nature on a blog at the upcoming…
January 7, 2009
Here's the latest Carnival of Education for your reading pleasure. To be honest, I am surprised, but pleased, that they included my submission!
January 7, 2009
tags: kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, image of the day
Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, on her favorite fishing perch. This bird is found in central and southern England, and they are currently increasing in their range in Scotland.
Image: Paul Richards [larger view].
This image is part of a lovely…
January 7, 2009
tags: African Jacana, Actophilornis africanus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] African Jacana, Actophilornis africanus, endemic to marshes and reedbeds across eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image:…
January 7, 2009
tags: Bush's Lies, politics, streaming video
Eight years of lies .. almost over. Finally. Almost. [1:41]
January 6, 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. Photographed from the left side.
Artist: Jacob Lawrence. Glass mosaics on stairway wall between N, Q, W, R and S mezzanines.
Image: GrrlScientist 5…
January 6, 2009
tags: frugal living, survival skills, unemployment, underemployment, financial crisis
I have been barely surviving living frugally for nearly all of my life, although I have been taking this to the extreme these past five years. But now that many of you are also having to either cut back on your…
January 6, 2009
Here's a new blog carnival for you to read, this time, a new one for me (and possibly the last time this blog carnival will be published) -- the Fabulous! blog carnival, which is "all about appearances". Despite its hedonistic theme, there is a story there that is interesting; the "Stylish First…
January 6, 2009
tags: Central Park, NYC, tufted titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor, image of the day
Central Park Tufted Titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor.
Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George [larger view].
The photographer writes;
A few days after capturing the image of a Tufted Titmouse in midair that appeared on…
January 6, 2009
tags: Lapland Longspur, Calcarius lapponicus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Lapland Longspur, Calcarius lapponicus, photographed at the Montlake Fill, Seattle, King County, Washington State. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Marv Breece, 8 October 2007 [larger…
January 6, 2009
tags: Uncle Jay, humor, satire, parody, streaming video
It's been a whole year since Uncle Jay has SUNG an entire episode, and here's the reminder why! It's the year-end review of the news, and maybe it'll seem a little better with music. [3:21]
January 5, 2009
tags: Times Square, 42nd street Times Square, Times Square Mural, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Times Square Mural, 2002, detail 4 (photographed from left to right).
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (Collage 1990, fabricated 1994). NYC's Times Square/42nd Street. Porcelain enamel on…
January 5, 2009
The latest Carnivalia has been published for you to dig your teeth into.
Bobo Carnival of Politics is weird: the host spends a fair amount of space telling me that I am wrong about Bush being history's worst president by claiming that Bush will be recognized as one of the best presidents -- OMG.…
January 5, 2009
tags: Burrowing Owls, Speotyto cunicularia, wildlife, nature, image of the day
Burrowing Owls, Speotyto cunicularia, Fighting in the Snow.
Image: Rance Rogers [larger view].
Rance Rogers captured this fleeting shot just after a heavy snow in Roswell, New Mexico. A pair of owls exploring outside…
January 5, 2009
tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
Rainbow Lory, Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus. This subspecies of rainbow lory is also found in Australia, along the east coast.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
Birds in Science
One of the most contentious issues…
January 5, 2009
tags: Dickcissel, Spiza americana, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Dickcissel, Spiza americana, photographed at Eisenhower Park, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 17 July 2007 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ…
January 5, 2009
tags: dog, pets, animal behavior, training, streaming video
This amazing video shows what must be the world's most obedient dog [1:22]