grrlscientist | November 19, 2008tags: Suomi, Helsinki, Finland, travel, language, streaming video
This charming little video attempts to teach me a few simple sentences in Finnish, so I thought you'd also enjoy it. I really wish I'd found these videos a few weeks ago [1:22].
grrlscientist | November 19, 2008tags: Suomi, Helsinki, Finland, travel, language, streaming video
This video teaches me how to say "dammit" in Finnish -- I must be well-equipped to express myself while in Helsinki, don't you think? [0:42].
grrlscientist | November 19, 2008tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Revelers (2007).
Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms.
I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried.
Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view].
I have photographed glass tile…
grrlscientist | November 19, 2008tags: TetonCam Sunset, Teton Valley, Idaho, nature, image of the day
TetonCam Sunset, 2008.
Photographer comment: I'm not sure if I can take credit for this image! It was taken by a webcam I operate in Teton Valley, Idaho, on the west side of the Tetons. I recently upgraded the webcam with a 3.1 megapixel camera. The view is usually very nice but this one was particularly special so I had to share it.
Image: James Neeley, Grand Teton Imaging [larger view].
grrlscientist | November 19, 2008Here's some more blog carnivals that are ready for you to read and enjoy;
Carnival of the Green, which focuses on collecting together environmentally-friendly blog entries from around the world.
All Things Eco, issue 25. This is another environmentally-friendly blog carnival for you to read and learn from.
grrlscientist | November 19, 2008tags: cartoon, humor, funny, pets, cats
Image: XKCD.
I am staying with a cat named Jack in Helsinki, and of course, this means I am redicovering something about cats I'd forgotten, but this phenomenon is well-established scientifically, as you can see from the graph above.
grrlscientist | November 19, 2008tags: Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans, photographed in the central Sonora of Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Rick Wright [larger view].
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes:
Sometimes it's the lousy views that are the most instructive, and this view -- so lousy as to be nearly impolite -- is chockfull of information that most of the standard field guides won't…
grrlscientist | November 19, 2008tags: Boston Museum of Science, education, science, streaming video
This fun and interesting video makes me want to go to Boston for a daytrip so I can go to the fabulous Museum of Science! [3:28].
grrlscientist | November 18, 2008tags: Suomi, Helsinki, Finland, travel, language, streaming video
This charming little video attempts to teach me a few questions in Finnish, so I thought you'd also enjoy it. I really wish I'd found these videos a few weeks ago [1:38].
grrlscientist | November 18, 2008tags: Suomi, Helsinki, Finland, travel, language, streaming video
This video teaches me how to say "shit" in Finnish -- I must be well-equipped to express myself while in Helsinki, don't you think? [0:34].
grrlscientist | November 18, 2008tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Revelers (2007).
Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms.
I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried.
Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view].
I have photographed glass tile…
grrlscientist | November 18, 2008tags: Swiftcurrent Lake, Glacier National Park, nature, image of the day
A morning view across Swiftcurrent Lake in Glacier National Park, 2007.
Photographer comment: This was taken about a year ago on a memorable trip where my wife and I celebrated our 30th anniversary.
Image: James Neeley, Grand Teton Imaging [larger view].
grrlscientist | November 18, 2008tags: Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Female Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Richard Ditch, 2006 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2006:05:21 06:26:05
Exposure Time: 1/249
F-Number: 13.00
ISO: 200
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes:
There are birds that are instantly recognizable once we "know" them, but those same species can be puzzling when encountered…
grrlscientist | November 18, 2008tags: gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua, Orca, killer whales, Orcinus orca, streaming video
This gripping video details the real-life story of a gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua, being chased by a pod of hungry orcas, Orcinus orca, in Antarctica [5:01].
The submitter, Antarctica. SRSLY. writes: This has got to be one very, very relieved penguin! Probably thinking something along the lines of "I don't know if these strange creatures in the black rubber iceberg will eat me, but I KNOW the things in the water will eat me!"
This video was given to me by the chef at Vernadsky, the Ukrainian…
grrlscientist | November 17, 2008tags: Suomi, Helsinki, Finland, travel, language, streaming video
This charming little video attempts to teach me the days of the week in Finnish, so I thought you'd also enjoy it. I really wish I'd found these videos a few weeks ago [1:32].
grrlscientist | November 17, 2008tags: Times Square, 42nd street, The Revelers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Revelers (2007).
Artist: Jane Dickson. Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms.
I watched the workmen install these mosaics (I wish I had photographed the process to share with you) and photographed them all after the adhesive had dried.
Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view].
I have photographed glass tile…
grrlscientist | November 17, 2008Here's the latest carnivalia for you to explore;
"The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality." (George Bernard Shaw). Go read the Humanist Symposium issue 28.
grrlscientist | November 17, 2008tags: Delicate Arch, nature, image of the day
Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah.
Image: James Neeley, Grand Teton Imaging [larger view].
grrlscientist | November 17, 2008... and what I did to make it a success..
NOTE: this is reposted here from my original blogger site at the urging of my friend and colleague, Bora. Thanks Bora for noticing and remembering this piece!
When I hosted the 23rd issue of the Tangled Bank (TB23) on 9 March 2005, I didn't know what to expect because I had never hosted a blog carnival before and in fact, I had only recently figured out what a blog carnival actually is. Nevertheless, my primary goals were to have fun and to avoid the pitfalls experienced by previous hosts. One of the worst problems that recent issues of TB…
grrlscientist | November 17, 2008tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter
Sanderlings, Calidris alba, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 24 June 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400 .
Birds in Science
Birdsong is the primary model system that helps scientists understand how the brain produces complex sequences of learned behavior, such as playing the piano. In songbirds, there are many interconnected brain regions that play specific and important role in the production of song. It was hypothesized…