grrlscientist | September 3, 2008tags: Professor Steve Steve, London, England, Nature Network conference, science blog conference, Nature Network science blog conference, travel
Professor Steve Steve is viciously attacked by an unknown dinosar while visiting the Natural History Museum in London, England.
Image: Bob O'Hara 3 September 2008 [larger view].
In a truly shocking development, Professor Steve Steve barely survived an attack by a vicious but unidentified dinosaur while visiting the Natural History Museum in London, England. He was rescued by three nearby science blog writers who heard his cries for help.…
grrlscientist | September 3, 2008tags: West 42nd street/Times Square Subway Art, The Return of Spring, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Return of Spring.
Artist: Jack Beal (1999).
West 42nd Street/Times Square glass tile mosaic art #2
as seen on the mezzanine for NYC's Times Square stop at Broadway and 41st for the 1, 2, and 3 trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
The pair of 7'x20' glass mosaic murals, entitled "The Return of Spring" and "The Onset of Winter", depict various New York City street scenes and were paintings translated to mosaics by Artistic Mosaics Travisanutto of Italy.…
grrlscientist | September 3, 2008tags: Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, at Brazos Bend State Park, Creekfield Lake, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 21 January 2007 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/160s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400.
grrlscientist | September 2, 2008tags: London Zoo, Black-cheeked lovebirds, Agapornis nigrigenis, ornithology, birds, parrots, avian
Black-cheeked lovebirds, Agapornis nigrigenis, a native of the African nation of Zambia. Image taken at the London Zoo.
Image: GrrlScientist 2 September 2008 [larger view].
Yesterday, I went to the London Zoo with one of my blog colleagues and reader, Bob O'Hara. Despite the fact that I dragged him through all the aviaries on the grounds, and spent the entire day snapping pictures of birds, he still speaks to me (I did bring him to a pub afterwards, so perhaps he forgot his resenment?).…
grrlscientist | September 2, 2008tags: West 42nd street/Times Square Subway Art, The Onset of Winter, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Onset of Winter.
Artist: Jack Beal (1999).
West 42nd Street/Times Square glass tile mosaic art #1 [Detail 5]
as seen on the mezzanine for NYC's Times Square stop at Broadway and 41st for the 1, 2, and 3 trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
The pair of 7'x20' glass mosaic murals, entitled "The Return of Spring" and "The Onset of Winter", depict various New York City street scenes and were paintings translated to mosaics by Artistic Mosaics Travisanutto of…
grrlscientist | September 2, 2008tags: Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, at Brazos Bend State Park, Creekfield Lake, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 16 February 2006 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/500s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400.
grrlscientist | September 1, 2008tags: West 42nd street/Times Square Subway Art, The Onset of Winter, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Onset of Winter.
Artist: Jack Beal (1999).
West 42nd Street/Times Square glass tile mosaic art #1 [Detail 3]
as seen on the mezzanine for NYC's Times Square stop at Broadway and 41st for the 1, 2, and 3 trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
The pair of 7'x20' glass mosaic murals, entitled "The Return of Spring" and "The Onset of Winter", depict various New York City street scenes and were paintings translated to mosaics by Artistic Mosaics Travisanutto of…
grrlscientist | September 1, 2008tags: Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, at Brazos Bend State Park, Creekfield Lake, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 16 February 2006 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/500s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400.
grrlscientist | September 1, 2008tags: 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 wide variety of science, nature and behavior books that are or soon will be available for purchase. This report is written by one of my Seattle bird pals, Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, and is published here for your enjoyment. Here's this week's issue of the Birdbooker Report by which lists ecology, environment, natural history and bird books that are (or will…
grrlscientist | August 31, 2008
A man named Danny holds his own personal protest against walking through life half awake (or is it half asleep?). He seems like a "bloody nutter" (as the police descibed him when they showed up after I snapped these pics), but if you talk to him for a few minutes, you find that he is actually quite rational.
Image: GrrlScientist 31 August 2008 [larger view].
When I was in the Victoria Train Station, purchasing tickets to South Bromley, where Darwin's Down House is located, I ran into this man. I watched him for a few minutes and then decided that the Brits are truly strange if they pay a…
grrlscientist | August 31, 2008tags: West 42nd street/Times Square Subway Art, The Onset of Winter, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Onset of Winter.
Artist: Jack Beal (1999).
West 42nd Street/Times Square glass tile mosaic art #1 [Detail 3]
as seen on the mezzanine for NYC's Times Square stop at Broadway and 41st for the 1, 2, and 3 trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
The pair of 7'x20' glass mosaic murals, entitled "The Return of Spring" and "The Onset of Winter", depict various New York City street scenes and were paintings translated to mosaics by Artistic Mosaics Travisanutto of…
grrlscientist | August 31, 2008tags: European Science Blogging Conference, Nature Network Science Blogging Conference, London England
London's Royal Institution's Faraday Hall, the main laecture hall, where I was a speaker at Nature Network's European Science Blogging Conference 2008 (Notice who is sitting at the podium, facing the audience!).
Image: GrrlScientist 30 August 2008 [larger view].
The image above was taken from the front of the Faraday Lecture Hall at the Royal Institution where I was a speaker in the morning, immediately following the keynpote address which was delivered by Ben Goldacre.
It has been an…
grrlscientist | August 31, 2008tags: Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, at Brazos Bend State Park, Creekfield Lake, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 16 February 2006 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/320s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400.
grrlscientist | August 30, 2008tags: West 42nd street/Times Square Subway Art, The Onset of Winter, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Onset of Winter.
Artist: Jack Beal (1999).
West 42nd Street/Times Square glass tile mosaic art #1 [Detail 2]
as seen on the mezzanine for NYC's Times Square stop at Broadway and 41st for the 1, 2, and 3 trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
The pair of 7'x20' glass mosaic murals, entitled "The Return of Spring" and "The Onset of Winter", depict various New York City street scenes and were paintings translated to mosaics by Artistic Mosaics Travisanutto of…
grrlscientist | August 30, 2008tags: Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, at Brazos Bend State Park, Creekfield Lake, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 16 February 2006 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/400s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400.
grrlscientist | August 29, 2008tags: West 42nd street/Times Square Subway Art, The Onset of Winter, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Onset of Winter.
Artist: Jack Beal (1999).
West 42nd Street/Times Square glass tile mosaic art #1 [Detail 1]
as seen on the mezzanine for NYC's Times Square stop at Broadway and 41st for the 1, 2, and 3 trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
The pair of 7'x20' glass mosaic murals, entitled "The Return of Spring" and "The Onset of Winter", depict various New York City street scenes and were paintings translated to mosaics by Artistic Mosaics Travisanutto of…
grrlscientist | August 29, 2008tags: Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Least Grebe, Tachybaptus dominicus, at Brazos Bend State Park, Creekfield Lake, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 16 February 2006 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/320s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400.
grrlscientist | August 28, 2008
Professor Steve Steve has a large appetite, especially for such a small bear! If he keeps eating like this, I am going to have to force him to give me a paying job! [larger view].
I have slept, finally and am ready to go to the Nature offices today for our scheduled day of frivolity (and photography).
I have LOTS more images to come (as soon as I can find wifi with an outlet so I can charge up my laptop while writing my blog), including images of one of my readers, Bob O'Hara (I know you all are dying to see what he looks like) and my other science blog colleagues here in London.
My…
grrlscientist | August 28, 2008tags: West 42nd street/Times Square Subway Art, The Onset of Winter, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
The Onset of Winter.
Artist: Jack Beal (1999).
West 42nd Street/Times Square glass tile mosaic art #1
as seen on the mezzanine for NYC's Times Square stop at Broadway and 41st for the 1, 2, and 3 trains.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
The pair of 7'x20' glass mosaic murals, entitled "The Return of Spring" and "The Onset of Winter", depict various New York City street scenes and were paintings translated to mosaics by Artistic Mosaics Travisanutto of Italy. They…
grrlscientist | August 28, 2008tags: Cedar Waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Cedar Waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum, at the A&M Tract on Pelican Island, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 18 May 2007 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/250s f/9.5 at 800.0mm iso400.