Photography
laelaps | September 13, 2008It has been about a week since my wife and I caught one of the feral kittens in the yard (named Owen), and he has been showing quite a bit of progress. Our cat Charlotte absolutely loves him, and here she is giving him a bath;
We also managed to catch Owen's brother, another orange kitten we've named Cope, who is also starting to relax a little. We're going to try to catch the two female kittens that are still out there, but if we can't do it this week the window for us being able to catch them and socialize them is probably going to be closed.
laelaps | September 13, 2008
An Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
grrlscientist | September 12, 2008tags: Sandwalk, Down House, Darwin, nature, photography, London, England, Bromley, England, Professor Steve Steve
Darwin's "weed garden" experiment, located near the pathway next to Down House, near the Gardens.
Image: GrrlScientist 31 August 2008 [larger view].
Sunday, the day after the Nature Network Science Blog conference was over, Mike, Mo and I caught a train to Bromley, England, where we toured Darwin's Down House and Gardens and walked along the famous Sandwalk that Darwin once walked. This is part two of my photoessay series about Down House, where I focus on the Gardens behind…
grrlscientist | September 12, 2008tags: Cathedral Parkway, 110th street, Migrations, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Migrations (1999).
Artist: Christopher Wynter.
Detail 3 of the 110th street glass tile mosaic art as seen on the platform at Cathedral Parkway (Central Park West and 110th street) for the downtown-bound B and C trains (and the downtown-bound local A trains, which run nights and weekends). You cannot easily see this piece from the uptown-bound train platform.
Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view].
At Cathedral Parkway, Harlem's southern boundary, three large mosaic murals…
grrlscientist | September 12, 2008tags: Stilt Sandpipers, Calidris himantopus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
[Mystery birds] Juvenile Stilt Sandpipers, Calidris himantopus, photographed at Texas City Dike, Texas. [I will identify these birds for you tomorrow].
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 3 September 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
laelaps | September 12, 2008
A female okapi (Okapia johnstoni), photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
There are few animals that I find as charming as the okapi (Okapia johnstoni). During the warmer months no trip to the Bronx zoo is complete until I stop by to see them. (Once the temperature drops they are taken off exhibit so they do not freeze.) While they may not always measure up to our standards of good manners, sometimes sticking their long purple tongues into their ears and noses, the okapi is one of the most beautiful animals I think I have ever seen.
Given that the nearest okapi is only a few miles away from me (as…
grrlscientist | September 11, 2008tags: Sandwalk, Darwin's Down House, nature, photography, London, England, Bromley, England
Light Shining into a Tangled Bank.
A view through a thicket of trees as seen from the Sandwalk near Darwin's Down House in Bromley, England.
Image: GrrlScientist 31 August 2008 [larger view].
The last paragraph in Darwin's On The Origin of Species;
It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately…
grrlscientist | September 11, 2008tags: Cathedral Parkway, 110th street, Migrations, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Migrations (1999).
Artist: Christopher Wynter.
Detail 2 of the 110th street glass tile mosaic art as seen on the platform at Cathedral Parkway (Central Park West and 110th street) for the downtown-bound B and C trains (and the downtown-bound local A trains, which run nights and weekends). You cannot easily see this piece from the uptown-bound train platform.
Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view].
At Cathedral Parkway, Harlem's southern boundary, three large mosaic murals…
grrlscientist | September 11, 2008tags: Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
[Mystery bird] Piping plover, Charadrius melodus, photographed at photographed at Quintana and Bryan Beaches, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 3 September 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
grrlscientist | September 10, 2008tags: Cathedral Parkway, 110th street, Migrations, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Migrations (1999).
Artist: Christopher Wynter.
Detail 1 of the 110th street glass tile mosaic art as seen on the platform at Cathedral Parkway (Central Park West and 110th street) for the downtown-bound B and C trains (and the downtown-bound local A trains, which run nights and weekends). You cannot easily see this piece from the uptown-bound train platform.
Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view].
At Cathedral Parkway, Harlem's southern boundary, three large mosaic murals…
grrlscientist | September 10, 2008tags: Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, birds, nature, Image of the Day
[Mystery bird] Young-of-the-year Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, photographed at photographed at Smith Point, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 29 August 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1250s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
grrlscientist | September 10, 2008tags: Billfish, sailfish, Xiphiodei, fish, National Geographic magazine
In the Whirl.
Adorned for the hunt, with fin raised and changeable colors
flashing, a sailfish in the Gulf of Mexico circles a ball of
sardines, preparing to strike.
Image: Paul Nicklen/National Geographic magazine [larger view].
My contact at National Geographic magazine sent a link to an interesting story about billfish (sailfish) to share with you and she also gave me permission to use the incredible images of billfish (sailfish) that are there to see. They also have a video that shows how these fish make a "bait…
grrlscientist | September 9, 2008tags: Cathedral Parkway, 110th street, Migrations, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Migrations (1999).
Artist: Christopher Wynter.
110th street glass tile mosaic art as seen on the platform at Cathedral Parkway (Central Park West and 110th street) for the downtown-bound B and C trains (and the downtown-bound local A trains, which run nights and weekends). You cannot easily see this piece from the uptown-bound train platform.
Image: GrrlScientist 9 September 2008 [larger view].
At Cathedral Parkway, Harlem's southern boundary, three large mosaic murals were created that…
grrlscientist | September 9, 2008tags: Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
[Mystery bird] Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, photographed at Smith Point, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 29 August 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
grrlscientist | September 8, 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 [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…
grrlscientist | September 8, 2008tags: common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor, birds, nature, Image of the Day
[Mystery bird] Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor, photgraphed at Smith Point, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 29 August 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.