Photography
grrlscientist | September 4, 2009tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Helsinki daises.
Photographed as I walked to Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | September 4, 2009tags: Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus, photographed at Bolivar Flats, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 14 July 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Review all mystery birds to date.
laelaps | September 4, 2009
A sign warning visitors about elk at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone (with a female elk in the background). The well-groomed lawns there provided a 24/7 buffet for the herbivores.
Some people ignored the signs.
grrlscientist | September 3, 2009tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Helsinki daises.
Photographed as I walked to Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | September 3, 2009tags: Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus, with baby aboard, photographed on Lake Constance, Kontanz, Germany. [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joe Byrnes, 14 June 2009 [larger view].
Several people have sent me photographs of birds recently, including one person who sent a penguin mystery bird! The penguin image has mysteriously disappeared, so please do re-send that image. This mystery bird (which is on my life list, thanks to the many pairs I saw in Finland) is the…
laelaps | September 3, 2009
A black bear (Ursus americanus) walking along the trail near Leigh Lake in Grand Teton National Park. It was one of two black bears I saw along the trail that afternoon.
grrlscientist | September 2, 2009tags: road, woodland, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Trees.
Photographed as I walked to Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Can you name any other large city in the world where you can walk in nature within 20 minutes or so after arriving on a plane?
grrlscientist | September 2, 2009tags: road, woodland, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
A Well-Traveled Road Through a Wood.
Photographed as I walked to Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | September 2, 2009tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Mystery blossoms.
Photographed as I walked to Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | September 2, 2009tags: Cut-throat Finch, Ribbon Finch, Amadina fasciata, Kenya Canary, Yellow-crowned Canary, Serinus flavivertex, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Yellow-crowned (Kenya) Canary, Serinus flavivertex (left), Cut-throat (Ribbon) Finch, Amadina fasciata (right), photographed in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours]
Image: Dan Logen, 7 August 2006 [larger view].
Nikon D2X, 200-400 mm VR lens at 310 mm. ISO 400 f/5 1/500 sec.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Review all mystery birds…
laelaps | September 2, 2009
A female mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) photographed by the road in Grand Teton National Park.
laelaps | September 1, 2009
A lone female elk in the morning fog near Grizzly Lookout. I had heard one of the Hayden Valley wolf packs in this area just a few minutes before taking this photo.
While traveling through Yellowstone National Park I was struck by the way in which the park's wilderness is being reshaped and redefined every day. Yellowstone workers and administrators have engaged in a herculean effort to restore the wildness of the nation's first national park, from the celebrated reestablishment of the bison herds to the cessation of bear feeding at park garbage dumps, but there still are tensions between…
grrlscientist | September 1, 2009tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Daisies.
Photographed at Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | September 1, 2009tags: Green Winged Pytilia, Melba Finch, Melba Waxbill, Pytilia melba, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Green Winged Pytilia, also known as the Melba Finch or Melba Waxbill, Pytilia melba, photographed in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Dan Logen, 31 August 2007 [larger view].
Nikon D2X, Nikon 200-400 VR lens at 400 mm. ISO 200, f/6.3, 1/180 sec.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Review all mystery birds to date.
laelaps | September 1, 2009
A group of bison (Bison bison) walking down the road in Yellowstone National Park, not far from Uncle Tom's Trail. The roads are frequently used by the bison and have been important to the population's recovery within the park.
grrlscientist | August 31, 2009tags: Bridge, Talla, nature, Helsinki, Finland
Talla (Bridge).
Photographed on the way to Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Here's a look at the floating wooden bridge that I walked across on my way to visit the Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland. I saw a pair of Great crested Grebes and their half-grown chicks on this body of water -- a new species addition to my life list!
grrlscientist | August 31, 2009tags: Daisy, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day
Daisy.
Photographed at Tarvaspää Café at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
laelaps | August 31, 2009
A male pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), photographed yesterday morning at Antelope Island State Park, Utah.
laelaps | August 31, 2009
A black bear, photographed at Grand Teton National Park.
I'm back! I have a lot of cleaning up to do (both around the apartment and on this blog, especially the latter because of all the spam that has accumulated during my absence), but I thought I would post something to let you all know that I made it home safely. It was a wonderful trip. I have lots of photos and stories to share, so watch this blog and Dinosaur Tracking during the next few weeks for all the details.
grrlscientist | August 31, 2009tags: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, photographed at High Island, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 19 May 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Review all mystery birds to date.