grrlscientist | November 23, 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 5 November 2008 [larger view].
I have photographed glass tile…
grrlscientist | November 23, 2008tags: south Kirkkonummi, Finland, nature, image of the day
Birding in south Kirkkonummi, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist 22 November 2008 [larger view].
grrlscientist | November 23, 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 a wide variety of science, nature and behavior books that currently are, or soon will be available for purchase. This report is written by one of my Seattle birding pals and book collector, Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, and is edited by me and published here for your information and enjoyment. Below the fold is this week's issue of The Birdbooker Report which…
grrlscientist | November 23, 2008tags: Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] photographed in the Big Woods region of eastern Arkansas.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Review all mystery birds to date.
grrlscientist | November 23, 2008tags: Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History, outreach, education, science, streaming video
This streaming video is the last part of a four-part series by the Smithsonian Institute. It features outreach programs where kids especially can learn about science by participating in ongoing research at the National Museum of Natural History, aka, the Smithsonian. [2:17].
grrlscientist | November 22, 2008tags: Suomi, Helsinki, Finland, travel, language, streaming video
This charming little video attempts to teach me how to name colors in Finnish. I really wish I'd found these videos a few weeks ago [3:09].
grrlscientist | November 22, 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 22, 2008tags: south Kirkkonummi, Finland, nature, image of the day
Birding in south Kirkkonummi, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist 22 November 2008 [larger view].
grrlscientist | November 22, 2008tags: Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, photographed in California. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Steve Sosensky [larger view].
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes:
It's always a good idea to figure out just what parts of the bird you're seeing; it isn't always obvious. This chunky, lax-plumaged waterbird is in profile, with its aft end to the right and its breast at…
grrlscientist | November 22, 2008tags: Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History, fieldwork, education, science, streaming video
This streaming video is the third of a four-part series by the Smithsonian Institute. It features fieldwork that scientists engage in by trekking through the tropical rainforests and sending probes to the bottom of the sea at the National Museum of Natural History, aka, the Smithsonian. [2:31].
grrlscientist | November 21, 2008tags: Suomi, Helsinki, Finland, travel, language, streaming video
This charming little video attempts to teach me how to say the alphabet in Finnish, along with more numbers, so I thought you'd also enjoy it. I really wish I'd found these videos a few weeks ago [3:09].
Okay, say this number really fast -- 9999: yhdeksäntuhatta-yhdeksänsataa-yhdeksänkymmentä-yhdeksän
grrlscientist | November 21, 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 21, 2008tags: Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day
Unidentified plants, mosses, and lichens in Munkkivuori (Helsinki).
Image: GrrlScientist, 18 November 2008 [larger view].
grrlscientist | November 21, 2008tags: Pied-billed Grebe chick, Podilymbus podiceps, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Pied-billed Grebe chick, Podilymbus podiceps, photographed in California. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: John del Rio [larger view].
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes:
You probably don't know that these photos are usually sent to me without the "answer." But like most of you, I knew right away what this worth-two-in-the-bush nub of stringy fluff was; or did I…
grrlscientist | November 21, 2008tags: Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History, research, science, streaming video
This streaming video is part one of a four-part series by the Smithsonian Institute. It features some of the scientists who work behind the scenes at the National Museum of Natural History, aka, the Smithsonian. In this video, you'll catch a glimpse of some of my colleagues from when I was a postdoc [2:32].
grrlscientist | November 21, 2008
Finnish Lawn Ornaments.
Chilean Flamingos, Phoenicopterus chilensis, Korkeasaari (Helsinki Zoo).
Image: GrrlScientist, 20 November 2008 [larger view].
What have I done and seen so far in Helsinki? So far, I've;
visited the Korkeasaari (Helsinki Zoo), where, among other things, I watched endangered Przewalski's horses actively working at increasing their tiny population -- and no, I did not photograph that, but it sure was tempting!
met some of my host's friends over beers .. many many beers ...
had beers on the SS Hyöky, oddest quaintest little boat-bar/museum I've ever visited (yes…
grrlscientist | November 20, 2008tags: Suomi, Helsinki, Finland, travel, language, streaming video
This charming little video attempts to teach me how to say numbers in Finnish, so I thought you'd also enjoy it. I really wish I'd found these videos a few weeks ago [3:09].
grrlscientist | November 20, 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 20, 2008tags: Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris, birds, bird ID quiz, mystery bird
[Mystery bird] Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris, photographed at Hermann Park, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 11 March 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/250s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes:
Look at that tail! The elegant black-and-white patterning of this duck told us at first glance…
grrlscientist | November 20, 2008tags: Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History, collections, education, science, streaming video
This streaming video is the second of a four-part series by the Smithsonian Institute. It features the extensive collections that that are archived at the National Museum of Natural History, aka, the Smithsonian. [2:34].