image of the day
grrlscientist | March 29, 2007
Another lovely little brown bird, LeConte's Sparrow, Ammodramus leconteii.
The photographer writes; I heartily agree that sparrows deserve more attention! Here [is a] pic of a freshly-plumaged LeConte's Sparrow that we banded in KS in the fall of 2005, as well as a link to a photo essay about another lovely grassland sparrow, the Grasshopper Sparrow.
Photographer: David Rintoul, KSU.
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grrlscientist | March 28, 2007
I just took this in my garden when the first ducklings I have seen this year arrived to take a bath in the bird bath!
Photographer: Diana Barker, UK.
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grrlscientist | March 27, 2007
Scientists have uncovered a fossil lizard in the Liaoning Province of north-eastern China, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports. Its most striking feature is a wing-like membrane, supported by the animal's elongated ribs, that the lizard would have used for gliding.
Photographer: Z Chuang/X. Lida.
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grrlscientist | March 26, 2007
Female Eris militaris.
Image: Bev Wigney.
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grrlscientist | March 25, 2007
Spring Azure butterfly, Celastrina ladon.
The photographer writes; I've attached a picture of a spring azure I took several years ago. I'm particularly taken with the patterning on its antenna stalks. :) It's sitting on a red osier dogwood leaf.
Photographer: RBH (of Pandasthumb and Infidels).
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grrlscientist | March 24, 2007
White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis, white morph.
The photographer writes; I like little brown birds. Seemingly frail, they shrug off drought and blizzard and remain resolute to greet the spring with their songs. While others flash extravagant colors and plumes, the LBBs simply endure. Here is the picture of a white-throated sparrow from my back yard in Eastern North Dakota.
This lovely fellow is a close relative of my dissertation research bird, the white-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys.
Photographer: Justawriter.
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grrlscientist | March 23, 2007
Chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina
The photographer writes; I like little brown birds. Seemingly frail, they shrug off drought and blizzard and remain resolute to greet the spring with their songs. While others flash extravagant colors and plumes, the LBBs simply endure. Here is the picture of a chipping sparrow from my back yard in Eastern North Dakota.
Photographer: Justawriter.
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grrlscientist | March 22, 2007
Robins and Berries.
The artist writes; I just finished a painting for my own blog that I thought you might have interest in using for your own. I'm a full time artist and social activist working on using a blog as my platform for display.
Artist: Ashley Cecil
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grrlscientist | March 21, 2007
California mountain kingsnake, Lampropeltis zonata. June 2006, Southeast Skamania County, WA. This snake is from a small, disjunct population living on the Washington side of the Columbia River gorge near the river. The nearest conspecifics live in Southwest Oregon. This individual was caught, photographed, and released.
Image: Conrad Frost, Fisheries Biologist, USGS.
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grrlscientist | March 20, 2007
Okay, smartypants birders will enjoy this: can you name the species?
Last Sunday, the photographer took this image using his new Nikon took this image in a reader's backyard in rural central Kentucky. This new Nikon had a big ol' lens that he has started calling his BOLLYlens, for Big Ol Lens Looking Yonder.
Image: Bob Tigh.
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grrlscientist | March 19, 2007
A flock of birds in the snow in Brooklyn NYC.
Okay, this might be easy for most of you, but I like asking you anyway; can any of you guess the species of birds in this picture?
Sent to me by a reader -- Orphaned image. Please contact me for proper credit and linkage.
grrlscientist | March 18, 2007
Adult Peromyscus eremicus, one of the animals that Matt studies.
The photo was taken near Palm Desert, California in 2006. Aside from being cute, these are interesting because they are one of the few monogamous mammals.
Image: Matthew D. MacManes
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grrlscientist | March 17, 2007
Mount Baker, Washington State.
Image: Sylvain Duford.
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grrlscientist | March 16, 2007
Leafy Sea Dragon, Phycodurus eques.
The photographer writes; Though close relatives of sea horses, sea dragons have larger bodies and leaf-like appendages that enable them to hide among floating seaweed or kelp beds. Sea dragons feed on larval fishes and amphipods, such as and small shrimp-like crustaceans called mysids ("sea lice"), sucking up their prey in their small mouths. Many of these amphipods feed on the red algae that thrives in the shade of the kelp forests where the sea dragons live. As with their smaller common seahorse (and pipefish) cousins, the male sea dragon carries and…
grrlscientist | March 15, 2007
A circle of carrots.
Image is compliments of USDA Agricultural Research Service, where researchers have selectively bred carrots with pigments that reflect almost all colors of the rainbow. More importantly, though, they're very good for your health.
Image: source.
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grrlscientist | March 14, 2007
A handful of baby crocodiles.
Image: source.
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grrlscientist | March 13, 2007
The photo was taken years ago, in the pre-digital era, and was originally a slide. This was taken at Squaw Rock, just inside the eastern boundary of Glacier National Park, very near and slightly above an outcropping of the Lewis Overthrust Fault.
Image:Martin Richard.
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grrlscientist | March 12, 2007
The photographer writes; On the same dive as I took the picture of the mullet (yesterday's image of the day), I took this one under the Port Noarlunga jetty. I came across this little character (length about 100-120mm and the siphons about 25mm diameter). I guess it is related to sea squirts/cunjevoi and I have been using the CSIRO website [to identify it] but there is not too much information there. Stolidobranchia(?), ascidiacea(?). Just another poorly recognised (at least by me!) coinhabitant of this planet. Port Noarlunga is about 10km south of Adelaide in South Australia.
Image:…
grrlscientist | March 11, 2007
Taken while diving at port Noarlunga, Australia.
There are at least three species of fish known as "red mullet" in Australia This one is Upeneus tragula.
Image: stephenk at internode dot on dot net.
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grrlscientist | March 10, 2007
Sphingid moth, October 2006-- can anyone name the species?
The photographer writes; This hawk moth appeared in my breezeway last month. Fortunately I blew it off its perch, which caused it to open its wings to expose the cinnamon coloration otherwise hidden. I don't have a species name yet. I did send a photo of the moth previously with its wings closed and commented it showed a serrated rear wing margin.
Image: Biosparite.
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