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tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, natural history books, ecology books "One cannot have too many good bird books" --Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927). Here's this week's issue of the Birdbooker Report by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, which lists ecology, environment, natural…

tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers. Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004. West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #13 as seen at NYC's…

tags: peeponaut, astropeep, marshmallow peeps, science, space travel, astronomy, Adler Planetarium Astropeep strength training program, part of the selection process for identifying those marshmallow peeps who had "the right fluff". These special peeps would be recruited as peeponauts who would…

tags: Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, birds, nature, Image of the Day Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, at Bolivar Flats, Texas. Image: Joseph Kennedy, 27 June 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers. Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004. West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #12 as seen at NYC's…

tags: peeps, shorebirds, birds, nature, Image of the Day Identify these peeps -- photographed at Bolivar Flats, Texas. Image: Joseph Kennedy, 4 June 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/750s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

tags: bipolar disorder, manic depression, mental illness, psychiatry, suicide, audioblog Image: Myself43. A friend sent me this interesting link to an audio piece that recently appeared in the NYTimes about bipolar disorder. This piece may help those with the disorder to feel less alone and help…

tags: Microcosm, microbiology, bacteria, E coli, evolution, Carl Zimmer, book review I lived through Seattle's outbreak of the "killer E. coli strain O157:H7" that charged into the world's consciousness after it mercilessly destroyed the kidneys and other vital organs of hundreds of children and…

tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers. Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004. West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #11 as seen at NYC's…

tags: Western Sandpipers, Calidris mauri, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Calidris pusilla, birds, nature, Image of the Day Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri, and Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla (foreground), at Bolivar Flats, Texas. Image: Joseph Kennedy, 4 June 2008 [larger view]. Nikon…

tags: explicit atheism, godlessness, religion, theism, rational living, freethinking, philosophy Phylogeny of Christianity. Image: FrostFireZoo. All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God. ~ Baron d'Holbach, 1772. Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) was recently…

My morning was interesting. I finally made it to the food pantry in my neighborhood on the day it was supposed to be open (it is advertized as being open on Friday mornings when in fact, it is open Thursday mornings -- something that I only became aware of last Friday after one month of repeatedly…

tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers. Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004. West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #10 as seen at NYC's…

tags: Western Sandpipers, Calidris mauri, birds, nature, Image of the Day Western Sandpipers, Calidris mauri, at Bolivar Flats, Texas. Image: Joseph Kennedy, 4 June 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/750s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers. Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004. West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #9 as seen at NYC's…

tags: researchblogging.org, speciation, adaptive radiation, , diversification, ecological opportunity, community assembly, species interactions, North American wood-warblers, Dendroica species, Daniel L. Rabosky Yellow-rumped warbler, Dendroica coronata, After Hatch Year male. Image: Dave Rintoul…

tags: Semipalmated Sandpipers, Calidris pusilla, birds, nature, Image of the Day Semipalmated Sandpipers, Calidris pusilla, at Bolivar Flats, Texas. Image: Joseph Kennedy, 4 June 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/750s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

tags: Sizzle, global warming, climate change, documentary, polar bears, hurricane Katrina, Randy Olson, film review The new film, Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy by Randy Olson that will be released in a few days, explores a topic that concerns me greatly, so when asked if I would review it, I was…

tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers. Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004. West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #8 as seen at NYC's…

tags: poverty level, poverty threshold, federal definition of poverty, Michael Bloomberg, NYC, politics, society Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed. ~ Herman Melville How do you…

tags: Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus, birds, nature, Image of the Day Killdeer chick, Charadrius vociferus, running. Image: Joseph Kennedy, 27 April 2006 [larger view]. Nikon D200 1/400s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400.

tags: Birds in the News, BirdNews, ornithology, birds, avian, newsletter Juvenile male Blue-throated Hummingbird, Lampornis clemenciae, Cave Creek Canyon, AZ. Image: Dave Rintoul, June 2008 [larger view]. For comparison, an adult male of the species -- also read the comments section to learn…

tags: underwater art, nature, photography, Andre Seale, streaming video This video was sent to me by a Brazilian blog pal who "reads my blog every day"! It is a collection of beautiful nature images by award-winning photographer Andre Seale, who happens to be her husband. The soothing music was…

tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers. Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004. West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #7 as seen at NYC's…

Sara, one of my good friends at YellowIbis science t-shirts, sent me some ScienceWear for my London visit! By the way, don't you just love their company name? Anyway, I had to show you the t-shirt I asked for because it's so .. science-y! How can you resist such a wonderful shirt? (Yes, I know,…

tags: Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus, birds, nature, Image of the Day Black-necked Stilt chick, Himantopus mexicanus, at Bolivar Peninsula, Texas. Image: Joseph Kennedy, 24 May 2007 [larger view]. Nikon D200 1/1000s f/1.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

tags: Birdbooker Report, bird books, natural history books, ecology books "One cannot have too many good bird books" --Ralph Hoffmann, Birds of the Pacific States (1927). Here's this week's issue of the Birdbooker Report by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, which lists ecology, environment, natural…

tags: West 66th street/Lincoln Center Subway Art, Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers. Artist: Nancy Spero, 1999. Installed 2004. West 66th Street/Lincoln Center Subway tile mosaic art #6 as seen at NYC's…

tags: Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus, birds, nature, Image of the Day Killdeer chick, Charadrius vociferus, at Anahuac Wildlife Refuge, Texas. Image: Joseph Kennedy, 27 June 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/2000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

tags: atheism, crackergate, religion, religious zealotry, fundamentalism, freedom of speech, eucharist hosts, transubstantiation, cultural observation Not so very long ago, Americans mocked muslim nations for rioting and issuing death threats over the publication of a few cartoons in Danish…