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grrlscientist | August 19, 2009tags: Grey-backed Camaroptera, Grey-backed Bleating Warbler, Camaroptera brachyura, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Grey-backed Camaroptera, also known as the Grey-backed Bleating Warbler, Camaroptera brachyura (brevicaudata), 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, ISO 200, Nikon 200-400 VR lens at 400 mm. f/4. 1/160.
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grrlscientist | August 18, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Olde Hansa Restaurant.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
This is one entrance to the Olde Hansa resturant in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia. Instead of eating in this restaurant, we went around the corner and at in the other part of this establishment. Pics of that entrance are below the jump.
Olde Hansa Restaurant.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Entrance to the restaurant we ate lunch at.
Large…
grrlscientist | August 18, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Windows with Pigeon.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
This photograph reminds me of some of Edward Hopper's paintings. That lone pigeon looks like how I feel today.
grrlscientist | August 18, 2009tags: Bhutan Laughing-thrush, Garrulax imbricatum, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Bhutan Laughing-thrush, Garrulax imbricatum, photographed in Bhutan (recently split from Streaked Laughingthrush, Garrulax lineatus).
Image: Larry Gardella, spring 2009 [larger view].
Sony Cybershot with 10x external zoom.
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grrlscientist | August 17, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
A closer look at one of the buildings overlooking the town square.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
I couldn't help myself but to imagine what it might feel like to live in one of these apartments that overlook the town square.
skookumchick | August 17, 2009I'm back. In person, and online. And not all that thrilled about it, but I'll cope. ;-) I'll regale you with updates on our fab trip out west, and on how my fall is shaking out, including teaching and research plans, but I first have to finish reading a dissertation that is being defended tomorrow, and writing an activity report, also due tomorrow. Offlinelessness has its price, but at this point I still think it has been worth it.
In the interim, let me share with you a video of a tug accident that happened in the Skookumchuck Narrows near my parents' cabin. The Skookumchuck (Chinook…
grrlscientist | August 17, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Town Square.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Walking through the town square made me feel transported back in time to the middle ages, a time that I view as being very mysterious. Except for the modern clothing, it seems that this scene has taken place a million times or more just as you see it here.
Town Square.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | August 17, 2009tags: Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Probable Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus, remains were fairly close to a busy industrial road northern Alberta (roughly 300 km northeast of Edmonton) Canada. [short of microscopic examination of these feathers or DNA analysis, this bird will probably never be definitively identified, sorry]
Image: Marcel Gahbauer, August 2009 [larger view].
Scanned, not photographed.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
The collector writes;
The location of…
grrlscientist | August 16, 2009tags: Fledgling American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Fledgling American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, photographed at Bear River Bird Refuge in Utah. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Terry Sohl, 27 July 2009 [larger view]
Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L lens.
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grrlscientist | August 15, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Angles
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Even though this is not a great picture for many reasons, I really like the angles and the contrasting shapes in this image. It would probably work better as a surreal painting than as a photograph, so I like to think of this image as a "working idea" rather than an actual "good photograph."
grrlscientist | August 15, 2009tags: Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Common Moorhen chick, Gallinula chloropus, photographed at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 9 July 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
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sciencewoman | August 14, 2009Dear asshat,
When you are only carrying a small garment bag and attache case, and you encounter a mother struggling into the airport parking deck elevator with a toddler in hand, giant carseat over one shoulder, suitcase rolling behind and attache case over the other shoulder, the correct thing to do is NOT to say: "Boy, you sure don't believe in traveling light." and then get off the elevator, striding toward the shuttle bus stop with nary a backward glance. The correct thing to do is say "Would you like a little help with your load?" and then help her carry something to the bus stop. It…
grrlscientist | August 12, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Flowers
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
I showed you a picture of flowers that I photographed in Tallinn, Estonia. I lve that image because it seems as though the flowers and the light are leviating in midair. Here's a sideview, which shows how those flowers and the light fixture are affixed to the wall.
sciencewoman | August 12, 2009A. Non Mouse, who blogs over at NaCl and hv, has just written a great series of posts about her strategies for successfully bringing a baby to a conference. Check out her how-to posts on childcare, transportation, gear, and accommodations.
This is a subject that is close to my heart, and one that I've written about before (here, here, and here on a trip when Minnow was 9 months old, here at 18 months, and here's a manifesto on the subject that was featured in last year's Open Lab ).
And it's funny timing too that A. Non Mouse writes about motherhood and conference travel now, when I am…
grrlscientist | August 12, 2009tags: Prothonotary Warbler, Protonotaria citrea, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Prothonotary Warbler, Protonotaria citrea, photographed at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 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.
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grrlscientist | August 11, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Flowers.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
This is one of my favorite pictures that I snapped while in Tallinn.
grrlscientist | August 11, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Tallinn Doorway.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
The door knocker is a lion head carved from wood. A detail of this door knocker can be viewed below the jump ..
Lion Head Door Knocker.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | August 11, 2009tags: Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Common Nighthawks, Chordeiles minor, photographed at Anahuac Wildlife Refuge, Texas. [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 July 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/800s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
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grrlscientist | August 10, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Tallinn Windows.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | August 10, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Tallinn Church Doorway.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)