After finding a site to view the launch and marking in on the GPS so we could find it again on Monday morning, we drove east from Titusville across to Merritt Island.
Merritt Island is home to the Kennedy Space Space Center. In most cases where the government needs large tracts of land for safety [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Ministry of Biology'
Florida Day 1 (April 3, 2010) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
June 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: Ministry of Biology · Ministry of Science · Ministry of Tourism
Florida Day 1 (April 3, 2010) Scouting Sites to View the Launch (Titusville)
May 8th, 2010 · No Comments
Caroline, Andrew and I stayed in Cocoa, Florida for the the next few days. It was a cheap motel, but perfect for our needs. My first order of business was to find a good spot to view the launch. We drove to Titusville and found a park you can see the launch pads and massive [...]
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Cool spiders online
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Wired has a great gallery of the coolest spiders ever.
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Wings and Wildlife Festival
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments
If you love wildlife, come down to Laughlin for this weekend’s Wings and Wildlife Festival. There’s a bunch of bird watching field trips, and a large number of seminars on a variety of topics. I’m giving a talk on wildlife of the upper Muddy River. The keynote speaker is Ted Floyd who is the editor [...]
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Austin Texas Mexican Free-tailed bats
June 16th, 2009 · 7 Comments
As many of you know, I just returned from a family reunion in Texas. We spent some time with some family friends in Austin and met some other friends there at the Mexican free-tailed bat emergence on the Congress street bridge. Our Ausin friends videotaped the amazing bat emergence:
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The Epidemiology of the “25 Random Things About Me” Facebook Meme
February 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Since I participated in the “25 Random Things About Me” Facebook Meme and even cross-posted it here, it was very interesting to see Slate’s analysis on when it took off and how it evolved over time. By the way, I first got tagged on 1/27 and wrote my post on 2/2.
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Long-tailed duck at Sunset Park
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
I photographed this long-tailed duck this afternoon at Sunset Park. As you can see from the range map, it is a little bit out of its range! However, the bird book I use (The Sibley Guide to Birds), shows it to winter along both coasts down to the Carolinas and central California so it really [...]
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All Hail Your New Masters, The Biologists!
December 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Thanks xkcd.
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Illinois Governor Blagojevich and his anti-ant agenda
December 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Wow. The allegations against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich are astounding. It is well known that the Chicago political machine is corrupt. Blagojevich’s predecessor is currently in prison for corruption. However, Blagojevich is accused of selling Barack Obama’s senate seat, selling favors for other positions, and threatening journalists that criticized him. I’m amazed that someone could [...]
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Cuatrocienégas Mexico photos
December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
I finally got a set of my Cuatrocienégas, Mexico travel photos (Link) posted. Enjoy!
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