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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Florida Day 1 (April 3, 2010) Scouting Sites to View the Launch (Titusville)
May 8, 2010
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Cool spiders online
March 29, 2010
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Wired has a great gallery of the coolest spiders ever.
Wings and Wildlife Festival
March 10, 2010
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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 [...]
Austin Texas Mexican Free-tailed bats
June 16, 2009
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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:
The Epidemiology of the “25 Random Things About Me” Facebook Meme
February 11, 2009
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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.
Long-tailed duck at Sunset Park
January 23, 2009
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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 [...]
All Hail Your New Masters, The Biologists!
December 22, 2008
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Thanks xkcd.
Illinois Governor Blagojevich and his anti-ant agenda
December 11, 2008
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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 [...]
Cuatrocienégas Mexico photos
December 3, 2008
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I finally got a set of my Cuatrocienégas, Mexico travel photos (Link) posted. Enjoy!
Mexico!
November 10, 2008
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Today I have been getting ready for my upcoming trip to Mexico for work. I am presenting at the 40th meeting of the Desert Fishes Council and this year they are having their meeting in Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila, Mexico. View Larger Map Cuatrociénegas is a very cool place for the conference. The Desert Fishes Council and [...]
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