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Category Archives: ornithology
Pandemic Staycationing
As far as I’m concerned, this is not a year for travelling for a holiday. Indeed, given some of the recent events, there hasn’t even been time to take any sort of extended break. However, we have been taking days … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life, dreams, jackdaws, novels, ornithology
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Pandemic Staycationing
As far as I’m concerned, this is not a year for travelling for a holiday. Indeed, given some of the recent events, there hasn’t even been time to take any sort of extended break. However, we have been taking days … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life, dreams, jackdaws, novels, ornithology
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Pandemic Staycationing
As far as I’m concerned, this is not a year for travelling for a holiday. Indeed, given some of the recent events, there hasn’t even been time to take any sort of extended break. However, we have been taking days … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life, dreams, jackdaws, novels, ornithology
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The Environmental Sisterhood
The admissions process to Cambridge can raise strong opinions. I’ve written about dispelling the myths behind the process and more recently about widening participation issues. But now I’m provoked to write about my own experience of applying to the university, … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge admissions, education, environmentalism, ornithology, Rachel Carson
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Holiday Questions in Natural History
Last week I escaped to the Shropshire hills and blissfully allowed my brain to stop turning over matters concerning committee-work, exams, grants and other responsibilities past, present and future. Instead I have been exercising my limbs up and down the … Continue reading
Posted in book review, neonicotinoids, ornithology, red kite, red kites, Science Culture
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Frequent Flyers
Somewhat upset by the expensive airline tickets I recently purchased, I decided to post on some of my favorite frequent flyers seen recently in our backyard. The House Finch–spoiled by the garden feeder These black-capped chickadees have a very … Continue reading
Posted in angry cardinal, back garden, birds, butterflyology, frequent flyers, ornithology, science, visitors
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Justice and spring birds
A few short weeks ago I posted a blog entitled “I’d rather be blasting homeopathy“, and provided two letters that I had written. One was addressed to my local Nebraska congressman, and asked that he be considerate of science and … Continue reading
Posted in budget, congressman, flicker, HELP-scientists-in-need!, mystery bird, ornithology, parking ticket, red nape, Research, science, supporting science, woodpecker
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A working vacation
Some time ago, one of my children asked me to explain what an oxymoron is, and I scrambled to find a good example. Well the title of this blog is a good one. Or is it? Years ago as Ph.
Posted in blackberry, cell phone, Mexico, ornithology, oxymoron, Research, science, technology, vacation
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