tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-124749 2010-01-02T21:26:33-05:00 chronicles and musings of an urban field ecologist TypePad http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifBootstrapAnalysishttp://feedburner.google.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ca11253ef0120a794091d970b 2010-01-02T21:26:33-05:00 2010-01-02T21:26:33-05:00 Julie This has turned into a tradition. Here are links to 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. New life birds: 37. Most were from my trip to Nicaragua in March. The last one was either Banded Wren or Long-tailed Manakin. 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I could go on about this, but will cut to an item from one of the few papers that I still... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G06IVOF3b6aLTIjO48hGO2hBYBg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G06IVOF3b6aLTIjO48hGO2hBYBg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G06IVOF3b6aLTIjO48hGO2hBYBg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G06IVOF3b6aLTIjO48hGO2hBYBg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=bHkv5gqkGHk:Ve0giOt9ZlY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=bHkv5gqkGHk:Ve0giOt9ZlY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?i=bHkv5gqkGHk:Ve0giOt9ZlY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BootstrapAnalysis/~4/bHkv5gqkGHk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.bootstrap-analysis.com/2009/12/damn-statistics.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ca11253ef0120a70d5e11970b 2009-12-04T10:19:01-05:00 2009-12-04T10:19:01-05:00 Julie From the Neo-orn bird list: Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 Folks, I received a request from a fellow birder about visiting Lake Atitlan. 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The Birding Community E-bulletin is a fantastic monthly e-mail newsletter with items that include a rarity focus, and four or so other news briefs from the birding world, generally conservation oriented. It's... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qbnysTF31tyKRILpPHn6AU6Qc_w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qbnysTF31tyKRILpPHn6AU6Qc_w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qbnysTF31tyKRILpPHn6AU6Qc_w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qbnysTF31tyKRILpPHn6AU6Qc_w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=4JSb2RFjmlY:zj_LMXnK3Dk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=4JSb2RFjmlY:zj_LMXnK3Dk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?i=4JSb2RFjmlY:zj_LMXnK3Dk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BootstrapAnalysis/~4/4JSb2RFjmlY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.bootstrap-analysis.com/2009/10/the-birding-community-ebulletin.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ca11253ef0120a524a209970b 2009-09-22T06:11:45-04:00 2009-09-22T06:11:45-04:00 Julie I don't know too many scientists who don't think that the Annals of Improbable Research are funny. I don't surf over to the magazine or blog (actually the online version of their Guardian column) very often these days, but I... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zF76Vcd75QnW19LeoULJoBK3jT8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zF76Vcd75QnW19LeoULJoBK3jT8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zF76Vcd75QnW19LeoULJoBK3jT8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zF76Vcd75QnW19LeoULJoBK3jT8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=FRi4_hRTej8:P_m1ZdN3aYk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=FRi4_hRTej8:P_m1ZdN3aYk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?i=FRi4_hRTej8:P_m1ZdN3aYk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BootstrapAnalysis/~4/FRi4_hRTej8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.bootstrap-analysis.com/2009/09/annals-of-improbable-research.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ca11253ef0120a597248d970c 2009-09-09T17:14:32-04:00 2009-09-09T17:14:32-04:00 Julie I got an email recently for an offer to purchase one of the handful of domain names I have parked. This seemed rather fishy, mostly because the author of the email was accepting domain name valuations from only two web... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H6PZ_95vnHQwCfnp4sHRXHnzUSI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H6PZ_95vnHQwCfnp4sHRXHnzUSI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H6PZ_95vnHQwCfnp4sHRXHnzUSI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H6PZ_95vnHQwCfnp4sHRXHnzUSI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=hRVxvi6f7Ac:cHWyLWMo2yA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=hRVxvi6f7Ac:cHWyLWMo2yA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?i=hRVxvi6f7Ac:cHWyLWMo2yA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BootstrapAnalysis/~4/hRVxvi6f7Ac" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.bootstrap-analysis.com/2009/09/domain-purchase-scam.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ca11253ef0120a5393d13970b 2009-08-31T17:40:14-04:00 2009-08-31T17:40:14-04:00 Julie My rationalization for buying a Kindle turns out to have basis in fact: "A new study analyzing the Amazon Kindle electronic book reader’s impact on the environment suggests that, on average, the carbon emitted over the life of the device... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KLDu-W6w0VBcodnFzNQAsD6QECA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KLDu-W6w0VBcodnFzNQAsD6QECA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KLDu-W6w0VBcodnFzNQAsD6QECA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KLDu-W6w0VBcodnFzNQAsD6QECA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=6hSTmPFGA4M:IILoy2cTJUY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=6hSTmPFGA4M:IILoy2cTJUY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?i=6hSTmPFGA4M:IILoy2cTJUY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BootstrapAnalysis/~4/6hSTmPFGA4M" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.bootstrap-analysis.com/2009/08/kindles-are-green.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ca11253ef0120a531ac3d970c 2009-08-27T06:05:28-04:00 2009-08-27T06:05:28-04:00 Julie We left off with dozens of silkmoth caterpillars snug in their cocoons. For the most part, I expected these to overwinter. I'm at 42 degrees N latitude, and, for instance, the Luna eggs were laid on on 30 May, the... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TIx9L5xFiiL_9gUJrM3zOkfD6qo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TIx9L5xFiiL_9gUJrM3zOkfD6qo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TIx9L5xFiiL_9gUJrM3zOkfD6qo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TIx9L5xFiiL_9gUJrM3zOkfD6qo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=n_FI2fERKKw:dijs9Cs9d1Y:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=n_FI2fERKKw:dijs9Cs9d1Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?i=n_FI2fERKKw:dijs9Cs9d1Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BootstrapAnalysis/~4/n_FI2fERKKw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.bootstrap-analysis.com/2009/08/the-lunas.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ca11253ef0120a4d3fb73970b 2009-08-19T06:46:52-04:00 2009-08-31T17:42:30-04:00 Julie Long review and impressions of my Kindle 2. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3lHddkc6dYTewO3vuIR9Pa3Z5g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3lHddkc6dYTewO3vuIR9Pa3Z5g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3lHddkc6dYTewO3vuIR9Pa3Z5g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3lHddkc6dYTewO3vuIR9Pa3Z5g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=KbRu-J0YuMI:e7_E8r6hNqI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=KbRu-J0YuMI:e7_E8r6hNqI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?i=KbRu-J0YuMI:e7_E8r6hNqI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BootstrapAnalysis/~4/KbRu-J0YuMI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.bootstrap-analysis.com/2009/08/kindle.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ca11253ef0120a4da824e970b 2009-08-15T12:08:42-04:00 2009-08-31T17:43:26-04:00 Julie A couple years ago I lamented that I didn't see sillkmoths much anymore.That was the year our friend Dr. Steve gave us a couple of Polyphemus (Anthera polyphemus) cocoons, so we got to see (and release) the adults that emerged.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7YDU2PwvWEK1vX1mrFdQ5m3qsOI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7YDU2PwvWEK1vX1mrFdQ5m3qsOI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7YDU2PwvWEK1vX1mrFdQ5m3qsOI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7YDU2PwvWEK1vX1mrFdQ5m3qsOI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=tOcfIHGfWoc:FZwkA33gZdE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=tOcfIHGfWoc:FZwkA33gZdE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?i=tOcfIHGfWoc:FZwkA33gZdE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BootstrapAnalysis/~4/tOcfIHGfWoc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.bootstrap-analysis.com/2009/08/100-hungry-mouths-to-feed.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ca11253ef011572512d08970b 2009-08-01T17:33:39-04:00 2009-08-01T17:33:39-04:00 Julie The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks. Thanks, Kris. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3TbWiQxzwfdict_9zZ0bEOZSeWw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3TbWiQxzwfdict_9zZ0bEOZSeWw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3TbWiQxzwfdict_9zZ0bEOZSeWw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3TbWiQxzwfdict_9zZ0bEOZSeWw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=luaeCuJXc_k:786rpmQXGNA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?a=luaeCuJXc_k:786rpmQXGNA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BootstrapAnalysis?i=luaeCuJXc_k:786rpmQXGNA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BootstrapAnalysis/~4/luaeCuJXc_k" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.bootstrap-analysis.com/2009/08/this-is-funny.html