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Here’s an amusing spoof of a 1970s birds documentary, taken from the “Look Around You” series, a parody of the old British school science programs.

(Thanks to the Birdchick blog for pointing this one out.)

Amateur astronomy buffs will want to check out the 2009 listing of night star-gazing highlights for 2009, provided by Space.com.
From the Solar System and beyond, you definitely don’t want to miss these during the year. Mark your calendar!

It seems that the GBBC ended like it started for us, rather unexciting. Having to zip off to work in the morning also didn’t leave much time for feeder-gazing.
On Monday, the weather was the same as the weekend, sunny, slightly breezy and in the mid 30’s. Here’s the list of the morning’s meager sightings:

5 American [...]

Another quality day of bird watching this past Sunday. It seems that the word finally got out to the neighborhood birds.
The weather was sunny and warm for the season, in the mid 30’s. Visibility was great and there was just a slight breeze.
Here’s a listing of Sunday’s sightings:

5 American Goldfinches
6 Dark-eyed Juncos
2 Tufted Titmice
2 Black-capped [...]

Today was a much better day for bird watching. Lots of flying critters in the backyard. The weather was sunny and in the mid-30s, although a bit windy.
Here’s a breakdown of what flew in:

6 American Goldfinches
2 Blue Jays
7 Dark-eyed Juncos
1 Female Northern Cardinal
2 European Starlings
4 House Sparrows

A dismal first day.
Here’s the meager list of feathered visitors to our backyard feeders:

3 American Goldfinches
1 Tufted Titmouse

I’m having an ignominious start to 2009’s Great Backyard Bird Count! There’s not a bird to be seen. Plenty of food and three squirrels hopping around by the base of our feeders, eyeballing the piles of nuts and seed, but no birds.
Curses!

Google brought us online search that has yet to be matched and Google Earth, a wicked cool bit of software that lets us view almost any part of Planet Earth. The software is so accurate and detailed that governments and security agencies worldwide are extremely uncomfortable.
NASA has brought us, well, space! Moon missions; the space [...]

NASA wants your input on what Hubble’s next target is going to be.
You get to choose from one of six astronomical objects in honor of the International Year of Astronomy, the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s observations, which began this month.
Want to cast your vote? Go to HubbleSite.org to cast your vote for [...]

NASA is poised to give us the first views of the dark side (far side) of the sun.
The space agency has launched the STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories) mission, two spacecraft that will simultaneously orbit the sun to provide a complete picture of all sides at once. The first full image will come early in [...]