I've been remiss in not pointing to this week's editions of I and the Bird and Tangled Bank.
I and the Bird is hosted this time by Amy Hooper, editor of Wild Bird magazine, at Wild Bird on the Fly. Amongst many other alluring posts, Wise Crow reports about his concerns about the potential effects of a proposed off-shore farm of wind turbines near Galveston on the huge flocks of migratory birds crossing the Gulf of Mexico every spring. Also, Ocellated gives a brief primer on the practice of bird banding.
Tangled Bank, the science carnival, is hosted this time at Kete Were. Particularly noteworthy is a post at the blog Galactic Interactions from Vanderbilt physics professor Rob Knop on the mystery of the physical parameters of the Universe as we understand it and how the promoters of Intelligent Design take advantage of that mystery. It is noteworthy because it is a well-written post on a compelling topic, but also because Knop was a colleague of mine from graduate school way back when. How about that!
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