Thursday, January 31, 2008

A Day at the Museum

My friend Peggi and I went to the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa yesterday. We had been invited to the launch of the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, a huge undertaking where breeding birds were recorded from 2001-2005. Peggi and I monitored the 10 km square in which we live (our names are in the front of the book as volunteers).
Before the launch we spent a few hours in the museum which is undergoing a major renovation. There is a dinosaur floor (wow!), a mammal floor and an entire floor on birds. Peggi took this shot of me pretending I was a seal. I was happy to get out of that hole before darkness fell, when the polar bears became 'live' (like in the movie "Night at the Museum"). Ha!
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2008 at 9:22 AM

    I just can't bear it!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2008 at 4:42 PM

    So now global warming has driven all the polar bears indoors! Wow... that's cool.

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  3. Susan WilliamsonFebruary 1, 2008 at 12:35 AM

    Love this shot! I burst out laughing when I saw your head popping up out of the faux ice.

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  4. A bird in the handFebruary 1, 2008 at 1:49 AM

    Your header is...meow...fantabulous!

    And the photo is priceless.

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