Do any of you have a fun map-reading and orienteering activity you’d be willing to share? I’d like to see some examples as I’m putting a skill session together for my natural history class. It could be something done in-class, or it could involve an outdoor scavenger hunt-type exercise (1 hour).

Time for an explainer on how to get funding for a PhD in the UK (1/n)

@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social ‘s technology is unmatched (Also @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social )

Stunning up close view of a bald eagle in its natural habitat in south philly

Holy cow a lot is going on in the US right now. You may also need to take a deep breath and look closely at a painted lady butterfly.

Bringing these shirts back for the fall, shipping in early November 🫡 squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/bina...

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! How and when did Frogmouths cross Wallace’s Line? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2020/10/14/h... #ornithology

Join us! We are hiring a new #curator at the #AMNH in #Vertebrate #Zoology careers.amnh.org/postings/4600 #academicjobs #tenuretrack

I'm trying to spend less time on social media for the sake of my mental health BUT I thought y'all might enjoy this SciShow video that I wrote the script for, all about the ways that decoy/dummy birds are used in #ornithology. youtu.be/aSzCs_w0dhA?...

👉 Read the full story: news.illinois.edu/study-72-of-illinois-wetlands-no-longer-protected-by-federal-clean-water-act

i challenge you to find cooler news today than “despite all odds against American scientific research rn, a CO researcher developed a temperature-stable, single dose rabies vaccine that works bc of particles coated in CANDY & SAPPHIRE, & it could help reduce rabies deaths in places w/o electricity”

🪶 Just in case you needed a "pik!" me up today.

I will be in Japan October 11-November 3rd. By the time I'm back, shipping rates will have increased for the holiday rush. Get an Eel Facts Advent calendar now to avoid the price hike! They are gorgeously illustrated by @ehrenenglish.bsky.social, and have 24 cool facts about EELS!! eelfacts.net

Very proud of this paper in BioScience : « Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature » 🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife ! 👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios... 🧪🦤

From the current WJO issue: Migratory connectivity and potential nonbreeding sexual segregation in Gray Vireos (Vireo vicinior). #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...

Turkey vulture sketch 🪶

🍂 It's officially Autumn! 🍂 Quote repost with your Autumn themed #art 🍎🐻🦆 *NO A/I

Green Woodpecker for this month's @birdwhisperers.bsky.social ! #watercolor

Seeing ice cream cones during their spawning runs really takes your breath away. They’ll only do this once in their entire lives.

We know that many animals are in danger due to human-caused climate change impacting their habitats. This #ClimateWeekNYC, Columbia University and Richard Gilder Graduate School Graduate Fellow Ellie Gamett explains what we can learn from the resilience of blue dasher dragonflies.

A large male wall lizard from today's sampling on the north fork of Long Island! Stopped for hot apple cider and cider donuts post fieldwork🦎😊

Doing a bunch of planning for the winter and spring campaign season, so I put together a little primer on my favorite source books for teaching with Dungeons & Dragons. Teaching with D&D: My favorite source books for running a great Dungeons & Dragons campaign.

**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)

I still think this #SciComm deserves a #Pulitzer. #InsectApocalypse www.reuters.com/graphics/GLO...

"Why do queen bumblebees emerge from hibernation during weekends?" I love this framing about bias in hobbyist-collected data.

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches. This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists! Archaeologists! Please volunteer www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

“Prairie Life” An older piece with even older origins. My undergraduate years included significant research and exploration time in short-grass prairie ecosystems. These are the organisms and places I still love and cherish from a formative time in my scientific journey. Sacred. (Check alt text)

Finished up this lady in time for my birthday today. #watercolor #art

It’s this guy’s first day on the job of being a turtle

Me when I ring someone’s video doorbell

Update: Jim Hautman has just won his 7th federal duck stamp contest, breaking his tie with brother Joe for the most wins in the competition’s history. Here’s our story about why he and his brothers are so good at what they do.

I almost forgot - it's duck stamp day! Want to hear more about the history of one of the USA's most successful conservation fundraising programs? Or about how art can unite people to protect nature? Check out day 1 of the competition here. www.youtube.com/live/PZelqVg...

If you order a calendar before October 1, you get a bonus Plant Native Plants sticker for free! So don't procrastinate, get one before you forget! www.etsy.com/listing/4366...

Today is the last day to help make your voice heard for protection of our wilderness, places where we need to get away from the trauma of being human. Places of solitude. Please speak up for roadless rule. It’s easy and it only takes a few minutes at this link. earthjustice.org/action/prote...

Americans used to know birds by thousands of unique local folk names. Ruddy Ducks alone were called dummy duck, dinky, dipper, dopper, dumb-bird, and god-damn. My latest piece is on the joy of folk names and losing them to the bureaucratic formalization of knowledge about birds.

Thank you @matthewhalley.bsky.social !

Well idk what else to do other than gather people in person rn. I wish I had a useful list of action items but at the moment I’m coming up empty. So come hang out. Friday is drink and draw luma.com/donad-sept19 Saturday is Artpocalypse Now Art Market luma.com/9wiciy1a

whenever people get fatalistic about the ecological threats we're facing, i like to bring up some of these examples. we *can* do things that cause positive change! we have in the past! if we make the decisions to try and fix things, we can actually do it! we aren't in fact doomed until we give up!

Incredible position. Run don’t walk.

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It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet Cyanicterus cyanicterus, the blue-backed #tanager. This dazzling #bird from the Guianas is the only species in its genus, which makes it monotypic and a tautonym! #Ornithology #Taxonomy #Birds Photo: Hector Bottai

#AOSMEMBERS: Join us at noon ET on Monday 9/22 for a lunchtime Student Research Grant Seminar, "Exploring the complex genomic architecture of divergence in a North American backyard bird, the Northern House Wren" w/ William Anderson. americanornithology-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #AOS_SRGS

🚨 Cool educational item alert 🚨 We teamed up with Philly Nature Illustrator, Meg Lemieur @megstampede.bsky.social to create a 12 month wall calendar all about animals! The calendar includes lessons we can learn from animals & how we can help them. Pre-order here! www.etsy.com/listing/4366...