If this gets 100 likes I will sign up to join the editorial board for every spam email I get and write about my experience

From Sao Paulo to northern Goias with my insane Masters advisor speeding madly and cutting through the huge trucks in single-lane roads. Also the fullest my bladder has ever been, I swear I thought it was gonna rupture and I was gonna die right there in the passenger seat.

What do you all think: are the two Urocolius spp, Red-faced and Blue-naped Mousebirds, actually sister species? All molecular phylogenetic results to date seem to suggest otherwise. Help make Urocolius whole again, tell me if we're missing phylogenetic information birdsoftheworld.org/bow/phylogen...

Sometimes I still find it hard to believe Central Park is a real place in the middle of Manhattan

Writing something about something for y’all. Sorry, it’s still top secret and heavily redacted for now.

Very disappointed in all y'all! @arvidagren.bsky.social correctly guessed the author, but NO ONE guessed the paper! FYI, it's from the OG punctuated equilibrium paper from 1972 www.blackwellpublishing.com/ridley/class...

NO ONE?? Seriously?!?!

I wrote a joke about scientists who joke in scientific talks, but my audience only chucked politely

Currently re-reading a classic paper that has the satanic sub-header “The Cloven Hoofprint of Theory”. Do you know what paper it is?

Good morning, but only to this raven having a hearty breakfast of pigeon eggs!

I have a joke about ratites, but i think it won’t fly

In a world full of unimaginably bad stuff, it's very important to find what brings you joy and lights a candle in the darkness

Remember, it is much harder to have solidarity with the poor and non-privileged in your own society than to have solidarity with the wretched of the earth far away. A lot more is at stake in the former, but much greater impact as well.

Move over, pi day. The ides of march is where it’s at.

Upgraded to a new and better clothes hamper and kitchen trash can today, and I'm feeling a truly unreasonable amount of self-satisfaction about it. Is this what #adulting feels like?

Happy pi day! #iykyk

I had a couple hundred bucks unclaimed in a state I lived in years ago - search your name!

Can anyone suggest a review of hormonal regulation of molt in birds? Particularly how it might differ between pre-juvenile, pre-basic, pre-alternate etc? @skwinnicki.bsky.social?

Student question: have there been any studies attempting to quantify (and potentially statistically control for) biases in citizen science datasets arising from the fact that citizen-scientists tend to come from specific socioeconomic backgrounds?

Do you (or have you ever) worked with natural history collections? Are you trans or non-binary? If you said "yes" to both of those, @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and I want to hear from you! Please consider filling out our survey and please share with others! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🐛🦕🦴🌿 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Getting pretty tired of some people with Nate Silver syndrome (knows a lot about an area, so thinks knows a lot about all areas) on here. Let the blocketty block start.

April 1 deadline for @nhm.org Student Collections Study Award. Get $$ to spend time collecting data in our collections, including @tarpits.org Open to: - current undergraduate and grad students - *not* local to Los Angeles (international applicants welcome) More: nhm.org/student-coll...

Alternative career for PhD ecologists. www.ign.com/articles/the... 🧪🌎🌳🤗

Hello @bodegacats.bsky.social. This cutie was definitely the type that looks friendly but when you go to pet them decides to bite you!

Spent long time today discussing w/ students about birding as fun vs birding as a science and even a chore, how eBird and Merlin fit into that, & how beginner birders (esp of certain socioeconomic backgrounds) can be deterred. Wish we had more convos like that in the ornithology/birding community.

First warm day since the fall. The vibes are immaculate.

Another day, another article in my formerly favorite journal with significantly deficient methodological details 😭

Sometimes I forget that Blue Mockingbirds are a thing. I wish to never forget that again. Any tips?

I love telling students that ppl have been killed by unbalanced centrifuges. I get to watch their eyes grow 2 sizes so fast

Help me settle a dispute: would college students these days prefer a 8:40 am or a 5:40pm lecture class? All else being equal

Dear fellows from the outer worlds… Anyone with access to the following works that could provide a copy/scan/pics? Boles W. 1990 Glowing parrots—need for a study of hidden colours. Birds Int., 3, 76–79. Boles W. 1991 Black light signature for birds. Aust. Nat. Hist., 23, 752. Deeply grateful!

Evolution is weird, evidence # 53928477

Long shot, but do i know anyone who was on track to get a Green Card soon and has been affected by the recent immigrant visa pause?

The best part of teaching is learning from students. Today's episode: in many different folklores of Europe and Asia, the wren is considered the king of birds, and there's a similar legend about it clinging to the back of an eagle

March.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Found it! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Yes.

Bird people: is there a state-of-the-art, commonly accepted minimal protocol of filtering steps for eBird data prior to research use? Want to discuss it with students, if it exists

How bespoke recommendation forms (as opposed to just uploading your pdf letter) make me feel

Well it finally happenned folks. Just caught my first student assignment where I have a very very strong suspicion it was entirely copy-pasted from ChatGPT 😩

I did NOT expect several students to get really curious about ILS in our discussion of bird phylogenomics. Forcing me to cop out from questions with some variant of "It's a really complex topic that we don't have the time or the background to address in this class, but..."

New York City baby

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Wtf

I wonder if Steve would approve of my using him to lift the head of my bed (I’m coughing heavily from the flu)

The co-founder of @itiscolossal.bsky.social George Church has been shown to have deep ties with Epstein, more than he let on, and should be ostracised from the palaeontological, ancient DNA, and conservation communities edition.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p... @tetzoo.bsky.social

Internet companies supposedly know everything about us, but when I google images of "thrush", all I get is pictures of gross oral infections. What gives?

THIS!!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️