Scott Taylor
@drscottataylor.bsky.social
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Decoding π firefly communication & conservation in Colorado Join us for a *free* evening talk by
@oritpeleg.bsky.social
at the Mountain Research Station (run by
@colorado.edu
+ INSTAAR): π Wed Jun 18th π 7:00 pm π Near Ward CO π
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ποΈ In the Boulder area this summer? Mark your calendar for Wednesdays 7pm starting June 11th 11 SUMMER SEMINARS at the
@colorado.edu
ποΈ Mountain Research Station: Carnivorous plants, fireflies, avalanches, trout, water quality, bison, & more! Free & open to the public. See
bit.ly/mrs-summer-s...
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UNDERGRAD SUMMER FIELD COURSES at CU Boulder's Mountain Research Station π± Vegetation π¦ Birds 𧬠Bioinformatics π¦ Microbes π£ββοΈ Lakes+streams π² Forests+fire Each 2-3 wks, 3 transferable credits, 15 students/class, lodging&food included w tuition More info:
www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025...
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Jay Jinsing Falk
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A year ago
@drscottataylor.bsky.social
and I got obsessed with a very fuzzy hummingbird chick that hatched on top of a leaf in the Panamanian forest. We wrote a paper about how it might be mimicking toxic caterpillars! Read about it here, or Carl's link below!
stri.si.edu/story/caterp...
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When
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@drscottataylor.bsky.social
first saw the hummingbird chick in Panamaβs rainforest, the biologists didnβt know what they were looking at. They later realized that it was potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten
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Small bird, big trick: How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panamaβs dense rainforest, the bird biologists didnβt know what they were
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2025/03/17/small-bird-big-trick-how-hummingbird-chick-acts-caterpillar-survive
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Join us at the Mountain Research Station this summer!
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