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Associate Professor 🏳️🌈, University of Colorado Boulder
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Spring is in the air and the sound of bird song is everywhere! Ornithologist Scott Taylor sat down with CU Boulder Today to discuss Colorado birds, both common and obscure
www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...
@drscottataylor.bsky.social
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CUriosity: What are Colorado's iconic birds—and how can you see them?
To celebrate spring, ornithologist Scott Taylor shares some Colorado birds you may never have heard of.
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2026/04/15/curiosity-what-are-colorados-iconic-birds-and-how-can-you-see-them
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Evading a warlord on a birding trip... Are birds actually monogamous?... Is birdwatching the original Pokémon?... These are just a few of the topics discussed on INSTAAR fellow Scott Taylor's new podcast, "Okay, But... Birds." Read our Q&A with Scott out today:
www.colorado.edu/instaar/2026...
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What does it take to make a hit podcast about science?
At the end of last year, Scott Taylor launched a new podcast called “Okay, But… Birds.” The ornithology-focused podcast has already attracted thousands of
https://www.colorado.edu/instaar/2026/03/12/but-what-about-birds
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2026 UNDERGRAD SUMMER FIELD COURSES at CU Boulder's Mountain Research Station
@colorado.edu
📓 Natural history 🦅 Birds 🌱 Flora 🦌 Animals 🚣♀️ Lakes+streams 🌲 Forests+fire Each ecology focused, ~2 wks, 3 transferable credits, 15 students, lodging&food included w tuition
www.colorado.edu/mrs/2026/01/...
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Nathan Senner
5 months ago
I had a blast talking with
@drscottataylor.bsky.social
on the most recent episode of Okay, but...birds. Tune in for my hot take on why Hudsonian Godwits are far superior to Arctic Terns as migratory birds! (I welcome any & all angry comments from tern supporters 😉)
okaybutbirds.com/episodes/e5
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E5: Okay, but why fly from the Arctic to Antarctica and back every year? — Okay, But... Birds
https://okaybutbirds.com/episodes/e5
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Carl T. Bergstrom
5 months ago
"I don’t know why my fellowship was terminated. I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary of what we expect to see in nature, with completely different males and females."
@carlzimmer.com
profiles my wonderful coauthor
@jjinsing.bsky.social
Gift link.
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He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/science/lost-science-falk-hummingbirds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BVA.CCQ8.U2g79IgkhMS5&smid=url-share
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Highly recommend. It really is a life changing experience. Amazing people and talent and so much care with your creative ideas. All of that in an inspirational place where you can snorkel in kelp 🐙
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David Toews
5 months ago
Just in time for the holidays, I had a fun chat with
@drscottataylor.bsky.social
about splits and lumps… and some of the other controversies roiling avian taxonomy 🤓 🦉🧪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Okay, but why did my life list just shrink?
Podcast Episode · Okay, But... Birds · S1 E3 · 27m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/okay-but-why-did-my-life-list-just-shrink/id1853347080?i=1000741828419
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Scott Taylor
INSTAAR
6 months ago
"Okay, but is bird monogamy just PR?" 🐦🦆🐣 🦉🦜🦩 Listen/watch the first episode of the Okay, But… Birds podcast, hosted by
@drscottataylor.bsky.social
(INSTAAR & EBIO, CU Boulder) and featuring Carrie Branch (Western University, Canada)
www.okaybutbirds.com
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Okay, But... Birds
Discover the fascinating world of birds with Okay, But... Birds. Explore science-driven stories and episodes on avian life, hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor.
https://www.okaybutbirds.com/
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Rebecca Heisman
6 months ago
Just a PSA that
@drscottataylor.bsky.social
, who is an excellent science communicator and hilarious human being as well as an ornithologist, is starting a new podcast called "Okay, But... Birds" and you should definitely check it out.
www.okaybutbirds.com
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Okay, But... Birds
Discover the fascinating world of birds with Okay, But... Birds. Explore science-driven stories and episodes on avian life, hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor.
https://www.okaybutbirds.com/
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@drscottataylor.bsky.social
is an Assoc Professor at INSTAAR & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU Boulder. He's also the Director of our Mountain Research Station. Learn more about his new podcast at
www.okaybutbirds.com
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Okay, But... Birds
Discover the fascinating world of birds with Okay, But... Birds. Explore science-driven stories and episodes on avian life, hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor.
https://www.okaybutbirds.com/
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INSTAAR
7 months ago
"Okay, But… Birds" 🐦🦆🐣 🦉🦜🦩 Listen/watch this science-meets-storytelling podcast about the weird, brilliant, & surprisingly dramatic lives of birds. Hosted by evolutionary biologist Scott Taylor. Premiers Dec 4th
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUV...
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Podcast Trailer — Okay, But Birds…
Okay, But Birds… is a weekly science-meets-storytelling podcast hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor. Each episode dives into one weird-but-true bird question through smart, funny…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUVVvEbpJQ
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🦜🐣🦢🦉🦃🦤🦩🪶 Can’t wait to share this with everyone!
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12 months ago
Decoding 🌟 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): 🗓 Wed Jun 18th 🕖 7:00 pm 📍 Near Ward CO 🔗
calendar.colorado.edu/event/orit-p...
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INSTAAR
about 1 year ago
🗓️ In the Boulder area this summer? Mark your calendar for Wednesdays 7pm starting June 11th 11 SUMMER SEMINARS at the
@colorado.edu
🏔️ 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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Scott Taylor
INSTAAR
about 1 year ago
UNDERGRAD SUMMER FIELD COURSES at CU Boulder's Mountain Research Station 🌱 Vegetation 🦅 Birds 🧬 Bioinformatics 🦠 Microbes 🚣♀️ Lakes+streams 🌲 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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about 1 year ago
When
@jjinsing.bsky.social
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@drscottataylor.bsky.social
first saw the hummingbird chick in Panama’s rainforest, the biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. They later realized that it was potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten
www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...
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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 Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t 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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