Scott Taylor
@drscottataylor.bsky.social
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Carl T. Bergstrom
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"I donβt know why my fellowship was terminated. I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesnβt fit the binary of what we expect to see in nature, with completely different males and females."
@carlzimmer.com
profiles my wonderful coauthor
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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 π
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David Toews
14 days ago
Just in time for the holidays, I had a fun chat with
@drscottataylor.bsky.social
about splits and lumpsβ¦ and some of the other controversies roiling avian taxonomy π€ π¦π§ͺ
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Okay, but why did my life list just shrink?
Podcast Episode Β· Okay, But... Birds Β· S1 E3 Β· 27m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/okay-but-why-did-my-life-list-just-shrink/id1853347080?i=1000741828419
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INSTAAR π³οΈβπ
about 1 month ago
"Okay, but is bird monogamy just PR?" π¦π¦π£ π¦π¦π¦© Listen/watch the first episode of the Okay, Butβ¦ 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
about 1 month 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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INSTAAR π³οΈβπ
about 2 months ago
@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 π³οΈβπ
about 2 months ago
"Okay, Butβ¦ Birds" π¦π¦π£ π¦π¦π¦© 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 β Okay, But Birdsβ¦
Okay, But Birdsβ¦ 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, funnyβ¦
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUVVvEbpJQ
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π¦π£π¦’π¦π¦π¦€π¦©πͺΆ Canβt wait to share this with everyone!
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INSTAAR π³οΈβπ
7 months ago
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
calendar.colorado.edu/event/orit-p...
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INSTAAR π³οΈβπ
8 months ago
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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INSTAAR π³οΈβπ
9 months ago
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
10 months ago
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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INSTAAR π³οΈβπ
10 months ago
When
@jjinsing.bsky.social
&
@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
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 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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