A young Powerful Owl in a Brisbane park watching the joggers go by. #birds #wildoz #brisbane

I have a gazillion photos of the yellow-footed rock-wallabies at Boolcoomatta. Here's one to start with. It was amazing to spend time with them. I love their stripey tails.

Chills. Thousands of Alberta high school students walked out of class to the legislature. They’re fighting back against UCP attacks on education. They’re standing up for teachers. They’re our future and I couldn’t be prouder. ✊🩷

A bit like spiralling publication costs we need to start having a proper discussion around lab equipment servicing costs. These are often completely disproportionate to the cost of instrument and the service that is provided and seem to serve as a cash cow for vendors.

Zebra finches can not only distinguish the full range of their species’ vocalizations but also organize them by meaning—similar to what humans do, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/4psyElY

I like owls, not only because you don't need to get up too early to see them. Today we were up before dawn to check on some newly fledged Powls and decided to look in on some others we follow nearby. It was a good morning, 10 owls before 10! Including a couple of Boobooks #birds #wildoz #brisbane

Gray-browed Brushfinches are a found in the mountains of western South America. They are considered common, but have not been studied much so little is known about their natural history. They tend to hide in dense underbrush, but this one came out for some banana. Zuroloma Preserve, Ecuador, 2023

a rare sighting - an Austral Pygmy Owl on a rainy morning. These birds are found only in the Patagonia region of Argentina & Chile. #birds #owl #australpygmyowl #argentina #patagonia #nikon

This is exactly what my spouse has faced for 15 years: shut out of all jobs she has applied for in Alberta in favour of candidates known to the employer or committee. Canadians don’t seem to understand that they value nepotism over education and qualifications

I will add that Danielle Smith is the exact sort of Albertan who would eat hard shell gringo tacos exclusively.

We had a lovely sunny day here in the islands..it was great to see a few Magellanic penguins back..

Signed @lukaszukab.bsky.social Forever Canadian petition in Lethbridge today! #abpoli #yql

For #BirdOfTheDay some Aussie pigeons: Wonga Pigeon, White-headed Pigeon, and Common Bronzewing. @robcrank68.bsky.social #Pigeons #BOTD #birds #birding #WildOz 🪶🇦🇺

A couple friends from AB are living in the US right now and they see the writing on the wall. Talked to them last night and they’re looking at selling their house to get back — not to AB though; and I can’t blame them.

Don't miss the figures for this IOB read- Toward a Comprehensive Anatomical Matrix for Crown #Birds: #Phylogenetic Insights from the Pectoral Girdle and Forelimb #Skeleton A Chen, E M Steell, R B J Benson, D J Field doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #avian #ornithology #science #bones

Green-and-Black Fruiteater near Jardín, Antioquia #Colombia #birds #nature

Hey Gang, Lets Continue Taking A Look At Don Martin Magazine Issue No. 2. 🔷️Contents In Comments🔷️ #fonebonefriday #donmartin

Confirmed! Not only is AASUA pursuing a strike vote, they are also urging their membership to vote for a strike! For a government elected on creating stability for Albertans, it seems Smith has only created more instability and uncertainty. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Despite everything that happened this week, it has been another one full of mountain bluebirds here. #yql #Alberta #birds #birding #wildlife 🪶🇨🇦

Professor was seen engaged in political violence

Maybe rural Albertans need to reexamine their desire to secede from Canada and promote anti-immigration, xenophobic opinions if they want to retain healthcare professionals. This might not be what happened here, but I suspect it would help. #abpoli

This morning @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social, Mirjam Knörnschild gave a fantastic talk about social communication in Saccopteryx bilineata 🦇 including dialects, acoustically-based individual recognition. @berlinbatlab.bsky.social #dzg2025 www.cell.com/current-biol...

A lovely Steller’s Jay for this #ThursJay #birds

How your email find me this morning... #academicsky #wildlife #mammals 🇨🇦🦊

Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now

Some portly Richardson's ground squirrels out and about today. At this time of year, these are all males fattening themselves up for winter. #yql #Alberta #wildlife #mammals 🦊🇨🇦

助けたメスライチョウちゃんの恩返し。追い回していたバッドマナーなカメラさんに『かわいそうだよ』と注意して止めた後、私の前にきて交尾体制に。人を利用して安全を確保していると言われている生き物ですから安心してくれたのなら嬉しいですね Right in front of me was a wild rock ptarmigan mating. After I helped her out of being chased by another rude photographer, she came in front of me and got into mating position🪶 #birds

PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right! tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr... Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community! DM me for questions!

Investing in education is one of the best things we can do for Alberta's future. Teachers deserve better. Our kids deserve better. Better is possible. youtube.com/shorts/jmDHR...

The Birds Feed just passed 14k likes 🤯 you know what time it is… post celebratory birb! 🎉🪶 This Wilson's Snipe is celebrating with a big, juicy worm! #birds #photography

PSA for all students: if your work schedule conflicts with a 9am class, your instructor does not have to provide you with recordings of every lecture. Sometimes we have to make choices in life. Make yours wisely!

Feels like we could all use some more mountain bluebird this week #yql #Alberta #birds #birding #wildlife 🪶🇨🇦

Well there’s a surprise. An opportunity for political embarrassment once more achieved by Lethbridge’s anti-science, gormless MP. #abpoli

One can scarcely find a sentence written of a Clark's Nutcracker w/out reading about its symbiosis with pine seeds. But it's something much more rare to actual observe in action. Fall is the time when #AB five-leaf pines (whitebark & limber) offer up their rich seeds to the ravenous hoarders.

From the archive, red-shouldered macaws (Diopsittaca nobilis) on a sunny afternoon in Pirenopolis, Brazil. #parrots #birds #birding #wildlife 🪶🇧🇷

Although I like it when students are interested and engaged with class material that I worked hard on, I have now had enough of pedants in the classroom who feel the need to point out minor typos in the middle of class that I already mentioned when speaking.

MSc position in my lab. Come study the evolutionary & behavioural ecology of insects! @stfx-university.bsky.social

A bit of side-eye from one of our Swainson's hawks this morning. #yql #Alberta #raptors #birds #birding 🪶🇨🇦

The Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge has a tenure-track position for a neuroscientist studying brain function across the life span in nonhuman animals. Join a terrific community of researchers in a beautiful part of the country.🧠🧪 Re-post uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8586

Celebrating my one year anniversary of my first confirmed rarity on eBird: a long-tailed jaeger near Lethbridge, Alberta #birds #birding #Alberta #wildlife 🪶🇨🇦

We're seeking a colleague to join us in the Department of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge. Please share this with anyone you know who may be interested. Thanks. uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8640

The smallest shorebird out there, the Least Sandpiper, wading through the water for some food. #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature #wildlife #birding #TRAHR

A young mountain bluebird strikes a pose #birds #birding #wildlife #yql #Alberta 🪶🇨🇦

Every single day up here I'm appreciative for the incredible sightings and opportunities we've had. What a land. #nunavik

Still a few Swainson's hawks hanging around, but likely not for long. #yql #Alberta #raptors #birds #birding #wildlife 🪶🇨🇦

BSKY Exclusive: A 1 in 40,000 grackle? Yesterday I was able to witness this incredible leucistic great tailed grackle. We had a positive encounter for a minute where it walked directly towards me while I was on the ground. No great tail, but I have high hopes to see it in the future! 🪶

More mountain bluebirds today #yql #Alberta #birds #birding #wildlife 🪶🇨🇦