NEWS: CUTE DUCKLING VIDEO ALERT!!! 🪶 🐣

no one: people in Maryland:

Trump Opens Up Nation’s Aquariums To Commercial Fishing theonion.com/trump-o...

Everybody will learn this lesson or they will go down with the fascist ship.

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The existential national crucible that Donald Trump has brought to the fore with his experiment in disappearing people to a torture gulag in El Salvador presents us with one of the starkest test of values and the constitution our country has ever faced. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/has-americ...

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Brown-headed Cowbird message to host species everywhere:

Oh to be a red-eared snapper turtle sunning oneself in a pond at a centuries-old zen temple in the ancient shogunal capital.

New research shows that yellow warblers in the Galápagos behave more aggressively when exposed to road noise. #ornithology

if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually

Happy Trans Day of Visibility. I see you and <3 you

This dude was singing loudly even with food in his mouth. What a beauty! 🪶

Sure, they may be one of the most (if not the absolute most) abundant #birds in North America and I see them all of the time, but I'll never get enough photos of my beloved Red-winged Blackbirds. Short thread of photos (of my first-ever research study species): 1/5

This American Dipper is from last spring. When the young are about to fledge, mom and dad are delivering food constantly. This adult has some juicy caddisflies for the nestlings. #birds #nature

You want to see an octopus riding a shark. 🎥: University of Auckland www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/s...

Snowcap hummingbird at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #birds #hummingbirds #costarica

This is spectacular news.

Look I have zero excuses for this, but the idea popped into my head and now it's in your head, sorry

(seeing FBI agents sprinting in my direction as I'm being stabbed) Oh thank god I'm--(they run past me and tackle a guy who's flipping off a tesla)

It's Timberdoodle Tuesday!!

"Am I an authorized vehicle? #birds

With NSF funding for this project eliminated, we're seeking your support for our joint initiative with @amornith.bsky.social and @fieldornith.bsky.social to promote diversity and belonging in #ornithology. Please help spread the word!

Hi new followers, I’m Sarah! Do you know that literary trope where a character is eaten alive by a dark secret and is forced to publicly confess it? That’s how I feel about every cool fact I learn, and until I can get back to teaching again they’re all coming out here, so buckle up!

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

“Hi Jackass” (His name was Jackson, and he held a position in the organization about…5 levels above mine, and we had literally never spoken before)

Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

This morning's temperature in Southern California was at full fluff according to this Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) perched on a branch in our backyard. #birds #birding #wildlife #backyardwildlife #hummingbirds

The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over

Frogs🌿✨

Red Bellied Woodpecker, enjoying a winter oak acorn, found in my backyard. If you live near any wooded patches, you may be able to attract them using feeders filled with suet (in winter), peanuts, and sometimes sunflower seeds. Courtesy of www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-be...

Here are some nice mushrooms

He do be tasting the air tho #birds

I can't believe I actually managed to solve today's awful picture-style Connections puzzle 😱 (I may have guessed those last two...) Connections Puzzle #550 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟦🟪 🟦🟪🟦🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

One thing that all professors have in common in that we weren't trained for our jobs. Now that I've been doing this for a few decades, I'm starting an occasional series called Professor School. It's not advice, just bunch of ideas and information to make things easier. 🧪

This ruffed grouse decided to stop traffic the other day for a photo shoot. He's particularly colourful. We usually have the greyer morphs around here. 🪶🌿

I found a Brown Creeper this weekend in Lubbock, TX. We occasionally get some of them in the winter here. 🪶🦉

Pick a card, any card! 🃏 (Northern Saw-whet Owl)

It has been a while since I was active on Twitter, and during that time I moved across country to my new postdoc, taking many pictures along the way that I haven't gotten to share yet. So, here are some of my top photos taken from my phone from my travels this year!

Please enjoy my bird Snowball chatting it up this Thanksgiving morning 🥰 My husband @bdkaros.bsky.social is also new to Bluesky, so if you wanna see more of Snowball or chat about video games, give him a follow!

Thanks so much for the follows everyone! Its great to see there's already a good community here :) Since this is a fresh account, let me introduce you to my research! I study how birds perceive and categorize different types of threats, and how they communicate that information to others (thread)

Hi all, I'm an ornithologist fleeing Twitter in search of better company. If you like birds, science, or just want friendly conversation, give me a follow, and I'll follow back 🐦