New paper - we show that in chickadees, males with better spatial cognition sire more extra-pair young and that when a female has an EPY, it is sired by a male with better spatial cognition compared to cognition of her social mate. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Song sparrow nestlings. Just 4 days old! #bird

Red-winged blackbird nestlings! #birds

May 23, 2006 is the hatch date of the world's most famous lance-tailed manakin. PXVm has starred in Netflix's 'Dancing with the Birds', and been highlighted for years by the Cornell Lab Manakin Cam. How do you celebrate such a momentous day? By dancing! Here he is today, with his current beta GSGm:

Spring migration is full swing here in Ontario. Bay-breasted warbler foraging after a flight over Lake Erie. #birds

Many of the sparrow nests we are tracking have come from a local patch nicknamed "The Banana kingdom" which makes me smile. A modified Google map for context. #fieldwork #birdwork #sparrows

Song sparrows are sneaky! Finding nests and even observing behavior has been quite the challenge this spring. #fieldwork #birds

New research by @adiethelm.bsky.social et al. in #RESEcolEnt reports on food plant–associated #predation risk & its impact on larval #development and adult #morphology in the #MonarchButterfly doi.org/10.1111/een.70094 #Danaus @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social

A male mountain bluebird taking a Spring bath #birds

Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube

Check out this podcast! Grad student, Alex Muth, explains how #chickadees have dialects! He also gives us insight into how he studies this, why it is interesting, and his life in grad school. Go Alex! fmjzxvm.short.gy/my-link #ornithology #academia #birds

Post-doc opportunity at the CAM! Come and join our vibrant and collegial community! @westernu.ca !

How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications. My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/ academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

A western bluebird immediately after a desert bath. #birds

Just a Lil chipmunk

Black skimmer from the North Carolina coast. I think this bird was screaming into the abyss? Very relatable. #birds

👩‍🔬🧪 #AcademicSky

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

I am really excited to see this article on basic experimental design principles published. Definitely will be mandatory reading for incoming graduate students in my lab. Maggie Wagner who led this article did an amazing job with the illustrations of basic principles www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology! Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions. (Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.) lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

Therapy #birds pic for this Friday. Very productive breeding year for red crossbills in the Cascades this year. Here are a few grumpy babies.

White-breasted nuthatch! #birds

🦜Animal loss is stalling tropical forest recovery A new study shows that when seed-dispersing animals decline, tropical forests regrow slower, cutting carbon gains by over 50%. Biodiversity loss is a climate issue. 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #SciComm #Biodiversity #ClimateCrisis 🧪

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

Early morning light on this Red Crossbill. Such strange little orange/red pirates but so charismatic. #birds

Please repost. For those who might have missed it, our School has three ongoing positions advertised. The work environment here at Monash is top notch: supportive, collegiate and inclusive. And Melbourne is an awesome city to live in. Deadline fast approaching. Get cracking on those applications!

Therapy bird pic required for the last week. Here is a Lewis's Woodpecker from southwest Oregon. thanks #birds

A winter flashback with Dr. Jamie M. Cornelius, researching how animals respond to unpredictable environments by employing heart rate transmitters in nomadic red crossbills (Loxia curvirostra), allowing for live physiological monitoring under field conditions! Photos by @sonnenbird.bsky.social

Black tern foraging near its nest in central Oregon. #birds

Amazing summary of the work from the Pravosudov lab! #birds

Next up is co-organizer Alex Thornton @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social talking about social drivers of cognitive evolution @royalsocietypublishing.org. youtu.be/yb4iSyPPaaI?...

Selection shapes diverse animal minds: We recorded the talks at our @royalsocietypublishing.org discussion meeting last year to share with those who couldn’t be there. Our first speaker is Stephen Montgomery (Bristol University) @ebablab.bsky.social. youtu.be/BzmRZlhTcrc?...

The "misinformation" in question here is that gender-affirming care reduces suicides among youth. It merely reduces depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A male Cassin's finch in the southeast pine forests of Oregon. #birds

A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity assesses the geographical and taxonomic distribution of Critically Endangered species, their threats, current and required conservation actions, and strategies to facilitate effective, coordinated conservation. go.nature.com/46e8JY6 🧪

Reproductive #aging is associated with declining #fertility and increasing #inflammation. @spangas.bsky.social &co explore a @plosbiology.org study that uses cutting-edge tech to characterize the role of multinucleated giant cells in #ovarian aging 🧪 Paper: plos.io/3T84WE0 Primer: plos.io/3HXKN1b

reposting this job as part of the MIND platform. Work with my colleague @neuroak.bsky.social and our large group in this new @braincanada.bsky.social funded platform at @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social with a 15.2T MRI and lightsheet microscopy 🧪 in 🐭

🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc: Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela... Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).

Western tanager this weekend on the Integrative biology student camping trip to southeast Oregon! Gorgeous #birds.

🚨 Action alert: Two days left!! Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference. 👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees. ➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.

Fun surprise this morning!

O the places that fieldwork can take you. A large group of crossbills were visiting a private driveway for grit and salt (notice the licks here). Despite the color, this is a male (golden/orange) type 2 crossbill. #birds #fieldwork

A gorgeous male red crossbill - a Type 5 from Wyoming for you #birds nerds

New study from long term reproductive chickadee data! Honored to be a part of the project!

More than 99,000 people were watching live on the Friends of Big Bear Valley Youtube livestream as the chick worked through the hatching process. via @laist.com

Pinyon Jay for cheer. #birds

Gorgeous male red crossbill foraging on some very old cones. #birds and #fieldwork

Welp, made it back after successfully netting the male crossbills we were after. Already missing the snow and views.

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org