Thank you, @maxlambert.bsky.social and colleagues for this letter to federal scientists 🫶 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Very excited and honored to have been part of this project and to now be a Science published author! 🥳 We used animal and human mobility data to explore the impacts of human presence and landscape modifications on wildlife across the continental US. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I can’t stop

“Academic science is not only about productivity but also deep understanding, creative solutions & training critical thinkers as next generation of researchers. Now is the time for our community to evaluate whether AI products help or hinder these.“ @lmesseri.bsky.social & @mjcrockett.bsky.social🧪👇

Made some gifts tonight 🎨🖌️🥰

Can’t sleep. Send zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs

This is WILD!!

Some of the other species banded during spring migration this season (see alt text for IDs) *all birds capture and banded under proper training and permits

More spring beauties from the banding station today! Including Alt Text IDs this time. *All birds captured and banded with proper training and permits

Spring things 🌼🌸☀️🕊️🪺

Spotted a Mississippi Kite at work today!

With 'Israel and Palestine' trending at #1 on Mother's Day, let me say James Baldwin had it exactly right: "The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." 🧵

Framed up as a Mother’s Day gift for my mom. It feels good to be able to give handmade and personalized gifts! 🌼

Happy Mother’s Day to all the hardworking mamas out there! Especially mama birds feeding their fledglings all day every day. Fledgling Robin spotted in a small tree in the front yard and being well-tended to by mom and dad.

Framed for my mom as a Mother’s Day gift

I painted another poppy 🧡

It’s alive! Welcome to the age of solar canals. 💧☀️🔌💡

Got frustrated with my hummingbird painting so instead of taking a break from painting all together I decided to try something completely different: California Poppy work in progress!

I wish they cared this much about shootings when it happens to children at school.

In the first eleven months of 2025, 10,109 doctoral-trained scientists left the federal government. The losses were concentrated in agencies that fund medical research, regulate environmental standards and model climate. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/more-than-...?

Started a new painting today. Female Rufous Hummingbird! Come along with me as I follow another tutorial by the wonderful Paul Hopkinson (The Devon Artist) 🎨🖌️

Wax sealed and framed!

My entire process from start to finish from March 20 to April 11. Fun, challenging, and rewarding. On to the next painting!

Dare I say I’m done?

Haven’t painted in over a week. After the day I had, it called for painting. Started with the base layer and first layer of top color of the branch. Letting it dry and will add the final details later!

"All we say to America is, 'Be true to what you said on paper.'" These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now. Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.

The annual observance marks how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, it's March 26, a day later than it was in 2025. n.pr/4t9rLqU

One thing about my kids is they love to do whatever I do! When I paint, they want to paint. That makes my heart happy 💕🎨🖌️

I might be biting off more than I can chew here by taking on this wren tutorial with the end goal being a realistic looking bird. Wish me luck! This was 1.5-2 hours worth of work! 😮‍💨

Today I got a new set of watercolor paint that has metallic colors and I cannot wait to work with them! 🤩😍

Still working on watercolors and having fun!

My first watercolor! I’ve been feeling my soul yearn to be creative again lately, so I finally sat down and painted. I’ve never used watercolor before (I’ve never really painted before, either), so I got a guide book to help me learn. I hope this is the beginning of a new journey for me!

The Feeling You Haven't Had in a Long Time Steve Driscoll 2021

MAJOR NEWS! We just launched an awesome new tool! The illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer lets users trace any bird’s lineage, compare species relationships, and explore major evolutionary milestones with a click of a button. SHARE and EXPLORE! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/phy...

Everything feels heavy. Like we’re buried in snow.

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

There are many serious governments in the world. The US is not one of them. (There are no penguins in Greenland.)

Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)

Look, I know roughly half of us voted for this ignoramus, but the other half of us are literally melting into a puddle of embarrassment on a daily basis.

📢 We're looking for a PhD student to focus on habitat use of wintering Curlew in and around coastal SPAs. Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD The student will be based at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years. 📆 Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology

Saw this cutie up in Montréal today 🥰

Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

I spoke with Martin Peterson, the philosophy professor at Texas A&M University who had to remove Plato readings from a course syllabus to comply with school policies against teaching "race and gender ideology." He says he's replaced that material with media coverage of this censorship.

I miss California

Trump should be posting this, but instead he is trashing the officers who died protecting American Democracy against Trump's mob.

This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.

everything has to be as maximally stupid and annoying as possible every minute of every day

What a catastrophe.

I am looking for a postdoc position + will be attending #SICB2026! My areas of interest/experience: sexual selection, reproduction, host-parasite interactions, animal behavior, (plus bio ed and disability advocacy in bio). I would be happy to chat with anyone attending who is looking for postdocs!