Tango the Rescue Parrot in part of his native habitat. He has lots of personality and loves hanging with his humans. I am not sure why feet drive him into a velociraptor-like frenzy, but it’s weird and freaky being chased slowly by a 120g bird. #birds #pets #parrots #photography

Red and yellow barbet, showing off wonderful colours. This bird is on the cover of my East African bird book for a good reason! Barbets are woodpecker relatives with spiky feathers. #birds #wildlifephotography #nature #nikon #africa #safari #photography #naturephotography

African grey hornbill, perched in a relatively green tree in the midst of the #Serengeti dry season. These birds have some serious PERSONALITY! Hildebrandt’s starling in the background. #birds #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #africa #tanzania #nikon

Black-headed heron perched on a scary thorn in #Serengeti National park, #tanzania. August, 2025. There were so many herons in Serengeti - some recent rains led to lots of standing water. And a lot of happy herons. #birds #wildlifephotography #nature #safari #africa #nikon

I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

Needed: more critical thinking & less politics. Study: Detecting health disinformation journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... "People with a high need for cognition [critical thinking] were adept at detecting online disinformation, but those with conservative political affiliations were not."

Our forests are under attack. This is the last day to submit your comments in support of the "Roadless Rule", which protects our wild places from further incursion by corporate interests. www.audubon.org/news/protect...

Never get tired of seeing white-browed coucals. They’re a kind of cuckoo with a long claw on a hind toe. These are some seriously handsome, big birds. Serengeti NP, Aug 2025. #birds #wildlifephotography #nature #serengeti #africa #teaching #tanzania

The world’s heaviest flier, Kori Bustard, who mostly walks around savannahs munching whatever it can find. Males can be very large indeed, almost 20kg. This fellow was strolling around Ngorongoro Crater, August 2025. #birds #wildlifephotography #nikon #safari #nature #tanzania

Congratulations to FACETS editors @lisgilmore.bsky.social, @jetkerr.bsky.social, and @ptsslab.bsky.social!

Large numbers of Grey-crowned cranes at Ngorongoro Crater this year. Never seen so many - 200+. Some juveniles too, a lovely sight for this endangered species. The chance to observe social behaviours in this group was wonderful for my students and I. #birds #ecology #science #conservation

In @elife.bsky.social: Range geography and temperature variability explain cross-continental convergence in range and phenology shifts in a model insect taxon doi.org/10.7554/eLif... 🧪 #ecology #climatechange

I made a 20-min 📽 on the relevance of #microclimates for modelling the distribution of #forest species living beneath the 🌳 canopy shorturl.at/zvLm7

Moments from Tanzania field course 2025, focusing for a day on breeding & reintroduction programs for wild dogs & black rhinos in Tanzania at Mkomazi NP. Hoping for inspiring, life changing experiences for students to provide lifelong memories. #ecology #teaching #africa 🧪 @uottawa.ca

‪First up this month, the Perspective that inspired our cover! Led by @jetkerr.bsky.social this Perspective discusses the extent to which favourable microclimates can facilitate persistence in insects. Web link: https://bit.ly/47sQezI Readcube: https://bit.ly/4fBglGR

Well, this is horrifying: News just published in Science, entitled "Study reveals industrial-scale publishing fraud". Link @science.org #science community article: www.science.org/content/arti... Underlying research behind this news in @pnas.org: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪 #ecology

Leopard seals sing 13-hour nursery-rhyme sets underwater. The vocal patterns are predictable & orderly, closely resembling the rhythmic repetition found in human song. Song structure improves the ability of distant listeners to receive signals & identify singers. 🧪🦭🎶 newatlas.com/biology/leop...

I completely agree! And something we've been trying to cultivate with our collaborative model of peer review at @stacksjournal.bsky.social.

Thrilled to share just-published collab'n w researchers of #Africa, #Taiwan, #UK, and #Canada on microclimates & niche-based thinking for insect conservation and climate change. LINK TO FULL TEXT: @natrevbiodiv.nature.com: rdcu.be/ew5ju. 🙏to @alexmckay.bsky.social! #ecology #science 🌐 @uottawa.ca

American redstart pausing briefly to check out a birder with a big camera. Otherwise, singing up a storm and hoping to defend his territory. Mud lake, #ottawa. #birds #nikon #wildlife #photography #nature #hobbies

Brilliant wood duck providing some of the only colour to be seen on a very cold winter day in #ottawa, #canada. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon

Black headed heron, having a majestic moment. This species is common across sub-Saharan Africa and is a master fisher, like herons in general. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #africa #tanzania

Northern white crowned shrike (also known as white rumped shrike) at Silale wetland in Tarangire National Park, #Tanzania. Shrikes are terrifying monsters that impale their prey on thorns for later snacks. Sort of cute though. #birds #photography #wildlife #nature #nikon #africa

One of Tango the Rescue Parrot’s perches. Weird when he flies into the shades, but Tango is an innovative little Senegal Parrot. #birds #parrots #wildlife #photography #nikon #pets

Lions mate frequently over several hours when females are receptive. They are not at all fussy about such public shows of “affection”, and this pair engaged in repeated x-rated behaviour before a group of students from @uottawa.ca #mammals #wildlife #serengeti #africa #nikon #photography #ecology

June issue: A Review led by Gianalberto Losapio on the impacts and consequences of glacier retreat for biodiversity in these ecosystems. Weblink: go.nature.com/446nolE Readcube: rdcu.be/erx1y

A southern yellow billed hornbill in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Hornbills seems like drama birds. Striking and always looking very out of sorts. Happily, this species is doing well. #birds #nikon #africa #wildlife #photography #nature #conservation #parks

Cedar waxwing hanging out near a tree with some tasty fruit. Apparently, they’ll eat fermented berries sometimes and become drunk. I’d like to see that someday. #ottawa #birbs #nature #photography #nikon #wildlife #springtime #canada

Spur-winged lapwing, zipping around on the shores of Lake Magadi in Ngorongoro Crater. This lakeshore provides resources for enormous numbers of globally threatened species, though this lapwing remains safely and happily common. #photography #birds #wildlife #nature #parks #nikon #safari #africa

Adding to @jjwilliams924.bsky.social, land use change/pesticides, & climate change drop bumblebee spp occurrence rates by 45% in natural & 55% in human-dominated areas. Led by @tnewbold31.bsky.social. W/ @uottawa.ca PhD alum Peter Soroye. #pollinators 🌎 🧪 🌐 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

✨Bumble bee probability of occurrence responds to interactions between local and landscape land use, climatic niche properties and climate change🐝New paper out, led by @tnewbold31.bsky.social, & with @jetkerr.bsky.social & Peter Soroye (the result of some fantastic trips across the Atlantic 🇨🇦) 🌎 🧪 🌐

A helmeted guineafowl, zipping around Ngorongoro crater. These birds are related to chickens and turkeys and they act like it. They’ve been domesticated and are now found all over the place. Think… Savannah turkeys. #africa #nature #birds #wildlife #photography #nikon #tanzania

Lilac breasted roller on an acacia in Tarangire National Park, #tanzania. #africa #safari #birds #wildlife #photography #nature #nikon

Wild dogs at the Mkomazi secure facility for protecting and reintroducing these amazing coursing predators. A nearby area protects black rhinos. #nature #mammals #conservation #photography #nikon #dogs

A pair of merlins have nested next to my home, perching often by my window. I went up on the roof with the big camera and got a level shot of one very early. They’re scaring the hell out of all the other birds, but so glad they’re here. Falcons rock. #birds #nikon #photography #wildlife #nature

Silver-backed jackal, which is ecologically similar to a coyote or red fox, from Mkomazi NP, #tanzania. They’re common enough in such places, but elusive. Clever little fellow gave us a close look before trotting away into the dense brush. #nikon #mammals #wildlife #photography #nature #safari

Juvenile black rhino coming over to say hello - once in a lifetime moment for my very fortunate students. On Mkomazi NP, #tanzania. This is where Tanzania’s fragile but successful black rhino recovery is centered. #AddMam #wildlife #photography #africa #nikon #conservation #biodiversity #mammals

Successful cheetah mum with a cub beside her. Another couple in the tall grass. This cheetah was utterly unconcerned that we were beside her, scanning instead for dinner options. From Tarangire NP, #Tanzania. #cats #wildlife #photography #nature #safari #kitten #kittens #nikon #cheetah #africa

Cardinal woodpecker male in Kruger NP, South Africa. My campsite there was great for adding to my life list of species. Almost every bird was new to me. #birds #nature #photography #wildlife #nikon #biodiversity #africa #southafrica #safari

A great blue heron performing its role in this wetland ecosystem in #ottawa, #canada. Having a healthy predator population in an ecosystem can be an indication that the system is in reasonably good shape. #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon #wetland #biodiversity #predator #hunter #herons

from USFW (U.S. Fish & Wildlife) Anywhere from 200-300M birds are predicted to migrate across the U.S. each night this weekend! Lights at night can be very disorienting to birds during their long spring migration. Help prevent deadly bird collisions, turn off or dim unnecessary lights. Thank You!

A black-headed night heron poised for hunting minnows and catfish in the City of Ottawa’s bird biodiversity hotspot of Mud Lake. Perched like this, this #heron is giving us a lovely view of his plumage. #wildlife #birds #photography #nature #predator #gratitude #nikon

A great blue heron, and a ghostly reflection, in the still waters of this wetland in #ottawa, #Canada. Herons are spear-fishers and adjust their angle of attack in real time to account for light refraction in water relative to air. At Mud Lake. #herons #birds #photography #wildlife #nature #hunter

This wee pine warbler and mate were rearing a cowbird nest parasite. The two warblers were working frantically to feed their weirdly large, hungry “offspring”, who was far bigger than either parent. At Mud Lake, #ottawa #birds #wildlife #nature #outdoors #nikon #photography

Caracal in Ngorongoro Crater. Only time I’ve ever seen this amazing cat. Not really rare, just very elusive. Reports of this hunter snagging prey in flight 10 feet off the ground but most eats rodents. #wildlife #photography #nikon #cats #nature #africa #safari

Red bellied woodpecker on a dead birch branch. Frigid day in January. In Ottawa, Canada. Nikon Z6II & Nikkor 200-500 fully extended. It’s my “safari lens”, as it’s what I use when teaching in #Tanzania, but it’s great for #wildlife everywhere. #birds #photography #canada #nature #gratitude