Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Selection on metabolism and memory in a moving Chickadee hybrid zone avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2020/08/17/s... #ornithology

If you run a life science lab where research has either significantly slowed or shut down completely due to Trump administration policies, I’d like to hear your story. I'm a biotech and life sciences reporter for @statnews.com, and you can reach me at [email protected] #journorequest

Thanks @airamrodriguez.bsky.social for featuring our study on ecolightsforseabirds.weebly.com/news/new-pub...! Storm-petrels avoid light after stranding - and we can develop post-stranding mortality mitigation strategies that take advantage of this. Ta-da... Hide boxes! @garyburness.bsky.social

New post at ecolightsforseabirds website! Pufflings navigating the lit night About a recent study by @tbrownbirds.bsky.social on the Atlantic Puffin ecolightsforseabirds.weebly.com/news/pufflin... #ornithology #seabirds

#JobAlert! Resource Conservation Manager II with Parks Canada in #Yukon. PM-05. Indeterminate, full time. $96-104k/year + isolated post allowance. A degree and/OR recent and significant experience req'd. emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap... Closes Sep 2, 2025. #biology #conservation #jobs

#JobAlert! Manager of Resource Conservation with Parks Canada in Fort Smith, NT. PM-06. Term Sept 2025 to Nov 2026. $113-129k + isolated post allowance. Some education and/OR experience req'd. emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap... Closes Sept 1 2025. #jobs #biology #conservation #wildlife

#JobAlert! Resource Conservation Manager II position with Parks Canada in Inuvik, NT. Indeterminate! $113-129k/year + isolated post allowance. "A degree" + experience required. Closes Sept 7. emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap... #jobs #conservation #canada #arctic #biology #ecology

Please check out the attached advertisement for a #masters project at @dalhousieu.bsky.social on Leach's storm-petrels! #MSc #biology #gradstudies #gradschool #birds #seabirds #research

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

A little late but better than never - I am finally #PhDone!! I defended at the end of May, submitted my final thesis at the beginning of June, and am now just working full-time at LGL Limited and enjoying summer 😁 I'm always open to research collaborations though!! #PhD #gradschool #academia

What scientists need to know about sharing—and protecting—their published work | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... #OpenScience

Just putting this out there since I want to increase my side hustling... I've created and revamped several websites for labs and individuals and businesses, and I can do so for you and your lab too! Get in touch if you need help with your lab or personal website 🙂 mine is taylorbrown.org!

You guys are doing it again. Yes, NOAA is important because of the National Weather Service, but that is not all they do and you should stop saying it is. I wrote this for the Union of Concerned Scientists. Read it and adjust your messaging accordingly. 🧪🦑🌎🐟 blog.ucs.org/science-blog...

Feeling so sad for Jagmeet Singh today. Collateral damage in the election & in the political fight between US / Canada. If anything we need more, not less, NDP influence but I see this as a direct result of our electoral system whereby folks vote strategically as opposed to voting for their values.

Good feeling: reading a cool paper that says something neat and cites reference #4... You go look at reference #4 and it's your own paper 😍 I think I've leveled up!

Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers? Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

Potential effects of HPAI on occupancy rates, breeding success, age and turnover of breeding Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus in southern Scotland | www.tandfonline.com/... | Bird Study | #ornithology 🪶

A lot of people are asking why a Trump administration would want to create this chaos. I wrote this in the Guardian almost 12 years ago! We are not just talking about currency exchange here ofc, but for all hedging it holds true: There is less profit in stability, than in chaos. We must grasp this.

The last month has seen shock & sorrow in the US research community, with grant freezes & cuts, mass firings of government scientists, & much more. Now many are fighting back. @heidiledford.bsky.social reports for @nature.com on the rise of scientist-activists: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

#Puffin strandings in towns as a result of artificial light, and experimental tests ascertaining preferred light types 💡 Article available in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Animal Behaviour - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (Photo: Ruedi Häberli) @tbrownbirds.bsky.social

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Happy to announce the 3rd paper of my PhD is now published! We tested behavioural responses of fledgling Leach's Storm-Petrels to artificial light & found they were largely photophobic, leading us to test & confirm the utility of hide boxes to protect them after stranding! doi.org/10.1093/orni...

I’m so excited to announce that my new book THE BIRDING DICTIONARY is available for preorder! It's a humorous dictionary of real birding terms and goofy definitions, plus a ton of silly illustrations. It's out May 6 but you can preorder it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...

Shorebird nerds! If you know a thing or two about shorebird (any spp) migratory stopovers / habitat use in Newfoundland, please get in touch! I have questions :)

This slow-rolling destruction of the American research enterprise is happening under the radar. Many of our colleagues - including leadership- aren't even aware it's happening, because it's being reported anecdotally on social media (mostly here). Amplify this bsky.app/profile/eliz...

The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!) democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

I think about this a lot. Also don’t know if he’s dumb or lying and it doesn’t really matter

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! Global sea surface temperatures have once again broken the 21°C barrier. On Feb. 16, 2025, global SSTs hit 21.013°C. Since 1982, the only other years to see global SSTs breaking 21°C were 2023 and 2024.

Oh - also online webinars or workshops!! Not just conferences

I've been out of the loop for a little while now - what are some upcoming bird / ecology / sustainability focused conferences (with time left to register of course)? Bonus points for ones in Canada!! Thanks 😊

Outbreaks so far: Tuberculosis - Kansas Avian Flu - Across Seven States (it is now showing up in cats) Measles - Texas For you and your family: Are you vaccinated? Do you have N95 masks?

A really nice write up by Lauren Eggleton (U of Sheffield) on our lab's recent work on light attraction and Atlantic puffin fledglings @tbrownbirds.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Fieldwork opportunity: We're looking to hire a field assistant for the www.phenoweb.org project starting 1 April. Please repost. #phenology #fieldwork #birdringing

A few months ago, @jasonwalczak.bsky.social and I received a Research Grant from @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social to develop two automatic nest box monitor prototypes for the #stormpetrels on #Nólsoy, #FaroeIslands, together with @robthomasbirds.bsky.social! Parts are in, and work has begun! #arduino

Looking for a bit of help with nonlinear modeling in R... Message me please! 😁

Tesla sales in Germany have plummeted by almost 60%. Sales in other countries also dropping fast. Elon Musk is currently the 2nd most hated oligarch on Earth after helping coup d'état the United States & sieg heiling in front of millions in celebration. Calls to boycott Musk products are global.

Maybe someone with the means to do so should take out a full-page ad in as many newspapers as they can that just says “ELON MUSK HAS YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER”

Hey Leach's Storm-Petrel superfans! I'm looking for a good quality photo of one of these spectacular birds to submit as a potential society journal cover photo! Can anyone help a sista out who is willing to have their photo featured? @ingridpollet.bsky.social you or anyone you know?

Does anyone have a photo of a Leach's storm petrel you would be willing to share for use as a journal cover photo [for a society journal] #seabird #ornithology

#FuckTrump. That's all I have to say.

If American media were witnessing this happen in any other country, they would call it what it was: a hostile coup endangering everything about the country. But because its rich white techbros/Trump in charge, the world gets vague unease and weasel words

Just submitted the (probably / hopefully final) revisions on another exciting paper!! Get ready to read about adorable Leach's Storm-Petrels and what they think about mood lighting 💡 ... Or maybe they prefer lights off 👀 😱 We're talking about artificial light at night of course! Stay tuned 😁

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Resource Management Technician II position available with Parks Canada in Nááts'įhch'oh National Park Reserve, NWT. EG-02 position, $59-74k plus Northern allowances. Full-time May-Nov. #biology #job #canada #parkscanada emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...

✍️New blog post! Escaping the achievement society jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/e... "We are pressured, often by ourselves, to do as much as we can, and to always do more, out of a cultural obsession with achievement and self-optimization."

A nice write-up about our recent work on light attraction in fledgling Atlantic Puffins #science🧪#seabird #ornithology @tbrownbirds.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2025/01/atla...