Today we hosted Indigenous STEM event at the UofL campus! Science + curiosity + connections = 🩷🩷 @evoneuro.bsky.social

Canada is not known for ibises, but we saw 30+ white-faced ibises this morning. This is almost as far north as their distribution extends, although they seem to push further north almost every year. #Alberta #wildlife #birding #birds 🪶

Some swimming American avocets from this morning at Keho Lake, Alberta. #Alberta #Canada #wildlife #birding #birds 🪶

A pair of Wilson's phalaropes paddling on a pond. Phalaropes are polyandrous (females have more than one mate and males incubate the eggs) so the brightly coloured individual is the female. #Alberta #Canada #wildlife #birding #birds 🪶

Over a dozen marbled godwits were spotted yesterday as part of our lab birding trip. Great to see them back from a successful migration! #Alberta #Canada #wildlife #shorebirds #birding #birds

I can see every ancient DNA scientist in the world currently cringing about @itiscolossal.bsky.social scientists' lack of gloves when sampling moa bones 🤦‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Very excited that our dept invited @stephenbheard.bsky.social for a seminar talk next week. Our lab is looking forward to learning some new tips to improve our writing! #academicsky

“Midnight Preening” by Sara Citron 🇨🇦 Bio: I am a PhD student studying the evolution of sensory systems. I love creating paleoart because is a way to visualize and engage with the past. @evolsara.bsky.social

Courtesy of @evolsara.bsky.social: me introducing @alexophir.bsky.social with the story about how we both interviewed for the same job and one of the faculty members called me Alex for half a day

Check out the brief summary of our newest paper on Phys org phys.org/news/2026-02...! 🐦‍⬛🌴 @evoneuro.bsky.social @aub-birdy.bsky.social

Our new paper is out! @evoneuro.bsky.social @aub-birdy.bsky.social

@evolsara.bsky.social got an early Christmas present: minor revisions for a manuscript! Keep an eye out for her paper in 2026 on Apteribis, the extinct Hawaiian ibis. And shout out to our coauthors @aub-birdy.bsky.social and @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social #birds #anatomy

#2025SVP has begun! Starting strong with the awesome Paleoart Workshop 🎨🌴🦕 If you’re around, come check out our poster about an extinct ibis that basically tried to be a kiwi 🐦🥝 @evoneuro.bsky.social @aub-birdy.bsky.social #2025SVP #paleoart #birds #extinct

This talk is tomorrow. It would be good to see you all there. bsky.app/profile/te-a...

A little chubby Quetzal 🎨

Check out the trailer for the new documentary by amazing Elisabetta Palagi's team. It's a wonderful story of collaboration in the name of science 🦍🦧 youtu.be/Oy679UwNh_g?... #Palagi #gelada #animal #behaviour

23 years after this (amazing) book has been published, the Spix's Macaw is still not safe. It is a story of hope and relentless dedication, but also a hard truth about how far humans will go to take what isn’t theirs. #science #book #conservation #parrot #endangered

🦕 Let’s talk #MesozoicArtII! I'm thrilled to announce a special online panel + virtual exhibition ahead of the book’s release! Join @tetzoo.bsky.social , @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social , featured artists, and myself on 19 September. I am so excited already! 1/n #Palaeoart #VirtualGallery #SciComm

A life-sized bronze statue has been unveiled on the island of Papa Westray, Orkney, in memory of the last known Great Auk Pinguinus impennis killed there in 1813. The statue is an exact replica of the preserved remains of the bird, which are held by the Natural History Museum.

New project about to kick off in our lab on the Great Auk. We recently acquired CT scans of a beautifully intact Great Auk skull from the @tephrafan.bsky.social lab. Hopefully @evolsara.bsky.social and I will have a cool story for 2026! #birds #skulls #ornithology 🪶🇨🇦🧪

Check out this new interview of my PI about bird brains and his new book 🧠 🐦! It's a great look at how amazing these guys really are. 🐦‍⬛

🌴🐦 Ever heard of an ibis that lived in Hawaii but acted like a kiwi? Discover the fascinating story of Apteribis, the flightless Hawaiian ibis that adopted a kiwi-like lifestyle. 🌙 🎙️ Check out our talk on Apteribis at #ICVM2025!! @evoneuro.bsky.social @aub-birdy.bsky.social

Mama and baby great horned owls today! #Alberta #owls #birds #birding #wildlife 🪶

Bearded vulture, pencils on paper 🦅🪶 #bird #art #drawing #science #volture

Quick sketch of a channel-billed toucan 🦜

Glad to see the formal description of the Chicago specimen of #Archaeopteryx finally out in @nature.com! Troodontid and early bird features in the palate and evidence of tertiary feathers www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I've written a Substack about the #ColossalBioSci #DeExtinction #DisInformation campaign; it's focused on polluting the information landscape, rather than the underlying science (except for species concepts, I talk about them) open.substack.com/pub/devoevom...

Turns out harriers don't only look like owls, but they hunt like owls too! 🦉 Check out the short version of our new paper at www.ulethbridge.ca/unews/articl... Photo by Bob Bowhay @evoneuro.bsky.social @aub-birdy.bsky.social #harriers #bird #brain #evolution

New paper out from our lab today! @evolsara.bsky.social shows that harriers have expanded their auditory nuclei in a similar way to owls to enable them to calculate the position of prey by sound. #birds #ornithology #neuroskyence 🧠🧪🇨🇦🇦🇺 doi.org/10.1111/joa....

An almost perfectly spherical female Ruffed Grouse. Taken a few years ago near Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. She had flown in to watch a male drumming and left after 20 min (i.e., she swiped left). #birds #birding #grouse #Alberta #wildlife 🪶🇨🇦

New paper out from the lab today! Here we show that digital reconstructions of brains from skulls can be used to estimate cerebral hemisphere & cerebellum volumes in birds. #birds #paleontology #ornithology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @aub-birdy.bsky.social @evolsara.bsky.social

Check out our latest paper validating telencephalon and cerebellum endocast measurements in birds 🐦🦅🦆🦃🪿🐦‍⬛ royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @evolsara.bsky.social @evoneuro.bsky.social

Hey friends! A few new rad ways to support the abortion access in #YQL and all of #alberta . The first option potentially wins you one of six tattoo prizes: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket... The second option looks SO FUN: www.eventbrite.ca/e/punks-for-... Punks for Choice show on Feb 1 at The Slice

One of the best books I've read on animals' sensory systems. Loved every page. #book #science #sensorsystems

That's a wrap on #SICB2025 with @evolsara.bsky.social

Interested in convergent evolution, raptors and owls? I'll be presenting my first PhD dissertation chapter on Monday, January 6th! Come by to chat and grab some stickers! #SICB2025 #Atlanta

Well, 2025 is already off to a great start... missed the first flight of the year. But hey, at least I had the extra time to finish this Barn Owl. Priorities, right? #flightfail #2025Ibegyou #barnowl #pencils #birds

I do recommend this book so much to anyone interested in avian evolution! 🐦 #birds #books #evolution #reading #biology #phylogeny

One of the most underrated birds 🪶 #art #birds #watercolor #pencil

If you are curious about how harriers, raptor and owls localize their prey come to see my poster at #SICB2026 on January 6th! #birds #science #conference #harriers #owls #raptors #CTscans #histology #brain #skull

whoopsie...a rare thing, but they don't always stick the landing😬 Black-capped Chickadee #birds

Trying to paint a Kingfisher with watercolor pencils. Could be better but also worst... I guess? #bird #art #pencil #illustration #nature #kingfisher

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) male and chicks doing what Frogmouths do best, pretending to be sticks. "You can't see me. You can't see me." University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane #birds #wildoz #nature #wildlife #AustralianBirds #Australia #Photography

Great grey owl ~ Strix nebulosa Showing off its ridicolous feet #owl #canada #photography #nature

Northern harrier 🪶♥️ #pencil #drawing #art #bird #biology

Quick saturday morning sketch of an Anna's hummingbird 🪶

Beaver skull in stipple art #transmittingscience #beaver #art #skull

Sometimes I wonder if I am training them or they are training me

Kākāpō 101 No. 3. #kakapo are (probably, nearly!) entirely vegetarian. They eat nearly all plant matter: leaves, fruits, roots, bark, moss, fungi.... #conservation #parrots #birds

Scientific illustration of Apteribis, an extinct genus of ibis from the Hawaiian archipelago 🪶 #bird #transmittingscience #hawaii #extinct #ibis #illustration