BatTed_1000 🦇

Was this the first time there was a “presale”?

Hiring for 3 positions: Research Assistant, Field Research Coordinator, and Postdoc I am looking to hire 3 people into my lab this year. I am still doing the paperwork to get the jobs officially posted but I want to send the word out and screen potential applications right away. R…

I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...

But honestly one of the more amazing feats of the Olympics

Best Rock Álbum though… that’s right

Love Turnstile, Love Birds. Not metal, not close.

Wonder how its stock would rise if they really let it Jam.. like 12-15 minutes.. and occasionally longer. Just don’t think Trey will let that happen on a Mile song

With donut. Where can I see the hoary version?

Photo, by Jerry Hiam, of a Cedar Waxing hanging upside down from a twig to eat a dried crabapple.

🪶 Cedar Waxwings have been seen in 49/50 states this month (sorry Hawaii.) If you head outside this weekend, maybe you'll see one. Hope you find something beautiful.

Funnier maybe than you intended because a pizza cutter was involved

But was that your #firstbird?

Chances of New Year #bat activity pretty low with rain in the forecast. But we’re set up, cuz you never know.

It’s time for #FirstBat 2026! Folks in US or Canada with #bat detectors, be the first to confirm a species with acoustics and report results here:
prourls.link/KCraTD

Strong contender for song of the year

Looks decent… considering

Haha. This happened to me once. Friends told me it was a dive bar. Did have a jukebox and bartender may have missed a tooth…. But bathroom was spotless and had an f-ing candle

Paddy Kalish OD shared this photo of reindeer eyes, showing a dramatic difference in eye color, probably dramatized, because the real effect is a eye-shine color, which is hard to represent.

So reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) can't fly, but they are VERY MAGICAL.

For example, their EYES CHANGE COLOR during the year & they're one of the few large mammals that can see UV. Golden brown in summer, deep blue in winter.

Let's talk about the unique visual adaptations of Rudolph and company.

The Heavy Things beep?

That’s the woman who said whatever that guy is saying, 5 minutes ago, but got ignored.

2025 Top Albums
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Esther Rose-Want
Turnstile-Never Enough
Jason Isbell-Foxes in the Snow
My Morning Jacket-is
Case Oats-Last Missouri Exit
Chance the Rapper-Star Line
Snocaps-Snocaps
Rico Nasty-Lethal
S.G. Goodman-Snapping Turtle
The Black Keys-No Rain, No Flowers

It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑀𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑚, the long-legged #bat. Native to Central and South America, this species is named for its distinctive large nose leaf and elongated limbs—perfect for its unique #hunting style.
#TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics Photo: Pedro Aguilar

The torso and head of a black flying fox hanging upside down, looking directly at the camera, above the words "PhD positions available in bat viral ecology and evolution".

🦇 Two PhD positions available on our new ARC Discovery Grant: "From Diversity to Disease: Viral Ecology, Evolution and Persistence in Bats"

The project will investigate how viral diversity evolves and persists, with a particular focus on recently discovered henipaviruses in Australian flying foxes.

A bit, but nothing useful. Contact CTT and ask for contacts, thy have always been super helpful.

Same. Didn’t think much of it at first then listened 4 times straight and was hooked

The fuckery is equal

An Outside JEB banner with silhouettes of a flying bird above and a flying bat below silhouettes of two trees on the right and left. Along the lefthand side are the words 'Collision risk'

In her Outside JEB article, @KristinaMuise reports on Jonasson & co's Biology Letters paper showing that some migratory bats are lured toward wind turbine blades by the moonlight reflecting off of them, causing the bats to run into the blades

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

So wonderfully “ugly”

Mt. Shasta California?

Seems like there are very few teams that want to make the playoff/s

Trying to do 2nd weekend of both. Feels like the best jazzfest lineup I’ve seen!

Operation Make Don Jr Hang Out in Indiana