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Jeremy Kerr ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

@jetkerr.bsky.social

Biology Prof, uOttawa, Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of Biology, American Association for Advancement of Science, and Sigma Xi. I study biodiversity to save more of it. Inclusion. Nature photography, running, sailing. Photos (c) JK.

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YES! She was surely a profoundly good person. Thatโ€™s an example to try to follow.

02.10.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
African wild dog in Tarangire National park, Tanzania.

African wild dog in Tarangire National park, Tanzania.

African wild dog in Tarangire National Park. One of the worldโ€™s rarest species, Tanzania has had success reintroducing this amazing predator to its national parks. There is hope for, and to be found in, conservation.
#nikon #predator #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #dogs

02.10.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s just heart-breaking. I am trying to console myself with the certainty that hers was truly a life well-lived. Still feels like a profound loss. Wonderful you had the chance to meet with her!!

01.10.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jane Goodall, primate expert and conservationist, dies aged 91 Goodall was a pioneer in her field, both as a female scientist in the 1960s and for her work studying the behavior of primates

Earth lost a conservationist and scientist like no other, and I am saddened profoundly by this news. Dr. Jane Goodall changed lives and attitudes about conservation and respect for nature wherever she went. A gifted leader in every way.

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... ๐Ÿงช

01.10.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Fairly large grey hornbill bird hooting and flapping wings atop a tree in Tanzania.

Fairly large grey hornbill bird hooting and flapping wings atop a tree in Tanzania.

African grey-billed hornbill having a hoot, #tanzania, August 2025. More than 1000 #bird species to discover there. Especially nice seeing birds doing something cool.

#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #nikon #africa

30.09.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Made me smile when I realized they were doing a kind of synchronized head scratch with their right legs. Parrots make me smile a lot.

28.09.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Giving themselves head scratches :)

28.09.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Male ostrich standing in an open area in the midst of open woodland.

Male ostrich standing in an open area in the midst of open woodland.

Male ostrich having a morning look around, #Serengeti, August 2025. While flightless, they run faster - at need or when courting - than many other bird species fly.

#birds #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #africa #nikon

27.09.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A pair of red-bellied parrots grooming themselves in a tree.

A pair of red-bellied parrots grooming themselves in a tree.

Male (right) and female red-bellied parrots, _Poicephalus rufiventrus_, perched in a tree overlooking the Tarangire river, #tanzania.

#birds #nikon #africa #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #nature #naturephotography

26.09.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

WHAT is it with parrots and feet? Theyโ€™re so smart but what is with that obsession??

25.09.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They should meet :))

25.09.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tango is a member of the family who occasionally enjoys sitting in bowls.

Tango is a member of the family who occasionally enjoys sitting in bowls.

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 itโ€™s weird and freaky being chased slowly by a 120g bird.
#birds #pets #parrots #photography

25.09.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A brightly coloured small predatory bird perched on top of a short acacia tree. Tarangire National Park, August 2025.

A brightly coloured small predatory bird perched on top of a short acacia tree. Tarangire National Park, August 2025.

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

23.09.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 148    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A bird with a weirdly long and diversely coloured bill, perched on a branch. African hornbill.

A bird with a weirdly long and diversely coloured bill, perched on a branch. African hornbill.

African grey hornbill, perched in a relatively green tree in the midst of the #Serengeti dry season. These birds have some serious PERSONALITY!

Hildebrandtโ€™s starling in the background.

#birds #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #africa #tanzania #nikon

22.09.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Black headed heron perched above an unusual bit of standing water in Serengeti. Significant dry season spells of rain led to unusual patches of standing water and the herons totally showed up for this. The unusual little wet areas were surrounded by large expanses of dry grassland. I am not sure what the herons were eating. These little wetland patches couldnโ€™t have had fish. Maybe a few frogs, though I did not see them.

Black headed heron perched above an unusual bit of standing water in Serengeti. Significant dry season spells of rain led to unusual patches of standing water and the herons totally showed up for this. The unusual little wet areas were surrounded by large expanses of dry grassland. I am not sure what the herons were eating. These little wetland patches couldnโ€™t have had fish. Maybe a few frogs, though I did not see them.

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

21.09.2025 00:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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.

18.09.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33506    ๐Ÿ” 7621    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 700    ๐Ÿ“Œ 263
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

18.09.2025 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36132    ๐Ÿ” 12778    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 861    ๐Ÿ“Œ 651
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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."

19.09.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know, this is just a a really kind message to put out there. Thanks for the bit of sunlight and beauty you added to today. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

19.09.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely wonderful.

19.09.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Protecting the Roadless Rule Safeguards More Than Just Forests Why preserving more than two decades of conservation is sound policy

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...

18.09.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
White-browned coucal on an acacia branch in Serengeti

White-browned coucal on an acacia branch in Serengeti

Never get tired of seeing white-browed coucals. Theyโ€™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

17.09.2025 04:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 175    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A portrait of a Kori bustard from Ngorongoro crater, phot by Jeremy kerr 2025.

A portrait of a Kori bustard from Ngorongoro crater, phot by Jeremy kerr 2025.

The worldโ€™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

14.09.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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

09.09.2025 23:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A grey-crowned crane in flight in Ngorongoro Crater. Never seen so many of this stunning and highly endangered species in a single place. Iโ€™d like to think this is a hopeful sign, but risks for this species in Uganda and Kenya and elsewhere remain serious and urgent.

A grey-crowned crane in flight in Ngorongoro Crater. Never seen so many of this stunning and highly endangered species in a single place. Iโ€™d like to think this is a hopeful sign, but risks for this species in Uganda and Kenya and elsewhere remain serious and urgent.

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

01.09.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Range geography and temperature variability explain cross-continental convergence in range and phenology shifts in a model insect taxon

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...

๐Ÿงช #ecology #climatechange

23.08.2025 05:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vidรฉo de Jonathan Lenoir sur les processus de microclimats et la modรฉlisation. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

I made a 20-min ๐Ÿ“ฝ on the relevance of #microclimates for modelling the distribution of #forest species living beneath the ๐ŸŒณ canopy

shorturl.at/zvLm7

21.08.2025 05:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Black rhino at Mkomazi NP in Tanzania. Each rhino is guarded and monitored 24/7, enabling reintroduction of individuals in protected areas, like Serengeti, in Tanzania. Breeding lineages are monitored precisely over multiple generations.

Black rhino at Mkomazi NP in Tanzania. Each rhino is guarded and monitored 24/7, enabling reintroduction of individuals in protected areas, like Serengeti, in Tanzania. Breeding lineages are monitored precisely over multiple generations.

Female wild dog in reintroduction facility at Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania. 230 wild dogs have been reintroduced to this park and Serengeti. Main threats include canine distemper (most commonly transmitted from domestic dog population to predators, like these wild dogs) and persecution because of human-wildlife conflict.

Female wild dog in reintroduction facility at Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania. 230 wild dogs have been reintroduced to this park and Serengeti. Main threats include canine distemper (most commonly transmitted from domestic dog population to predators, like these wild dogs) and persecution because of human-wildlife conflict.

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 ๐Ÿงช @uottawa.ca

21.08.2025 07:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Effects of microclimate variation on insect persistence under global change - Nature Reviews Biodiversity The ecological importance of microclimate variation is increasingly recognized. This Perspective discusses the extent to which favourable microclimates (in other words, areas with temperature and precipitation within the niche of a species) can facilitate adaptation, plasticity, colonization of new patches and, ultimately, persistence under global change.

โ€ชFirst 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

14.08.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Such a terrific shot. Thank you for sharing.

14.08.2025 12:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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