Andrew Sharp

Stationary migratory stopovers and stationary nonbreeding locations used by a male Scarlet Tanager across the 2014–2015 annual cycle.

From the current WJO issue: Use of multiple South American nonbreeding regions & seasonally distinct migration routes by an individual Scarlet Tanager. #ornithology https://meridian.allenpress.com/wjo/article/136/4/464/503164/Use-of-multiple-South-American-nonbreeding-regions

Bird biologist looking for a new job? Come work with me!! Lots of creative freedom and a great team leader

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I had an immature-type oriole this morning in Mississippi that I’m trying to string into a Bullock’s Oriole. I’m looking at the pale undertail (as opposed to orange), the very grey belly, and maybe a line thru the eye? Any opinions vs Baltimore Oriole?

What about Lewis’s Woodpecker -> Pink-bellied Woodpecker? Or Rose-bellied

This is a great decision. Bird names should tell us something about the bird itself. I can’t wait for all the awesome new names!

Drab and distant birds are studied less than their fancy-feathered friends bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

✨New preprint!

We report that nearly half of the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in the US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1) visual appeal, 2) breeding range size, & 3) # of universities w/in that range. Here’s what we did:🧵

doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.26.560707

Now I’m going to study colorful birds even harder 😤

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American Bird Conservancy is now hiring a writer/editor and I'll be their supervisor.

Bird knowledge isn't required, but interest in learning would be great since we'll talk birds all the time.

Salary =$75-85k/year

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Kettles are small and few and far between this morning. Ended up at about 175 Broad-wings. Mississippi hawk watching at its finest

Found a Lark Sparrow in Florida so pretty stoked

Counting birds on airfields this week

SpaceX Blast Left Officials in Disbelief Over Environmental Damage Fish and Wildlife Service biologists expressed frustrations in emails obtained by Bloomberg.

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Not cool

Tomorrow is the last day of our annual DoD PIF steering committee meeting, hosted at Ft. Carson this year. Highlight was Dr. Scott Somershoe spending a day with us to talk about PIJA and declining grassland birds! Plus I picked up my lifer Sage Thrasher, no complaints there