Dr. Earyn McGee

Not surprised. I found an almost intact mountain lion cub carcass and lots of deer bones out there

There are so many small natural wonders around us. We should all make time to explore these more in our daily lives. I bet it would bring a lot more joy than you'd think.

Just like if you #FoundThatLizard! Let me know in the comments if you spotted it!

#wildlife #conservation #fun #game #science

You might be asking yourself, "Why did you even need to do that research?" or "Why do we care about this?"

1) We need this information to inform wildlife management plans that conserve our species.

2) It is fantastic to seek knowledge just for curiosity's sake!

This tends to hold for most lizards that are sit-and-wait predators vs active foragers. This helps when herping because even if you scare one of these lizards into a hide, if you walk away and give them 20 or so minutes, they'll come back out and hang in the same spot.

What I found was that these lizards preferred rocks, rock walls, and fallen logs, which matched the existing literature. I also found that they didn't have huge home ranges. In fact, I would routinely see the same lizard on the same perch at the same time every day of my surveys.

I always knew that I'd work with animals, but I never thought my main study organisms would be lizards. S. jarrovi is the first lizard I ever got to study. I examined their microhabitat choice and the extent of their movement within their territories for my senior thesis in college.

Can you #FindThatLizard? You're searching for an adult Yarrow's spiny lizard, Sceloporus jarrovi. Since the scholarship recently opened, I figured that I would highlight one of my favorite species.

It was delicious!

When you’re bestie is making dinner so you hurry over even in the rain

Yaaay!!

The #FindThatLizard scholarship provides $1000 to support conference participation, tuition, or research expenses across career stages.

For more information and to apply:
earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...

So much has been happening in my life that I haven’t had a chance to make any pottery the last two months. I finally got a chance to make this large bowl and I feel so good afterwards.

Obligation Safe Space!!

More than likely smh

That part. Like I’m resetting!

Sitting in the car for a little bit while as transitions time is so crucial

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@afroherper.bsky.social is incredibly awesome, and take a look at this #scholarship!

HELL. YEAH.

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This is beautiful. I want to see the next gen of happy herpers!

An awesome opportunity!

Thank you!!

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This is the (a) reason I love it here.

I never wanted to be that adult who blames technology but it really is cause of these damned phones 😭😭

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This is awesome! Check it out, fellow lizard-lovers! 😃😃😃

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