Thatโs a dark plumaged individual โ is it from the Pacific Northwest?
07.02.2026 17:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@msbbirds.bsky.social
Prof & Curator @UNM, Museum of Southwestern Biology NM Game Commissioner Studies: bird ecology, evolution, genetics, physiology, biogeography, & toxicology Enjoys: Birding, hunting, fishing, running Personal account, not representing UNM or State of NM
Thatโs a dark plumaged individual โ is it from the Pacific Northwest?
07.02.2026 17:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I believe that island was named after Ling George III ๐
07.02.2026 17:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come backโฆ ever.
This is the country we live in now.
Every American needs to watch this:
05.02.2026 20:41 โ ๐ 19847 ๐ 9922 ๐ฌ 559 ๐ 923why do males defend territories in some species while pairs or family groups defend territories in others?
then-undergrad Shreyas Arashanapalli did a fantastic project to find out, analyzing 3177 playback experiments on 264 species
the best predictor?
latitude
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
"Saw her in the Amazon
With the voltage runnin' through her skin
Standin' there with nothin' on
She gonna teach me how to swim"
for more about the electric (f)eel, check this primer by Ken Catania โก www.cell.com/current-biol...
(and yes, finally some current biology in Current Biology)
ICE detained multiple kids (all under the age of 10!) in the last week alone. Still kidnapping people based solely on the way they look. Still arresting parents at school pick up.
Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin wonโt change that. ICE leaving will.
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
03.02.2026 16:19 โ ๐ 43229 ๐ 19360 ๐ฌ 2404 ๐ 1625Isnt โconspiring to do political harmโ justโฆ politics?
01.02.2026 23:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. Itโs about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.
01.02.2026 17:08 โ ๐ 17168 ๐ 5095 ๐ฌ 343 ๐ 224Should we be surprised that a fish shaped like a dinner plate is the most studied marine animal?
01.02.2026 17:55 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Even the children who have not been kidnapped are victims of the gestapo
youtu.be/0Cw36_u3_7k?...
Children. They are literally tear gassing children.
01.02.2026 02:39 โ ๐ 359 ๐ 178 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 2They liked it! Only thing missing was @mangrovepitta.bsky.social to narrate it with David Attenborough accent
01.02.2026 06:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese flying to roost after sunset, Rio Grande valley, central New Mexico
01.02.2026 06:24 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Dear @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social Cornell Lab of O,
your new phylogeny viewer is AWESOME and exactly what I wanted for years and will be an AMAZING resource for classes
BUT
you use an automatic thumbnail from the first image for each group
may we crowdsource better representative species lol
That one pintail looking like it showed up at the wrong party.
31.01.2026 13:46 โ ๐ 44 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1Multiple media outlets are reporting that DOJ attempted to obtain a warrant to arrest Mr. lemon but was denied. Here is a gift link from the New York Times. so it appears this arrest of a prominent US journalist was lawless. DOJ is trying to prove a lawless point.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Not at all appropriate for kids (according to IMDB users ๐)
30.01.2026 04:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1I am hearing that RFK Jr.โs minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. Iโve got problems with these people and now youโre going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
ICYMI: New online! The species problem evolving in the Anthropocene
23.01.2026 11:14 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. Youโre like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi wonโt hurt you
28.01.2026 23:44 โ ๐ 12752 ๐ 2691 ๐ฌ 36 ๐ 125๐ FRIDAY IS HERE AND SO IS โฆ OUR NEW PAPER! ๐
Iโm thrilled to share a brandโnew paper by โ K. Korejs, R. Hazell, B. Koane, P. Toko and G. Sosanika. If youโre into island biogeography, functional ecology, or just love birds doing important ecological jobs, this oneโs for you. tinyurl.com/Korejs2026
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itโs dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
His immense compassion and courage should remind us all what we owe each other. What an incalculable loss.
27.01.2026 19:39 โ ๐ 109 ๐ 26 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Fighting fire with fire: drops of male mosquitos full of bacteria that cause egg sterility where resident mosquitoes don't belong - and birds affected by avian malaria do. It's ingenious, audacious, and could save desperately endangered endemic bird species in Hawai'i.
27.01.2026 12:10 โ ๐ 36 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0An adult Mexican gray wolf looks directly at the camera, standing in tall, browned grass.
We are devastated to share that Taylor, the Mexican gray wolf famous for repeatedly crossing I-40, was found dead over the weekend on the interstate.
Taylor's journey inspired many. He had established a home range last year near Mt. Taylor and returned twice after being removed.
bit.ly/4jT1OIP
Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.