@ornithomancer.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist, Ornithologist, occasional illustrator. Currently a PhD candidate at LSU. BSc Honours in Evolutionary Biology from UBC, BFA in Illustration from ECUAD. He/him quinnmccallum.com
I’m recruiting graduate students to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in January or September 2026!
If you're at #Evol2025 and curious about my research, come to my talk on Saturday at 11:30 AM in Macroevolution & Diversification II.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
More details coming soon, but mark your calendars ...
Breakout meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social The Society of Systematic Biologists - will be Jan 9-11 in Baton Rouge!
Topic is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'
@jembrown.bsky.social is primary host/organizer
ssb2026.github.io
Less than two weeks left to order one of the shirts I designed for this year's LSUMNS Big Day, featuring the most magnificent bird, Fregata magnificens!
lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday
My dissertation work would not have been possible without access to original species descriptions from the #BHL #ILOVEBHL
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A graphical illustration of a Magnificent Frigatebird in black on a red background. Text on the image reads "Ornithology - Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science"
This year we once again have T-shirts designed by yours truly! T-shirts feature the Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), an iconic bird of the Gulf Coast. These are available through our partners at Red Stick Sports lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
21.04.2025 15:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0While only four students actually get to go out and bird for 24 hours, all of us put a lot of work behind the scenes to make this fundraiser happen!
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Twelve smiling graduate students standing on the steps in front of the LSU Museum of Natural Sciences. Back (L to R): Jerry Su, Gustavo Martins, Samantha Rutledge, Quinn McCallum, Ryan Klutts, David Vander Pluym. Front (L to R): Eamon Corbett, Juliana Damasceno, Diego Cueva, Luca Micheli, Amanda Harvey, Sara Velásquez
Today four @lsumns.bsky.social Ornithology graduate students are treking across Louisiana trying to see as many bird species as possible for our annual Big Day Birdathon Fundraiser! Donate to support our research here: bbis32491p.sky.blackbaud.com/big-day-fund...
#ornithology #birding
Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.
08.04.2025 13:56 — 👍 920 🔁 193 💬 12 📌 4This morning I passed my general exam!! Thanks so much to my awesome committee for taking the time to talk about my project and how it relates to all aspects of evolution
07.04.2025 20:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This was a great event! Thanks to @lsulagniappe.bsky.social for organizing and @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for hosting. It's incredible how talented folks in our department are!
04.02.2025 22:37 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Ooh, yes, that is absolutely up my alley. Thanks!
22.01.2025 03:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hello Blue Sky! I'm excited to connect with fellow biologists and those interested in evolution and birds on a platform not run by a fascist!
I haven't been very active on any social media these past couple of years, but what I'm seeing here looks promising.
