Field course in Jalisco Mexico with friend & colleague Javier Salgado Ortiz for the 10th or 11th time since 2003. First stop La Estación Científica Las Joyas in the Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de Manantlán. The class at a mirador overlooking the valley & a few of the wonderful creatures we've seen
Upcoming environmental DNA workshop at the Queen's University Biological Station. Hands-on field, lab & bioinformatics experience. Receive a Queen's University micro-credential.
We are looking for a bird bander to oversee monitoring & banding of tree swallows @QUBioStation under my Master Banding permit. 2024 will be the 49th year for monitoring (up to 200 nest boxes) - a wonderful long-term dataset! Room, board & local transport provided.
Once again we are running an environmental DNA workshop @QUBioStation May 12-17 2024. Lots of hands-on fieldwork, labwork , & introductory bioinformatics and data analysis. qubs.ca/eDNAWorkshop
All penta-radial pointy head and no arms - compelling new research on HOX genes and gene expression in an asteroid (sea star) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
white-throated sparrow in thicket
ruby-crowned kinglet perched
Lovely flush of birds moving through Queen's University Biological Station. Spring peepers still calling in the woodlands. Still the occasional water- and gartersnake. Leaves still clinging to the maples, oaks and ash that have not been decimated by ash borer
