@wpmueller
Ornithologist/environmentalist focused on biodiversity conservation and ethical behavior toward all of life; Emeritus Director of Lake Michigan Bird Observatory, in Wisconsin, USA. (He, him). Online at https://futureofbirds.blogspot.com/
Delighted to announce a new section on #AntarcticGlaciers devoted to North American glaciation. Read here to find out about the Laurentide Ice Sheet and its Geomorphology, extent at the LGM and deglaciation.
www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacial-geol...
A tiny saw-whet owl perched on a horizontal branch of a coniferous tree, with a larger branch just above its head, creating a frame. It is in profile view, but has its head turned and is looking directly at me with its yellow eyes
Whenever I'm lucky enough to find a Northern Saw-whet Owl, they are usually sound asleep. This one was awake and active, looking around, especially straight down - something on the ground had its interest. #birds #birding #HamOnt #owl
Looking for an MSc student to start in Sept 2026 with possible summer employment this May. We're looking for a student to apply stable isotopes to a small mammal community to test hypotheses related to variation in diet among species and habitats. Please DM if you or anyone you know are interested.
I second this motion! Disclosure: I am a credited science advisor to this film, though my contributions were pretty minimal, so Iโm not an unbiased reviewer. But if someone wants to run a full-throated endorsement of the most ecologically intelligent animated movie since WALL-E, Iโm your guy. ๐ฆซ ๐ซก
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longr pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. - Albert Einstein
"The important thing is to not stop questioning...
Never lose a holy curiosity."
- #AlbertEinstein
๐ Happy Birthday! #OTD March 14, 1879.
Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Wรผrttemberg, Germany
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Oldish white dude with gray beard, wearing a gray shirt, sunglasses, and broad-brimmed hat, with cream-colored sandy beach, aquamarine water. Blue sky and clouds in the background.
Last day on San Salvador Island (The Bahamas ๐ง๐ธ) for the โModern & Ancient Tropical Environments Field Course,โ off to Nassau today & Atlanta GA tomorrow. Great bunch of students! We learned much together while here. ๐งชโ๏ธ๐ชจ๐๏ธ๐ cc: @emorycollege.bsky.social
I needed a culture shift in my lab. Iโm grateful one student spoke up Article in Science Working Life Column by Kangkang Tong
The pressure on new #research faculty & leads is tremendous.
Let alone the additional burden of US academics having to navigate #SciencePolicy instability, heavy politicalization, and precarious funding.
Still, that pressure is theirs, not their trainees'.
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This is figure 4, which shows adaptive mentalization โdynamic update of opponent-level beliefs โcan be decoded with high out-of-sample accuracy from neural activity.
Successful social interaction relies on predicting othersโ behavior. A study in Nature Neuroscience shows how humans adjust to changing strategies, revealing a neural signature of adaptive belief updating. go.nature.com/3P7U0aG #Neuroskyence ๐งช
from random data to a story, using legos
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This is a terrific explainer on why Casey Means as Surgeon General is so problematic.
On top of what's here, might I highlight another major duty of the Surg. Gen.: overseeing the operations of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, for which she is wholly unqualified to do. ๐๐งช๐ท Medsky
Two silhouettes of flying birds against a background of woodland and ocean in a sunset light
Black-winged petrels chase everything else in their chaotic airspace over colonies. Like true gadflies (insects), this juvenile Kermadec petrel - itself casing its original fledging site to alight for the first time in 2-3 years - is tail-buzzed right across the my study area. #SuperSeabirdSunday
Theme for today's #BirdOfTheDayset set by Alan @alan678.bsky.social is #GreyDay any bird with grey in their plumage, any bird photographed in rain or with a grey background. So here is a Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis). Can be heard mewing like a cat from deep within the bushes. This one photographed in local woodland in Carlisle, Massachusetts.
A Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) proudly showing off it's grey plumage. Photographed at Loch Rusky north of Stirling, Scotland.
A Mute Swan cygnet (Cygnus olor) having a well earned nap after a really tiring day. Taken at the Figgate Pond, Portobello, Edinburgh.
A Greylag Goose (Anser anser) taken a Gladhouse Reservoir, Midlothian, Scotland.
Theme for today's #BirdOfTheDayset set by Alan @alan678.bsky.social is #GreyDay any bird with grey in their plumage, any bird photographed in rain or with a grey background. So here are a Grey Cat Bird, a Grey Heron, a Mute Swan and a Greylag Goose. #Birds ๐ชถ๐ฆ #ECK #Nature #Photography #Nikon
โA Huge Win for Wildlife in Oregon: New Funding for Conservationโ A bumble bee on a lupine flower along the Oregon coast.
Over the last year, Xerces has been part of a coalition of organizations supporting a bill in Oregon that would increase the state lodging tax by 1.25%, and dedicate that money to wildlife conservation. And it passed! This ensures long-term funding for the state's most vulnerable species!
Yes, there are โforever chemicalsโ in many pesticides. As you might guess, they're dangerous to pollinators and other wildlife. Read on for expert answers to your questions about PFAS pesticides, their impacts, and steps you can take to keep everyone safe โคต๏ธ
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EDITOR'S NOTE: "Every dollar you give can help us hire more reporters to snoop through campaign-finance reports, pay for public-records requests to ensure buried information sees the light of day and sift through and piece together often fragmented data," News Editor Ashton Pittman writes.
"Cindy Hyde-Smith has had the seat, the platform, and the power to act for Mississippi families โ but sheโs been too busy serving herself and her big-money donors. That ends in November," says Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Scott Colom.
โI think itโs really critical to maintain what we have for the future because this building can last another hundred years once itโs restored. I mean, wouldnโt that be great?โsaid architect Allison Anderson.
OPINION: "Recently I had the privilege of standing onstage watching my son receive scoutingโs highest rank of Eagle. It was assuredly a proud papa moment, and a long time coming for him," Andrew Bell writes.
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Also important in the U.S.:
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๐ก๐ I was wondering where all the PFAS floss went in my state!!! A win for the environmentโฆ and a loss for this series ๐ Whoops! Guess Iโm done when my PTFE floss stash is exhausted ๐ค Not a bad way to end it ๐ช
๐Behind the Paper!๐
Author Joanna Sudyka answers the question: โWhy do birds cheat?โ๐ฆ๏ธ
Joanna discusses the mating and parental behaviour in blue and great tits, collecting DNA high up in century-old oaks, and her advice for navigating a career in ecology๐ณ
Read it here๐๏ธ
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Frontiers | Extreme marine heatwaves drive divergent kelp forest trajectories and alternative stable states www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar... ๐ฆ๐๐งช
