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BatTed_1000 🦇

@batted1000.bsky.social

Bat biologist studying forest bats and migration. Co-founder of https://visualize.batamp.databasin.org/ Live Music ⭕️ Ultimate. Northern California.

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Greg Priest@gregpriest.bsky.social · 3d ago

Donald Griffin, discoverer of bat echolocation, was born OTD 1915. I imagine “small mammals enough like ourselves to feel that I could understand what their lives would be like, and yet different enough to make it a sort of adventure and exploration to see what they were doing.” 🐋🌱🧪 #HistSTM

Fig. 11 from Griffin, Echoes of Bats and Men (1959). “The frequency and wave length of a bat's sound vary during each chirp. This diagram, which is approximately to scale, illustrates the small amount of sound reflected by one insect.”I
Dr. Valentina Alaasam@vale-alaasam.bsky.social · 3d ago

I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com

iNaturalist@inaturalist.bsky.social · 3w ago

📣 HAPPY MOTH WEEK! 📣 From now until July 26, things are going to be extremely moth-y on this page (prepare yourself). Here's a delightful little moth face (species Xanthodirphia amarilla) to kick things off.

A fuzzy moth with a black head and legs and yellow and red body perches on a leaf, staring directly into the camera. It has long, feathery yellow antennae.A fuzzy moth with a black head and legs and yellow and red body perches on a leaf, staring directly into the camera. It has long, feathery yellow antennae.A fuzzy moth with a black head and legs and yellow and red wings perches on a leaf. It has long, feathery yellow antennae.
🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦@joycomes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Black-necked crane a rare, Alpine wading bird. Breeds in high altitude Tibetan plateau and winters in sheltered River valleys across China and India. It is 139 cm tall 2 m wingspan. Omnivores they eat grains, tubers and small insects.

Sarah Langs@slangsonsports.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today is Michael McGreevy’s birthday. Birthdays are important. The Cardinals have now won 13 straight games started by pitchers on their birthday. Last loss: 2006 That extends the longest such streak in MLB history No other team has ever won more than 8 straight bday starts

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · last mo.

Gov. Jared Polis passed over other deserving inmates to give clemency to Tina Peters, according to two members of his clemency board who revealed Polis overruled the unanimous recommendation of his experts. Polis has now fired both of them.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · last mo.

Susan Collins has racked up tens of thousands in sponsored luxury travel ahead of her brutal battle for reelection in November. Collins took five luxury vacations paid for by private special interests during her fifth term in the Senate, according to documents reviewed by the Daily Beast.

Vulnerable GOP Senator Rocked by Lavish Travel Revelations

Susan Collins has been gifted several luxury vacations, totaling tens of thousands of dollars in travel expenses.

thedailybeast.com

Doug Lindner@douglindner.bsky.social · last mo.

MSNBC: Clarence Thomas why are you in the Capitol Building? Clarence Thomas: lol @ the mere concept of answering for the way i wield massive government power for 35 years and counting

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘@kojamf.bsky.social · last mo.

Deborah Sandidge Photography "These Roseate Spoonbills are completely in to each other, soft bill touches, gentle caresses. A quiet exchange that strengthens their bond while their small chicks rest safely beneath them."

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 8mo ago

So reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) can't fly, but they are VERY MAGICAL. For example, their EYES CHANGE COLOR during the year & they're one of the few large mammals that can see UV. Golden brown in summer, deep blue in winter. Let's talk about the unique visual adaptations of Rudolph and company.

Paddy Kalish OD shared this photo of reindeer eyes, showing a dramatic difference in eye color, probably dramatized, because the real effect is a eye-shine color, which is hard to represent.