See upcoming seminars and guided walk signup on the Mountain Research Station website: www.colorado.edu/mrs/

Spring is in the air and the sound of bird song is everywhere! Ornithologist Scott Taylor sat down with CU Boulder Today to discuss Colorado birds, both common and obscure www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0... @drscottataylor.bsky.social @colorado.edu

CUriosity: What are Colorado's iconic birds—and how can you see them?

To celebrate spring, ornithologist Scott Taylor shares some Colorado birds you may never have heard of.

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Evading a warlord on a birding trip... Are birds actually monogamous?... Is birdwatching the original Pokémon?... These are just a few of the topics discussed on INSTAAR fellow Scott Taylor's new podcast, "Okay, But... Birds." Read our Q&A with Scott out today: www.colorado.edu/instaar/2026...

What does it take to make a hit podcast about science?

At the end of last year, Scott Taylor launched a new podcast called “Okay, But… Birds.” The ornithology-focused podcast has already attracted thousands of

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2026 UNDERGRAD SUMMER FIELD COURSES at CU Boulder's Mountain Research Station @colorado.edu 📓 Natural history 🦅 Birds 🌱 Flora 🦌 Animals 🚣‍♀️ Lakes+streams 🌲 Forests+fire Each ecology focused, ~2 wks, 3 transferable credits, 15 students, lodging&food included w tuition www.colorado.edu/mrs/2026/01/...

I had a blast talking with @drscottataylor.bsky.social on the most recent episode of Okay, but...birds. Tune in for my hot take on why Hudsonian Godwits are far superior to Arctic Terns as migratory birds! (I welcome any & all angry comments from tern supporters 😉) okaybutbirds.com/episodes/e5

E5: Okay, but why fly from the Arctic to Antarctica and back every year? — Okay, But... Birds

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"I don’t know why my fellowship was terminated. I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary of what we expect to see in nature, with completely different males and females." @carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.

He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males

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Highly recommend. It really is a life changing experience. Amazing people and talent and so much care with your creative ideas. All of that in an inspirational place where you can snorkel in kelp 🐙

Liz Neeley@lizneeley.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Each summer, I lead a week-long creative retreat for environmental researchers & academics on Catalina Island. We develop your most ambitious project ideas. It's truly life-changing. Applications for the 2026 Storymakers fellowship are now open! Deadline is Feb 1. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/enga...

Just in time for the holidays, I had a fun chat with @drscottataylor.bsky.social about splits and lumps… and some of the other controversies roiling avian taxonomy 🤓 🦉🧪 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Okay, but why did my life list just shrink?

Podcast Episode · Okay, But... Birds · S1 E3 · 27m

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"Okay, but is bird monogamy just PR?" 🐦🦆🐣 🦉🦜🦩 Listen/watch the first episode of the Okay, But… Birds podcast, hosted by @drscottataylor.bsky.social (INSTAAR & EBIO, CU Boulder) and featuring Carrie Branch (Western University, Canada) www.okaybutbirds.com

Okay, But... Birds

Discover the fascinating world of birds with Okay, But... Birds. Explore science-driven stories and episodes on avian life, hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor.

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Just a PSA that @drscottataylor.bsky.social, who is an excellent science communicator and hilarious human being as well as an ornithologist, is starting a new podcast called "Okay, But... Birds" and you should definitely check it out. www.okaybutbirds.com

Okay, But... Birds

Discover the fascinating world of birds with Okay, But... Birds. Explore science-driven stories and episodes on avian life, hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor.

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@drscottataylor.bsky.social is an Assoc Professor at INSTAAR & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU Boulder. He's also the Director of our Mountain Research Station. Learn more about his new podcast at www.okaybutbirds.com

Okay, But... Birds

Discover the fascinating world of birds with Okay, But... Birds. Explore science-driven stories and episodes on avian life, hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor.

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"Okay, But… Birds" 🐦🦆🐣 🦉🦜🦩 Listen/watch this science-meets-storytelling podcast about the weird, brilliant, & surprisingly dramatic lives of birds. Hosted by evolutionary biologist Scott Taylor. Premiers Dec 4th www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUV...

Podcast Trailer — Okay, But Birds…

Okay, But Birds… is a weekly science-meets-storytelling podcast hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor. Each episode dives into one weird-but-true bird question through smart, funny…

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🦜🐣🦢🦉🦃🦤🦩🪶 Can’t wait to share this with everyone!

Liz Neeley@lizneeley.bsky.social · 11mo ago

When we have so many painful and dangerous things to grapple with, it makes the joyful things that much more precious. Seek them out, save them, share them! Here’s one I’m *really* excited about: www.okaybutbirds.com by the hilarious & charming @drscottataylor.bsky.social

Decoding 🌟 firefly communication & conservation in Colorado Join us for a *free* evening talk by @oritpeleg.bsky.social at the Mountain Research Station (run by @colorado.edu + INSTAAR): 🗓 Wed Jun 18th 🕖 7:00 pm 📍 Near Ward CO 🔗 calendar.colorado.edu/event/orit-p...

🗓️ In the Boulder area this summer? Mark your calendar for Wednesdays 7pm starting June 11th 11 SUMMER SEMINARS at the @colorado.edu 🏔️ Mountain Research Station: Carnivorous plants, fireflies, avalanches, trout, water quality, bison, & more! Free & open to the public. See bit.ly/mrs-summer-s...

UNDERGRAD SUMMER FIELD COURSES at CU Boulder's Mountain Research Station 🌱 Vegetation 🦅 Birds 🧬 Bioinformatics 🦠 Microbes 🚣‍♀️ Lakes+streams 🌲 Forests+fire Each 2-3 wks, 3 transferable credits, 15 students/class, lodging&food included w tuition More info: www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025...

A year ago @drscottataylor.bsky.social and I got obsessed with a very fuzzy hummingbird chick that hatched on top of a leaf in the Panamanian forest. We wrote a paper about how it might be mimicking toxic caterpillars! Read about it here, or Carl's link below! stri.si.edu/story/caterp...

Caterpillar-like baby hummingbird

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Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last yr.

A bit of delightful biology: my coauthor Jay Falk hypothesizes that the chicks of one species of hummingbird protect themselves by mimicking toxic caterpillars. www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...

When @jjinsing.bsky.social & @drscottataylor.bsky.social first saw the hummingbird chick in Panama’s rainforest, the biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. They later realized that it was potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...

Small bird, big trick: How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were

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Join us at the Mountain Research Station this summer!

INSTAAR@instaar.bsky.social · last yr.

UNDERGRAD SUMMER FIELD COURSES at CU Boulder's Mountain Research Station 🌱 Vegetation 🦅 Birds 🧬 Bioinformatics 🦠 Microbes 🚣‍♀️ Lakes+streams 🌲 Forests+fire Each 2-3 wks, 3 transferable credits, 15 students/class, lodging&food included w tuition ENROLLMENT STARTS 10 MAR www.colorado.edu/mrs/student-...