Want a free duck sticker at #AOS26? Feel free to grab one at my poster (#49). I will bring more to the poster session tonight!

I'm looking for PhD student to join my lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Fall 2027)! If you're interested in evolutionary genomics, conservation genetics, or biogeography, please reach out. I'll also be at #AOS2026 this week talking about sexual selection in small populations.

Really exciting to be part of this large multi-sensor geolocator collaboration—out now in Current Biology, proportions of migratory flights occurring during daytime vs. night for 411 individuals from 56 bird species!

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🐦🌙 Happy to see this big collaborative paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We address a seemingly simple question using geolocator data collected across many species and individuals: how much of bird migration actually happens at night? www.cell.com/current-biol... A short🧵

data visualization is my passion.

I’m here at the hottest nightlife place in all of DC: the reflecting pool, where everyone is talking about algae.

Out now in @sicbjournals.bsky.social! 🪶 Did you know that male and female color variation in birds can be impacted by hormones? In our new review, we reconstruct the evolution of sexual dichromatism across 8,000+ species and compare hormonal influences on dichromatic plumage. tinyurl.com/bird-color

Hormonal Influences on Sexual Dichromatism Across the Avian Tree of Life: A Primer

Synopsis. Color differences between the sexes (dichromatism) in birds are a hallmark example of a secondary sexual character that is frequently associated

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World Migratory Bird Day is May 9th--make your dinner reservations well in advance.

“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees”

Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the ...

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Are you an early career professional (last two years of PhD or first five years in your job/post PhD?) attending #AOS26 in Amherst MA this summer? We're looking for a diverse range of speakers to be featured in our Early Professionals symposia. DM me for more details!

I had a great time writing this feature on @sarahmackattack.bsky.social for the @sicbjournals.bsky.social blog! If you’re a scientist who wants to know how to make an impact in your local community, Sarah’s work is a great place to take inspiration from. #SciComm

SICB journals@sicbjournals.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Fighting #Climate Change with Community by Emily Griffith on the work of @sarahmackattack.bsky.social & other #artists bridging the gap between #science and #community through #art integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/f... #Biologists #bethechange

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

This needs to blow up in the bird feed please 🪶

Maplehood United@maplehoodunited.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Minnesotans are what Texans think they are.

Out now in Movement Ecology: We used multi-sensor geolocators to track myrtle warblers breeding in Alaska and found that they migrated much farther than expected to the Gulf Coast—rather than to the closer Pacific Coast non-breeding area 🪶🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I could give you a great summary of our new warbler diet paper… but if a picture says a thousand words, this awesome graphical abstract by @rushstudio.bsky.social tells the whole story. 🦉🧪 academic.oup.com/auk/article/...

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

#Fairbanks #Alaska at -30F protests against ICE. We remember Renee Good and the many, many hurt and stolen. Standing here loving cold, not murder, not abductions, and not vice.

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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Science communication is more siloed than ever - platforms, algorithms, and lack of in-person contact can cost us opportunities to connect with one another about science. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social talks about how we, as scientists, can expand our audiences and connect with our communities. (1/2)

It’s very clear which game(s) my partner and i have a 50/50 winning streak at 🐘🪱 Most fun location I played at this year was jury duty #bgstats2025 @bgstatsapp.bsky.social

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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New paper out. If you like colorful birds, hybridization, and phylogenetics, read on! 🧵https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003501

A colorful legacy of hybridization in wood-warblers includes frequent sharing of carotenoid genes among species and genera

Introgression between species can shape evolutionary trajectories in important ways. This study of the entire family of the colorful wood-warblers (Parulidae) uses whole-genome sequencing to reveal fr...

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Long Pond in Acadia NP about an hour after sunset tonight, on the eve of a snowstorm. The light reflecting off of the waves in the foreground is actually moonlight, not the remnants of twilight in the distance. Look at that textbook, U-shaped glacial trough. *chef kiss*

Our paper on tinamou evolution is finally out in @systbiol.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology? I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social! research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/

The Ivy Lab! - Welcome to the Ivy Lab!

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Do appreciate a line dancing break during the #Gritty5k @nhl-flyers.bsky.social

Thanks @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social for inviting me to share my story about how unexpected challenges can lead towards new discoveries!

Wilson Ornithological Society@wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 11mo ago

There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Emily Griffith (@e-v-griffith.bsky.social) describes her work documenting the UV-fluorescent pigments in the plumage of Long-eared Owls. 🦉 #ornithology wilsonsociety.org/2025/09/09/g...

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The crowd has no beginning and no end as it begins its march to the White House

Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...