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Cassidy Waldrep

@cassidywaldrep.bsky.social
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> Msc --> Ph.D. University of Saskatchewan > avid bird and R lover > behavioral and population ecology of mallard ducks

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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
One of my goals this year is to contiune publishing blog posts. This year, I wanted to start with speaking on some goals that I have for the new year, including waking up early, getting my code on GitHub, writing more, and baking bread. www.cassidywaldrep.com/resources/ne... #PhD #academicSky
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PhD Goals for the New Year: Productivity, Writing, and Balance — Cassidy Waldrep
Sharing New Year goals focused on productivity, writing better papers, learning GitHub, and maintaining balance during graduate school.
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
My research was featured in the DUC Conservator Magazine Fall 2025. Read to see how we're using transmitters to save the mallards! www.ducks.ca/stories/cons... 🧪🌎 #birds #phd
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Mallards on the move — Ducks Unlimited Canada
How science, hunters and high-tech trackers are helping us better understand North America’s most familiar duck
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
New blog post about writing! I just started writing my first manuscript to come out of my PhD and have learned a lot. #phdsky #academia #science #writing www.cassidywaldrep.com/resources/wr...
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Writing Isn’t Natural—It’s a Skill — Cassidy Waldrep
Writing was never something I struggled with until I got to graduate school. In college, I recall sitting down at the library and finishing a five-page essay draft in just three hours. With a quick r...
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I'm reading Joshua Schimel's "Writing Science: How to write papers that get cited and proposals that get funded". I came across this quote today and felt it speak right to my soul. As a chronic perfectionist, I always feel the weight of not knowing enough & being right all the time. Wow. #phdsky
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Nick Iacaruso @nick-iac.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
So happy of how this turned out and thankful for my amazing team! Olivia, Sara, @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social @markdavis79.bsky.social
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Jenny McKee @jennymckee.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Thanks so much to my all-star @audubon.org editor @amcglashen.bsky.social for sticking with me throughout this story! And thanks to @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social and many others not on social media for talking to me about the Atlantic Flyway Migration Project!
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
successfully passed my PhD proposal defense and I'm now a PhD student! I started as a MsC student but knew I wanted a PhD the whole time. Excited to finally be able to call myself a PhD student. #phdsky
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"If you ever feel “behind” or not knowledgeable enough in your field — because you’re just a grad student — know that it’s okay to ask questions and learn. We all have to start somewhere" Read my field diary below. #PhDSky #birds #🧪 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/04/25/f...
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Field Diaries: A PhD Student’s Journey into Waterfowl Research
In our ‘Field Diaries’ series, The Applied Ecologist is sharing stories from a range of different fieldwork experiences. In this post, Cassidy Waldrep shares her story working with wate…
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Reproducibility for Everyone (R4E) @repro4everyone.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Excited to announce a webinar hosted by R4E @repro4everyone.bsky.social on data visualization with Helena Jambor (@helenajambor.bsky.social) !!! Details here: www.repro4everyone.org/blog/r4e-hos...
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R4E hosts a Data Visualiztion webinar with Helena Jambor! — R4E
This webinar will be lead by Dr. Helen Jambor . She is an Associate Professor for Data Visualization.  The webinar will be held on Thursday June 5, 2025 at 11am ET (USA) and 5pm CEST (Europe). A...
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ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social @ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
#WritingResources: This is an essential resource for academic writers. The Uni of Manchester Phrasebank is a great source of stock phrases. buff.ly/3ebzfFG #PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc #gradschool #SUAW #PhDforum
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Follow my mallards as they undergo spring migration! Maps updated every few days. Maybe there's one near you... #birds #science #conservation #mallards #ducks atlantic-flyway-waterfowl-gps.weebly.com/mallards.html
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Does anyone know of small scale scholarships that are currently open right now? Looking for ways to get some extra funds for my work. For reference, I'm a biology graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan studying mallard duck ecology! #scholarships #PhDSky #science #birds
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
ChatGPT Plus is free until May 31st for students! Even works for graduate students. Highly recommend for coding! #rstats #PhDSky chatgpt.com/students
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ChatGPT Plus free for students | ChatGPT
Get two months of ChatGPT Plus free, just in time for finals
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Less than 24 hours to go before my PhD qualifying exam...this will decide whether or not the University will allow me to roll up to a PhD from a Master's. Feeling nervous but also excited for some good conversation with my committee. #PhDSky #academia #research
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
In my second publication ever, we document 11 different post-mount mating behaviors for G. insculpta in the wild, a number not recorded previously in a singular event, and several behaviors only previously described during courtship. www.researchgate.net/publication/... #herps #turtles #science
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(PDF) Glyptemys insculpta. Pre-copulatory behaviors
PDF | On Mar 6, 2025, Krista Larson and others published Glyptemys insculpta. Pre-copulatory behaviors | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
recieved these amazing photos from Laurie Michelman (littlepeacegallery.com), a photographer that found one of my birds! This bird was banded in 2022 as an adult, meaning she's been alive for over four years now. she's killing it! #birds
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I HATE the synching between OneDrive and my Mac. Today I just lost 5 days of proposal edits I think due to OneDrive being confused. So frustrated right now. Telling myself it'll be better the second time around. #PhDSky #academics
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I found a new way to organize my tasks that I LOVE. Highly recommend if you feel like all your tasks are just chilling in your head. Use the motivation from the New Year to organize your life! Check it out! #PhDSky #academicsky #medsky www.cassidywaldrep.com/resources/st...
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Start the Year Right: Free Resources to Keep Grad Students Organized — Cassidy Waldrep
Staying organized in grad school doesn't have to cost a dime! In this post, I share three free tools—Microsoft To-Do, Notion, and Zenkit—that can help you tackle your academic and personal goals. Whet...
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
www.usgs.gov/labs/bird-ba... Short article about my project. It's always so rewarding to see these things online.
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Notes from the Field: Eastern Mallard Project | U.S. Geological Survey
“Notes from the Field” are contributed articles that highlight current banding projects and the continued importance of bird banding 100+ years after the establishment of the Bird Banding Lab. This ar...
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
just submitted my undergraduate research and hoping for the best! it's been too long haha... #PhDsky #academics
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
Having to read a bunch for drafting the second part of my proposal. Anyone have some encouragement to get through this literature review? Best tips and tricks for not going insane reading all the time?? #PhDChat #academicsky #PhD
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
This past week I got to band birds in the Dakotas with my roommate. What an awesome experience! I caught and banded my first pintail, wigeon, wood duck, and green-winged teal. I love this stage of life - learning and getting my "firsts". Now, back to the office! #birds #PhDsky 🧪🦆
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
What a cute lil mallard - just after she took a sip of water! #birds
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
I realize this may have gotten lost in the craziness from this weekend. Have a look at these FREE online workshops!! #PhdSky #dataSkyence #AcademicSky
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
I collated some free online workshops for researchers/coders/wannabe scientists. Have a look! Includes workshops from... @repro4everyone.bsky.social @dariia.bsky.social (and way more but they only have X, not twitter!!). www.cassidywaldrep.com/resources/fr...
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Free Online Workshops for biology/coding students! — Cassidy Waldrep
Want additional ways to learn about coding and stats this fall? Look no further! I complied a list of free online workshops this fall!
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Weverthon Machado @weverthon.com · 30/08/2024
'ggreveal' is now available on CRAN! cran.r-project.org/web/packages... 📊 #rstats #dataviz #ggplot2
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ggreveal: Reveal a 'ggplot' Incrementally
Provides functions that make it easy to reveal 'ggplot2' graphs incrementally. The functions take a plot produced with 'ggplot2' and return a list of plots showing data incrementally by panels, layers...
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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
If you are not personally interested in this workshop, you can also sponsor the participation of students. Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #dataskyence 📊
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
Turning my labor day weeked into a writing retreat to finally finish up my undergraduate manuscript. We already faced rejection, but with a bit of revamping, I'm hopeful my thesis will be recieved well by reviewers. #AcademicSky #PhdSky #Science
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
I'd love to write a blog post on free resources this semester for graduate students in science/coding. Any ideas? These can be seminars, workshops, etc. #PhDSky #AcademicSky #R
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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel @bittelmethis.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
REMINDER: I'm a freelance journalist always on the lookout for new stories/studies about animals! 🦝🦩🦇🐟🪲🪸🦊🐒🦖🦀🦨🧪 Do you have something fun/important/exciting/weird coming out soon? Please let me know about it! Email: lastname.firstname at gmail
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 11/08/2024
New grad student this fall? Check out my tips that you NEED to know! #academicsky #PhDSky www.cassidywaldrep.com/resources/gr...
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What I've learned in the first year of graduate school that no one tells you — Cassidy Waldrep
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
riding a high as I just started field season and held my first duck - and attached my first transmitter. #academicsky #waterfowl #birds
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
I need help! Do u have any papers that talk about using habitat overlays on data in R? Everything I've found just uses ArcGIS but I'm determined to use R. I currently have a shapefile to use (www.census.gov/programs-sur...) and need to follow a tutorial. #AcademicSky #PhDSky #stats #rstats
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
My paper got rejected for the second time today :( feeling upset since it's mainly due to a low sample size + study design (which I had no control over since I was just tasked with analyzing the data). UGH! Is it even worth rewriting a little and submitting again at this point? #AcademicSky #PhDSky
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Can anyone lead me to GIS resources in R? I have a tif file downloaded from the North American Environmental Atlas with habitat data but have no clue how to read it into R and extract the data that I want. Thanks! #rstats, #academicsky, #phdsky
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
I've found a few, but figured I'd ask anyway. Does anyone know of graduate fellowships/scholarships for women, biology, movement ecology, or waterfowl work? I'm trying to find "smaller" ones with a higher probability of recieving it. #AcademicSky #PhdSky
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
Yesterday I just submitted my first fellowship proposal! Hoping for the best!!
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
So cool to see these guys go south. Just a few weeks ago they were up in canada!! In awe of migration like always.
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
Just realized Saskatoon's local wildlife rescue takes volunteers (livingskywildliferehabilitation.org). Time to help save the wildlife! Birds, foxes, porcupines, squirrels, bats...you name it!
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
#waterfowl
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
Am I the odd grad student if I actually enjoy writing? Currently sitting in my health sciences library and couldn't be happier...or am I just insane... #PhDSky #AcademicSky
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
My lab is hiring 4 new positions (post-docs + Phds) w/ incredible opportunities and collaborations. If you're interested in bird ecology, waterfowl conservation, + population modeling, these are the positions for you. Come join me! See below for the different opportunities. 🌎🪶🦆 #AcademicSky #PhDSky
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
What are rstats users doing now that stamen for mapping is going away (community.openstreetmap.org/t/the-free-o...) ?? And, using google maps in R requires an API key - I think. Please link me to any mapping resources that can help build maps in R! #PhDSky 🤖
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
The University of Saskatchewan is advertising for a Houston Professor of Ornithology (tenure - track)! Deadline is Nov 15; start date is July 1, 2024. Please share with friends and peers! 🪶🌎 #waterfowl jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
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Niharika Marella @mniharika.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
A question to the academics here, where do I start looking if I wish to study lions (preferably African but ideally both African and Asiatic lions) for a PhD? A bit overwhelmed by the internet, heh. #AcademicSky #PhDSky #wildlife #ecology #mammals
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
I saw wood ducks and a common merganser for the first time in Calgary. May have shed a tear. Adding more to my life list :) 🦆🪶
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Jean-François Cudennec @limpetnerd.eurosky.social · 19/10/2023
As an interdisciplinary scientist, I've always enjoyed listening to people describing how they do science. So, in a few words, how would you awkwardly describe your field ? For me, I'm reading past climate by reducing to powder marine mollusc's fossils. How about you ? #AcademicSky 🧪 ⚒️
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
#waterfowl
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Just because I'm curious...what field are you in and what program do you use for statistical analysis? I'm in waterfowl/behavioral ecology and I use R!🌎🪶 #waterfowl #AcademicSky #Phdsky
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Cassidy Waldrep @cassidywaldrep.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Hey wildlife fans! If you're interested in particularly waterfowl wildlife, I have the feed for you! Everyone is welcome, ecologist or not. You just need to let me know so I can add you to the list of people allowed to post. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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