Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026We've had success with small pop gen projects, small questions with transcriptomics data, and population genetic simulations. We do generally require that students are not in their last year so they have time to get familiar with computation. 120
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A sapsucker in northern Wisconsin looking at me from its perch 🪶 1414
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026A Kirtland's Warbler in Michigan earlier this week. 🪶 0130
Reposted by Joe MantheyJeff Groh @jeffgroh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Avocados come in 2 varieties - A-types start each day female and switch to male midday. B-types do the reverse. In work just published from the last chapter of my PhD, we show this system evolved 40+million yrs ago and is regulated by alleles of 1 transcription factor www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgBalanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado | PNASIn avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ... 22721274
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026A Long-tailed Weasel found in a Gunnison's Prairie Dog colony. I very much like how long they are 623941
Reposted by Joe MantheyBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQbit.lyThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“ 311361787
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Do you know this cartoon about cardinals? rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...rosemarymosco.comKnow your Northern Cardinals — Rosemary MoscoGet to know a beautiful and beloved local North American bird, the Northern Cardinal, and its many, varied, and sometimes disturbing plumages. 100
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 25/05/2026We had a close encounter with an American Badger a couple days ago 1140
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Saw a Northern Bobwhite today quite close to the road. If you zoom in, you can see the truck in the eye's reflection. 🪶 09423
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 15/05/2026My first time seeing a Black-throated Blue Warbler today 🪶 3221
Reposted by Joe MantheyOscar Villaseñor Johnson, PhD @henicorhina.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🚨New paper alert!🚨 (only slightly delayed). I'm proud to have been a part of this cool work led by Dr. Marco Rego. Marco assembled a massive dataset of bird distributional information to test long-standing ideas about how rivers serve as taxon boundaries in the Amazon Basin. Check out those maps! 1176
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 08/05/2026A very fabulous Northern Waterthrush from today 🪶 35314
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Another bright warbler that is somewhat rare here seen this afternoon in West Texas 🪶 11058
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Found this bright guy in West Texas this morning 🪶 314714
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026This morning I managed to get both a Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs in the same frame for the first time. 🪶 0130
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The Purple Martins are back in West Texas. I wonder what this female (right) is thinking in this moment. 🪶 5343
Reposted by Joe MantheyEmilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The US Forest Service. This is madness. Illegal, obviously. But madness even if it weren’t. WTAF morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...morethanjustparks.substack.comBREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest ServiceThe headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed. 13222
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 19/03/2026This thief stole a piece of cheese from my breakfast burrito while I made my coffee. Watch out for them in Hill Country! 🪶 14611
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 10/03/2026A Black-throated Sparrow, uncommon for our area in west Texas 🪶 0121
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 18/02/2026This time of year the Northern Shovelers are some of the most common ducks here in West Texas, giving plenty of photo opportunities. 🪶 0213
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Watched this pocket gopher for a bit today moving in and out of its hole to grab and chew on plant material. They seem to be mostly nocturnal, so it is always nice getting a good view of one. 060
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026A Ferruginous Hawk with its lunch. A Red-Tailed Hawk later stole the remaining food from it. 🪶 0131
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 09/02/2026A Belted Kingfisher telling me what it thinks about me hiking near its fishing spot 🪶 0120
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Saw a bunch of eagles this morning, including this one landing on a frozen lake in Kansas 🪶 2140
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 27/01/2026A very fabulous looking Great Blue Heron, with a snowy backdrop 🪶 0150
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Hermit Thrush during this afternoon's snow in West Texas 🪶 0161
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 24/01/2026House finch floofed up in the snow. You can see a few snow flakes streaking by in the photo. 🪶 0303
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Not a common winter visitor here, a January American Redstart 🪶 1220
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 22/01/2026A hybrid or admixed red-shafted x yellow shafted Northern Flicker 🪶 0374
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026This Great Blue Heron was fishing and didn't mind me so I waited to get a nice headshot. 🪶 2201
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Great Blue Heron keeping an eye on me while fishing 🪶 0191
Joe Manthey @jdmanthey.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Two different angles of a Great Blue Heron in a spillway🪶 1173