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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I bought my first house in Dec ‘25 so I waited til Jan 1 ‘26 to officially start my yard list - so far I am at 63 species and so excited to see who else might visit before year 1 is up! Even more excited for how all my native gardening will affect biodiversity in my yard!!

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Around me in Central Ohio, we've been told that large corporate data centers are built on "low quality" land but around here, that "low quality" land is habitat for my beloved Grasshopper Sparrows, a species that has already declined 90%+ in the state making some stickers about that

Digital drawing of a small beige sparrow, which I made in Krita. She is sitting atop some blocky green word art that reads "Habitats >>> data centers"

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

New obvious AI flag: I've gotten at least a dozen emails from interested students using the phrase ".... caught my attention"

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Have you been following the @nobelprize.org awards? Are you disappointed that only 6.7% (67/996) of Nobel Prizes have been awarded to women? Same. Don’t get me wrong, truly impressive achievements are being recognized, but a lot of great work has been, and is being, overlooked too. #WomenInSTEM

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Ekwo-tuktu-caribou @ekwo-tuktu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Want to study barren-ground #caribou in Canada? There's a scholarship for that!

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You know, this thread has been hilarious until your ugly comment came along.

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Northern Saw-whet owls are beginning to migrate through central Saskatchewan 🪶🇨🇦 Handled with permits #SaskBirds #BirdBanding #ornithology

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A very dapper tan morph white-throated sparrow 🌻🪶🇨🇦 #birds #birding #BirdBanding #Saskatchewan All birds handled with proper permits and training

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The days are getting much shorter and it’s now a race to get home before the sun sets. But this little female Downy Woodpecker arrived just in time to forage just before sunset! #Birds 🪶

A female downy woodpecker perches on the side of a spruce tree trunk.
It is just before sunset and the sky is orange behind her. She is black and white while the tree trunk is quite dark. There are also some green blurry spruce branches showing in the background.

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today my #ornithology students spent their lab focusing on bird ID from specimens. They got points (and candy) for correct IDs. How many can you get correct? (These photos aren’t necessarily ideal for the task, but perhaps you’re up for the challenge? 1 #teaching #HigherEd @usaskartsci.bsky.social

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Sara Lipshutz (she/her) @jacanamama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Super excited to share this study by @gamaevo.bsky.social in collaboration with Steve Nowicki and Susan Peters!! Response to geographic song variation predicts differential gene expression in the blood of a songbird: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

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Response to geographic song variation predicts differential gene expression in the blood of a songbird

Behavioral neuroscience; Ecology; Transcriptomics

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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm so excited to finally see the special issue "Addressing Biases in Animal Behaviour" fully published: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu.... Huge thanks to my brilliant co-editors @viveknityananda.bsky.social & @nicolakoyama.bsky.social. Special issue grew from @asab.org's 2024 Winter Meeting 🧵

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I saw *the* freshest White-crowned Sparrow of all time the other day. So fresh! So crisp!

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The hawk is not showing a red tail (juvenile). The ibis is not showing a white face (nonbreeding/basic plumage) 🪶

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Red-tailed Hawk, backlit White-faced Ibis. Last Mountain Lake, SK 🪶🇨🇦 #birds #birding #BirdTherapy #Saskatchewan

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

More birds moving through Saskatoon this fall: Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern House Wren, Black-capped Chickadee 🪶🇨🇦 All birds handled with proper training and permits #Birds #Saskatchewan #migration #BirdBanding #BirdRinging

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Dr. Kathleen M. Munley @thefishiedoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2027! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We only caught 2 birds (being an afternoon lab), but it allowed everyone to see a bird up close and carefully observe the whole process from capture through release and it really seemed to make everyone’s day!

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Taught my undergrad ornithology class about #BirdBanding & moult this week. Many had never seen birds up close before. Makes the ethics & pedagogical merit process feel worth it 😅 All birds handled w permits and training. White-crowned (Gambel’s) & Chipping Sparrow 🪶🇨🇦 @usask.ca

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Pretty lucky to spot a Townsend’s Solitaire in my yard just as I was heading to work this morning. Not only a new yard bird, but a lifer for me as well 🥰 🪶🇨🇦 #birds #birding #BirdTherapy #Saskatchewan #BirdsOfSaskatchewan #BirdsSeenIn2026

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Sandra Steiger @steigerlab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📢Publication alert 📢 @pnas.org Parental niche construction buffers microbial and competitive challenges and drives offspring dependence in burying beetles | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Big congrats to Eric on his first PhD chapter! 🎉 Press release: www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press-rel...

A breeding pair of burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides) on a small mouse carcass they have buried and prepared as food for their offspring.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happy International Vulture Awareness Day!! ☠️ The California Condor population is about 607. It’s not because they are being shot but because they get lead poisoning from eating bullets in their scavenged meals. #internationalvultureawarenessday #vultures #birdart #sciart

Poster of a Vulture in purple pink and green. Text says bullets don’t kill California condors, bullets do. Shows a vulture with bullets in its stomach.

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 05/09/2026

New #RSOS paper: Evaluating interactive effects of the Conservation Reserve Program and wind energy infrastructure on #grassland bird abundance in the United States. Read more: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hey #Alberta! Have you seen this squirrel? Franklin's ground squirrels used to be all through central Alberta as far as we can tell, and up into the southern boreal and maybe even into the foothills. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #yeg #yyc #yql

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Have you seen this squirrel? These Alberta researchers want to know | CBC News

The elusive Franklin's ground squirrel is the subject of a research project to prove their population has in fact declined. The species is currently listed as "undetermined" by the Alberta government.

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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net

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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

BOAS OF THE WORLD is a guide to all sixty-six species currently recognized in the seven families composing the superfamily #Booidea. More than three hundred color photographs bring the species to life for professionals and amateur #snake enthusiasts alike. Learn more here: ow.ly/O9Af50Z6rF8

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Boas of the World by edited by R. Graham Reynolds and Robert W. Henderson | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

Boas of the World is a guide to all sixty-six species currently recognized in the seven families composing the superfamily Booidea. Bringing together the expertise of more than sixty contributors representing...

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

He dug into it further w ento friends and thinks they’re just markings, not a structure www.inaturalist.org/photos/29922...

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I asked an entomologist friend and he says he has never seen those before! His first thought was mites!

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A gorgeous Merlin on a fence near Willow Bunch SK 🪶🇨🇦 #birds #birding #nature #saskatchewan #therapy

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Are you an ecologist/evolutionary biologist looking for an ongoing academic position? Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences is hiring! Come join us in Melbourne, Australia! Details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

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animalecourban @animalecourban.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We are looking for a PhD student to join the Animal ECO Urban group (University of Granada).

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Antoine Stier @antoinestier.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧 We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology. Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.

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callista yee @csybio.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

hiiii everyone! my department @zoology.ubc.ca is hiring an assistant professor in cell and developmental biology! deadline is october 1! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32408 // please share!!!!!

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University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology

Job #AJO32408, Assistant Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

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Mark Phillips @maphillips.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Oregon State University's Department of Integrative Biology is currently hiring up to three tenure-track faculty members, with an emphasis on organismal biology. Note: Previous links are no longer active due to a change in our hiring system. oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/OSU_Careers_...

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Assistant Professor

Department: Special Instructions to Applicants: To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 10/1/26. Applications will continue to be accepted after the full consideration date, unt...

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This group of 4 juvenile Cooper’s Hawks fledged a few weeks ago and have been so fun to watch #birds #hawks

A juvenile Cooper’s hawk sitting on a painted metal hand railing

A juvenile Cooper’s hawk sitting on a wooden railing with its feathers poofed out

A juvenile Cooper’s hawk sitting in a bright green tree with its back to the camera looking over its shoulder

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Some Sparrows: Grasshopper, Savannah, Vesper, LeConte’s 🪶🇨🇦 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Saskatchewan #nature #sparrow

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I mean, he says it, but we all know he also wants to cozy up the first chance he gets…

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This is not the climate future we want or need

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Data from cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/en/

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 16/07/2026

As governments look to expand Roberts Bank, scientists warn one of Canada’s most important ecosystems for salmon, southern resident killer whales and migratory birds could pay the price. @sobittersosweet.bsky.social’s latest: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-pipe... #bcpoli

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What Alberta's proposed Roberts Bank oil tanker terminal would mean for the Fraser River estuary | The Narwhal

A new oil tanker terminal alongside the Port of Vancouver's Roberts Bank expansion is raising concerns about salmon, southern resident killer whales and migratory birds

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Alison 🇨🇦 @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

But don't worry, oil & gas pipelines will solve this and make all Canadians rich 😒 #ONpoli #CdnPoli

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