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Mairi Poisson

@maipoisson.bsky.social

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she/her | PhD candidate at University of New Hampshire in the Wildlife Modeling and Management Lab | Wildlife ecologist studying how humans impact wildlife | Dedicated to building a better community for all our neighbors mairipoisson.wordpress.com

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I know I post about the projects I volunteer on more than my own research... But I love these crabs so much! Great Bay, NH, USA.

Two horseshoe crabs spawning on a rocky shore

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

One month in to horseshoe crab monitoring season! On Sunday, I counted ~60 individuals at one site.

A pile of horseshoe crabs in the rocky intertidal zone, with some sea grass in the background.

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

It's the beginning of horseshoe crab spawning season!! Thrilled to see this dude scuttling around yesterday, and to contribute to the annual Great Bay horseshoe crab monitoring #ParticipatoryScience project!

A woman smiling at the camera, holding a horse shoe crab, standing in an estuary on a sunny day

Two people stand on rocks looking out at the water

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Passed my comprehensive exams last week, AND my #2025MMM bracket is currently leading in my pool. The beavers are out rebuilding their dam, the red-winged blackbirds are yelling my favorite bird yell. And I'm going to visit dear friends I haven't seen in four years. Things I'm happy about.

A dog stands on an armchair and looks out the window of a closed door

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Once again, my favorite photo from the field season goes to this often blurry camera that - in exactly the right light with exactly the right conditions - gives me a stellar photo of a red squirrel or a chickadee. Thank you, crappy Bushnell camera, you're a star.

Camera trap photo of a red squirrel on snow in a coniferous forest stand on a sunny day

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Thanks Alexej! I think there may be some visible claw marks, which is what threw me off when I first saw it. Made me think possibly gray fox. But the c-shaped negative between toes and heel is so perfectly felid!

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Out doing some fieldwork yesterday when I came across this solitary print on a trail covered by dog tracks. Bobcat? My hand (left) and my dog's print (right) in the first photo. The trail was completely obscured by dogs, but this one print stood out!

Two footprints in the snow, with a hand beside them for relative scale

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

First snow of the season in southern New Hampshire! Good day for tracking wildlife, like this squirrel.

Snow covered trees with birds flying through the sky. There is some blue sky peeking through streaks of clouds

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Will trained Hooper on fisher collars, then brought him out to find the dropped collar. Hooper found it in minutes! I can’t quite express how happy this makes me. Detection dogs are incredible, detection dog teams who know what they’re doing are unstoppable! (3/3)

A smiling man holding a radio-telemetry collar, next to a black lab dog holding a ball in its mouth.

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

My partner and I used to work with conservation detection dogs. When we moved to NH so I could go to grad school, we adopted 4 of the dogs we worked with and those working pups became pets. They haven't worked a detection job in four years. (Some photos from their working dog days!) 1/3

A dog stands on a log on a steep hill, with tall trees and ferns. Photo taken on the Olympic Peninsula, WA, USA

A dog with goggles lays in the sand, with dry woody plants in the background. Photo taken in Coachella Valley, CA, USA

A dog lays on the grassy ground with his tongue out, with a toy at his feet. Photo taken in eastern WA, USA

A standing dog looks at the camera, while a man in the background is collecting biological data from the ground. Photo taken in NM, USA

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Some mid to late fall colors from New Hampshire to help tide you over!

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Trying to build up my community over here more, I'd love to connect with more wildlife ecologists, landscape ecologists, and graduate students! I'll be posting some of my research and more from my lab, and tons of camera trap pictures of wildlife in New Hampshire!

A red fox walks over the snow in a wintery forest.

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Mairi Poisson @maipoisson.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Hello! I'm a PhD student at U of New Hampshire studying how human development impacts mammalian wildlife. I have a background in field research, and a hopeful future as an applied researcher creating conservation solutions with communities. I love reading, walking dogs, and mutual aid!

A dog sniffing the face of a smiling woman in a forest

A man walking two dogs in the forest during the fall, a third dog in the foreground is looking back at the man and two dogs

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