iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Diademed Sandpiper-plover is one of my favorites. Specialist of high elevation Andean bogs. Granted, it doesn't really migrate, which is arguably the most impressive characteristic of shorebirds.

3180

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

My local bike shop has been selling stickers with this message for years.

030

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I'm currently living in a camper with my wife and kids in NZ, and it's so refreshing to unplug from American news/politics. I'm generally not the "I'm going to leave the US if..." type of American, but I'm getting there.

220

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

If you're interested in approaches and strategies for more inclusive teaching, this book is a tremendous resource for everything from specific activities to course structure.

000

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I'm sitting on the Hudson in Manhattan totally stoked about these Brant. I'm so sad for the people next to me taking photos of a Canada Goose. They have no idea the shit these Brant have seen.

Two beautiful, black, mysterious geese waiting for their artic homes to thaw

Range map for North American Brant, an artic-breeding, coastal goose

010

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

There was also a presentation from a FWS wildlife enforcement officer that uncovered a multi-national turtle smuggling opperation where thousands of box turtles, spotted turtles, and diamondback terrapins were being poached from the southeast and smuggled to Asia

020

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Love seeing others stats. Our prod has slowly decreased from around 11 kWh in 2019 to just under 9 in 2024. We've got a stand of pines in back that really limits prod. in the winter. High consumption from fam of 4 (laundry!), work from home, AC in hot summers (the big 1), and charging EV and eBike.

020

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

"Field biologists rarely have so much control. Storms wash away flags marking experiments. Trees fall on their plots. The forest and its inhabitants dispel any illusions that scientists are in charge. Humility quickly sets in." Great quote by Merlin Sheldrake

130

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Great morning for the Durham Christmas Bird Count. Bluegray gnatcatcher and several dozen least sandpipers were both pretty good finds.

091

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

My Spotify wrapped. Guess who takes the girls to/from school... Hi, it's me.

030

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

First time receiving this email. Academic milestone

010

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

With tiny kids, it's really hard for me to make time in the early morning to get outside. We recently went camping in eastern NC and I snuck away before dawn. I was treated to this special moment with a Virginia rail.

010

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

This is me around 10 years old with my personal best northern pike, pulled through a hole in the ice of Lake Ontario

020

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

Here's the latest on Brood XIX periodical cicada in central NC. Observations from iNaturalist.

100

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 25/04/2024

There's an Opossum with babies outside my office. #mammals That is all.

031

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

Salamanders under every log this morning

130

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

New science! Fortunate to make small contribution to this study that adds to our understanding of the implications of climate change for phenological mismatch in birds. Expertly led by Ellen Robertson with an all-star cast of co-authors including @tinosaurs.bsky.social and others not on bluesky yet

21110

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

Galapagos mockingbird (left) and San cristobal mockingbird (right) #birds

020

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Even though they look exactly like all the photos and videos I've seen, I was still excited to find these marine iguanas this morning in the Galapagos. With a bonus green sea 🐢 #herps

050

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Galapagos flycatcher from this morning. #birds

Galapagos flycatcher perched on a branch

0120

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

This medium ground finch took off right as I hit the button. It's my first day in #Galapagos so there's likely going to be more bad pictures of cool #birds

040

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Today is my first day in the Galapagos and I'm stunned by the sea lion situation. They're everywhere! #mammals

040

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

These comments are 🔥. For me? Canvasback

000

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Opossums have been in NC for a decade or so, but their expansion so far doesn't really fit the pattern for being driven by climate. Mostly in Western/colder part of state, but rarely seen in eastern half. Counterintuitive if they're limited by colder winter temps

100

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander (Plethodon montanus) Ashe Co., NC #herps

010

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Inca tern (Larosterna inca) Valapariso, Chile #birds

1120

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Northern Pygmy-Owl Plumas County, CA #birds

Owl looking at the camera from its perch on a burned log.

0120

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Pine Barrens Treefrog (Dryophytes andersonii) Somewhere near the intersection of Scotland, Richmond, Moore, and Hoke Counties, North Carolina #herps

Pine Barrens Treefrog calling at night from a branch.

020

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Green treefrog (Hyla cinerea) on my air conditioner #UrbanWildlife #herps

040

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Runde, Norway #Birds

0345

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

As a result of the drought, flow in the Mississippi is low compared to previous years

000

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Recently a pretty severe drought has developed in the TX/LA area of the country.

000

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Hey new followers! Here's a word cloud of my published scientific articles (make your own here: shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/r...)

110

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Yes! "Free-ranging poodles" like this one could be an effective biological control of feral cats. (This is a joke. The billions of birds killed by cats every year is not)

010

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Interesting things going on here! Seems like a measure of economic disparities to some extent. Most interesting is how the diff btw money/no money is particularly small in Latin America (even reversed in MX!). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

010

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

Flooding has begun in Cedar Key

000

Paul Taillie @ptails.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

I was down there in spring setting up a new study on the role of disturbance in shaping ecosystem dynamics. We're excited to see what happens, but also concerned for USFWS colleagues at St. Marks, Cedar Key, and the Lower Suwannee.

010