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Steph Szarmach

@stephszarmach.bsky.social
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Postdoc at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Movement ecology, population genetics, and evolutionary genomics 🐦🪶🧬

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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Want a free duck sticker at #AOS26? Feel free to grab one at my poster (#49). I will bring more to the poster session tonight!
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Leilton Luna @leiltonluna.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm looking for PhD student to join my lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Fall 2027)! If you're interested in evolutionary genomics, conservation genetics, or biogeography, please reach out. I'll also be at #AOS2026 this week talking about sexual selection in small populations.
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Steph Szarmach @stephszarmach.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Really exciting to be part of this large multi-sensor geolocator collaboration—out now in Current Biology, proportions of migratory flights occurring during daytime vs. night for 411 individuals from 56 bird species!
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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
data visualization is my passion.
fox news showing weekly temperatures: 92, 92, 92, 94, 94, 92, 92, with a very strong gap between 94 and 92.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I’m here at the hottest nightlife place in all of DC: the reflecting pool, where everyone is talking about algae.
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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Out now in @sicbjournals.bsky.social! 🪶 Did you know that male and female color variation in birds can be impacted by hormones? In our new review, we reconstruct the evolution of sexual dichromatism across 8,000+ species and compare hormonal influences on dichromatic plumage. tinyurl.com/bird-color
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Hormonal Influences on Sexual Dichromatism Across the Avian Tree of Life: A Primer
Synopsis. Color differences between the sexes (dichromatism) in birds are a hallmark example of a secondary sexual character that is frequently associated
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Nicolas Gonzalez @nicosgonzalez.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
World Migratory Bird Day is May 9th--make your dinner reservations well in advance.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 03/04/2026
“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees”
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Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the ...
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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Are you an early career professional (last two years of PhD or first five years in your job/post PhD?) attending #AOS26 in Amherst MA this summer? We're looking for a diverse range of speakers to be featured in our Early Professionals symposia. DM me for more details!
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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I had a great time writing this feature on @sarahmackattack.bsky.social for the @sicbjournals.bsky.social blog! If you’re a scientist who wants to know how to make an impact in your local community, Sarah’s work is a great place to take inspiration from. #SciComm
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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · 12/02/2026
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Peter Nguyen @dptbirder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This needs to blow up in the bird feed please 🪶
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Steph Szarmach @stephszarmach.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Out now in Movement Ecology: We used multi-sensor geolocators to track myrtle warblers breeding in Alaska and found that they migrated much farther than expected to the Gulf Coast—rather than to the closer Pacific Coast non-breeding area 🪶🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Left panel: A small black, grey, white and yellow songbird wearing a tracking backpack. Right panel: A map of North America showing a migration track beginning in Alaska, crossing east across the boreal forest of Canada, and then turning south to the coast of Texas before retracing the path north.
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David Toews @davetoews.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I could give you a great summary of our new warbler diet paper… but if a picture says a thousand words, this awesome graphical abstract by @rushstudio.bsky.social tells the whole story. 🦉🧪 academic.oup.com/auk/article/...
A comic graphical abstract by illustrator Rush Dhillon showing two wood warblers and their spider prey. The graphs illustrate the read abundance of these spiders in the warbler's fecal samples.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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Avian (aka Julianne Warren) @coyotetrail.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
#Fairbanks #Alaska at -30F protests against ICE. We remember Renee Good and the many, many hurt and stolen. Standing here loving cold, not murder, not abductions, and not vice.
Many people holding ICE protest signs in wintery roadsideAbolish ICENo ICEHuman Beings are not illegal/ justice for Renee Good
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Nathan Senner @drgodwit.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I had a blast talking with @drscottataylor.bsky.social on the most recent episode of Okay, but...birds. Tune in for my hot take on why Hudsonian Godwits are far superior to Arctic Terns as migratory birds! (I welcome any & all angry comments from tern supporters 😉) okaybutbirds.com/episodes/e5
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E5: Okay, but why fly from the Arctic to Antarctica and back every year? — Okay, But... Birds
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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Science communication is more siloed than ever - platforms, algorithms, and lack of in-person contact can cost us opportunities to connect with one another about science. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social talks about how we, as scientists, can expand our audiences and connect with our communities. (1/2)
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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
It’s very clear which game(s) my partner and i have a 50/50 winning streak at 🐘🪱 Most fun location I played at this year was jury duty #bgstats2025 @bgstatsapp.bsky.social
A list of top played board games - ark nova, dune, lure, skull king, calico, wingspan, cascades, birdwatcher, and diatoms were the top games. 126 total plays, h index of 4, 23 games, 13 new, 42 players, 8 locations
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David Toews @davetoews.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Just in time for the holidays, I had a fun chat with @drscottataylor.bsky.social about splits and lumps… and some of the other controversies roiling avian taxonomy 🤓 🦉🧪 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Okay, but why did my life list just shrink?
Podcast Episode · Okay, But... Birds · S1 E3 · 27m
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Kevin Bennett @kevinfpbennett.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
New paper out. If you like colorful birds, hybridization, and phylogenetics, read on! 🧵https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003501
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A colorful legacy of hybridization in wood-warblers includes frequent sharing of carotenoid genes among species and genera
Introgression between species can shape evolutionary trajectories in important ways. This study of the entire family of the colorful wood-warblers (Parulidae) uses whole-genome sequencing to reveal fr...
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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Long Pond in Acadia NP about an hour after sunset tonight, on the eve of a snowstorm. The light reflecting off of the waves in the foreground is actually moonlight, not the remnants of twilight in the distance. Look at that textbook, U-shaped glacial trough. *chef kiss*
Nighttime photo of a lake flanked by silhouetted hills
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Lukas Musher @lukemusher.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Our paper on tinamou evolution is finally out in @systbiol.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
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Jessie Williamson @jlwilliamson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.
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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
A pika sits on a mossy rock.Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.
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Dr. Catie Ivy @catieivy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology? I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social! research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/
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The Ivy Lab! - Welcome to the Ivy Lab!
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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Do appreciate a line dancing break during the #Gritty5k @nhl-flyers.bsky.social
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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Thanks @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social for inviting me to share my story about how unexpected challenges can lead towards new discoveries!
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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 07/09/2025
The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20/08/2025
Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
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David Toews @davetoews.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Congrats to @stephszarmach.bsky.social on receiving your wizzarding robes this weekend from @psubiodept.bsky.social! Enjoy the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. They are very lucky to have you!
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Kevin Bennett @kevinfpbennett.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
New paper published! How does a mid-size river impact gene flow and population structure, including when there is an adaptive sexual trait present on one bank but not the other? With Peri Bolton, Robb Brumfield (@limpkin.bsky.social), Jerry Wilkinson, and Mike Braun. doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Impact of a putative riverine barrier on genomic population structure and gene flow in the presence of sexual selection
Abstract. Gene flow connects populations and facilitates the exchange of alleles, impacting speciation and adaptation. In western Panama, lekking golden-co
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"
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Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?"
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/06/2025
1. Today, 200,000 marched in Budapest Pride in defiance of a ban by Orbán's far-right government. It was led by the city's mayor Gergely Karácsony, who got around the law by making it an "official city gathering." He was warned of arrest. They marched anyway. Subscribe to support my journalism.
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200,000 March In Budapest Pride, Refusing To Capitulate To Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
The march can teach the world the power of organized solidarity in the wake of a global, anti-LGBTQ+ reactionary movement.
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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
@e-v-griffith.bsky.social is currently presenting about her work on sexual dichromatism in ducks at #WOS2025. (Emily has been posting to Bluesky about all of the talks she's been attending, so we thought it was only fair to post about hers!)
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Thousands march through New York City’s Times Square protesting the bombing of Iran.
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Elizabeth Bailey @elizabethbailey.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Donating the limit to whomever primaries Fetterman
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/06/2025
Yup. I remember writing a note when the war began in 1990. “I am afraid for the Iraqnis” (I was 7.) My entire life has been full of this bullshit, and I’ve had the relative safety of watching it from here
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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Once more with feeling
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
And a hearty congratulations to every useful idiot over the past decade who laundered the myth of "Donald The Dove." Just keep scrubbing those hands, the spot will come off eventually.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Mahmoud said free them all
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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 16/06/2025
*giveaway* I've got an extra copy of Jonathan Meiburg's excellent 2021 book, "A Most Remarkable Creature." I used this to prep for a talk I had with him in 2022. Do you want it? Like/Reskeet if so--will randomly pick a winner at noon East. on Wed (18 June) & ship for free. US only please. #booksky 🦉
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
The New York Times front page.
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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#NoKingsDay Philadelphia
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PhishatMSG @phishatmsg.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Philly showin' up today
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Bird 🌲 @birdwarde.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
NO KINGS 🇺🇸
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Nate Swick @n8swick.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This equates to approximately 764.8 years of funding the Breeding Bird Survey.
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