John Vanek, PhD, AWB® @wild-ecology.bsky.social · 09/03/2025New backyard species! Long-tailed Weasel. I set this camera specifically to see if I could get a weasel (meat and fish sauce lure), and it paid off! 1185
John Vanek, PhD, AWB® @wild-ecology.bsky.social · 31/01/2025How many newts can you find in this dried vernal pool? #amphibians 020
John Vanek, PhD, AWB® @wild-ecology.bsky.social · 30/01/2025We're hiring a Research Scientist (Zoologist) at the New York Natural Heritage Program! Get paid to do science and lots of field work across the state: esf.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... 000
John Vanek, PhD, AWB® @wild-ecology.bsky.social · 29/01/2025We're experimenting with new survey methods. While we didn't detect our target (Southern Bog Lemming), we did get this lovely Eastern Massasauga, an endangered species in New York. Nice to confirm reproduction is occurring! #snakes 071
John Vanek, PhD, AWB® @wild-ecology.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Good hashtag! A timber rattlesnake from a hilly central hardwood forest in southern Indiana. #snakes 2242
John Vanek, PhD, AWB® @wild-ecology.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Just picked up this beauty (and work paid for it!). Can't wait to dig in. If you liked the little winbugs book of 2010, this is basically the updated and expanded version. Also, while I don't know Marc, I worked with Ken and he's great. Cheers! 000
John Vanek, PhD, AWB® @wild-ecology.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Well this looks awesome! Kéry et al. 2024: Integrated distance sampling models for simple point counts. Ecology. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... 120
John Vanek, PhD, AWB® @wild-ecology.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Wild turkey tracks from the Catskill Mountains of New York. 010
John Vanek, PhD, AWB® @wild-ecology.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Scientist problems... I could only find a metric ruler when I needed a standard for a specific home DIY project... 000