Congrats on your position also!!
Congrats on your position also!!
As a person who was postdocing at 40, I see you and maaaaan ohhhh man does it feel good to finally have job and financial security in my 41st trip around the sun
Pretty sure your vote is already in this poll!!
For the #FieldBiologist s out there, I present to you the top rubber boot recommendations fr a survey i once ran on π¦ (RIP). It is almost time for #FieldWork!
#FieldGear #RubberBoots #Footwear
@evornithology.bsky.social @bethmacshack.bsky.social
Stuffed skin of a duck from a museum collection.
New species of steamer duck, the Chiloe steamer duck (Tachyeres ketru), distinguished on the basis of bill color and vocalizations: audiornis.org/journal/arti... πͺΆπ§ͺ (π·LΓ³pez-LanΓΊs & Costa)
That is - excuse me - fβn bonkers
Well this is fcking crazy. Work from @msbbirds.bsky.social and others found that Black Metaltail hummingbirds can drop their body temperature down to 3 Β°C (37 Β°F) during torpor. π€― Turns out birds aren't warm-blooded after all! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...
π· Steve Juhasz
Maybe we should bring back lead in paint
New gallery in my portfolio! #sciart #birds
Take a look πππ
www.drawfolio.com/en/portfolio...
A little trip into the boreal forest today. Northern Hawk Owl, Grey (Canada) Jay πͺΆπ¨π¦
#birds #birding #BorealBirds #Saskatchewan
I had the privilege of meeting Kirsty Duncan back in 2017. She was warm and sincere. She was our first and only π¨π¦ Minister of Science who was a trained scientist. She consistently worked for positive meaningful change in all her government roles. Condolences to her family and friends.
My annual "DO IT!" encouragement post!
Selfishly, my time on CSEE council was the highlight of my PhD, it opened doors and opportunities that research alone did not. And I think we accomplished some good things for the society! π§ͺπ
What could go wrong?
The National Institutes of Health has announced it will no longer fund research involving human fetal tissue from elective abortions. https://scim.ag/49D4Zkj
Beautiful prairie winter days in Saskatoon π¨π¦
#saskatchewan #winter #beauty
Snowy Owls in Saskatchewan πͺΆπ¨π¦
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds #birding
Crested pigeons. Credit: Patrick_K59, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
In at no. 7 of our most popular papers of the year, we have a #BiologyLetters study that discovered up to 6% of individuals in five wild #bird species naturally switch sex, with genetically male birds developing female traits and vice versa: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Sounds like it could be Crossfireβ¦
Sadly cannot afford to buy 40 pairs of Razors! π
Fellow #birders: has anyone used the Vortex Crossfire 8x42 #binoculars? Pros? Cons? How do they do in very cold weather?
Im looking into affordable options for my Ornithology students; iβve only used Diamondbacks
@evornithology.bsky.social @dmennill.bsky.social @saskajanet.bsky.social
Bright green and yellow bird perched on a branch, holding a small fruit in its beak, surrounded by leafy rainforest vegetation.
A bonus #birdoftheday highlighting #naturespantry
This male Golden-naped Chlorophonia was enjoying the berries in the Talamanca mountains of #CostaRica
#birds #nature
Saskatoon was absolutely stunning last night π€©π
#Saskatchewan #NightSky #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights
The story on chemical communication in #poisonfrogs doesn't stop with the sexy fingers! "Histological and Gene Expression Analyses of the Arm and Finger Macroglands of Two Hyloxalus Frogs" is the new paper by the super talented Diana Abondano (Link in comments)! Out now in MolEcol. #cienciacriollaπ¨π΄
I've been avoiding reading articles on the death of James Watson, co-discoverer of #DNA's structure.
That is, until I saw that @statnews.com published one by Sharon Begley, a renowned science writer who passed in 2021.
Yes, you read that right.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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Totally
Our newest Special Feature, "Implications of Changing Snowscapes for Animal Ecology", is now accepting proposals. It aims to highlight the importance of changing snow conditions in animal ecology. π¨οΈ
Read more and submit your proposal here:
What will they be analyzing from this, and how? Are they proposing to replicate the expert, trained review cteβs work? If so, assuming they find different scored, how would they reasonably argue the validity / superiority of their findings? What are the metrics? Where is the capacity or skill? 2/2
Ethical and privacy issues (of which there are many) aside, Iβd like to know who will and how theyβre planning to analyze these data. 25 yrs of all graduate and faculty Tri Councils applications, funded or not, across the country, with the level of detail theyβve asked for is big data β¦ 1/2
We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
Fellow researchers and scholars in π¨π¦ i strongly encourage you to submit a letter to this committee and consider signing the open letter.
Rather than email the SRSR chair, you csn email the official committee email: srsr@parl.gc.ca