Ornithologist/Entomologist/natural history explorer @DelStateUniv Research featured in Smithsonian Magazine/National Geographic/Netflix docuseries Connected
Joined December 2011
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I became aware today that this @NatGeo article was published in July. It highlights the work of my lab with Veeries and their relationship with tropical weather. Thanks to @GregKahn & @Sarah_Gibbens. Enjoy. 🪺🌀
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Our latest paper on the Veery - hurricane relationship. Over a 23-year period, tropical storms and hurricanes were a predictor of the morphology and body condition of Veeries returning to #Delaware. @SciReports #Ornithology
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Latest publication from @eaglehillmaine Neotropical Naturalist: eaglehill.us/neon-pdfs-regul…
#Ornithology #Naturalhistory
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Photuris mysticalampas, also called the mysterious lantern firefly, gives an eerie green glow from dark silent swamp forests #SaveOurPlanet
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A rare wild jade vine (Strongylodon elmeri) I saw deep in the Philippine rainforest in 2022. Unlike the jade vine commonly grown in botanic gardens, this species produces terminal clusters of flowers that hang from long, cable-like vines. Finding it was magical: it lit up the forest and our day 🩵
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Two major hurricanes in the Gulf during peak #birdmigration could be devastating for some #songbird populations. 😧
#Hurricane #Milton has reintensified to a Category 5 hurricane with max winds of 165 mph. Milton is the strongest Atlantic hurricane this late in the calendar year since Wilma (2005).
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"UC San Diego begins requiring climate-change course to graduate in 2028" -- Bravo to @UCSanDiego for raising the bar for the rest of us:
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Today at #AOS24 poster session
Happy anniversary, @MichelleObama! 32 years together, and I couldn’t have asked for a better partner and friend to go through life with.
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It's officially #Firefly season here in the northeast!
L to R: #Fireflies, Photuris witmeri Heckscher, P. figuramuto Heckscher, and P. tremulans Barber. All three can give similar flash patterns, and all three can be found in Central Pennsylvania in June #Lampyridae #Beetles
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Studying migration? The @SciReports Animal Migration Collection submission deadline has been extended to 31 August 2024. This will likely be the final extension! #Migration #Ornithology #Mammalogy #Entomology #Fisheries #Ichthyology #AnimalMigration
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Folks: The deadline for the @SciReports Collection on Animal Migration has been extended to 31 of May 2024. This will be a great group of papers from a variatey of taxa. Consider pulishing with us! #fisheries #Ornithology #Mammalogy #AnimalMigration
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Whoa. Clouded tiger-cat is my new fav wild feline! 🐯 (clouded tiger-cat emoji)
Great to see this esteemed group of authors sort out the elusive 'tiger cats' of the neotropics using camera trap pics and other data. They suggest three species, and conclude that it really is absent from much of the Amazon.
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For those of you that didn't ask, my Google Scholar wordcloud. 👇
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Folks: The deadline for the @SciReports Collection on Animal Migration has been extended to 31 of May 2024. This will be a great group of papers from a variatey of taxa. Consider pulishing with us! #fisheries #Ornithology #Mammalogy #AnimalMigration
nature.com/collections/bfghh…
Don't think MDPI journals are predatory? I (reluctantly) agreed to review a paper. Editor wanted it completed in 14 dys. I asked for 30. They agreed. Just 10 dys in, got message they had 1 review back so I'm excused - they have enough info to proceed. WTAF. #Predatoryjournals
FINAL: Although the 2023 #Hurricane season was slightly above avg (3 MH & ACE 146), the long-term prediction using Veery clutch initiation date and size (3 MH & ACE 70 -130) was better or equaled the accuracy of the CSU forecast on that same date (4 MH & ACE 160). 🐦🪺🙂🧐
🌀The Colorado State (July) Atlantic hurricane forecast calls for 4 Major Hurricanes & an ACE of 160 - an above avg season.
NOAA: 1-4 MH.
The Veery numbers (July) predict a slightly below avg season with 2 - 3 MH and an ACE 70 - 130.
CSU updates their forecast tomorrow🌀🧐
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I'm guessing the # of Travel, Participation & Research awards from @AmOrnith to Cornell students (>$10B endowment) in 1 avg yr exceeds all ever awarded to HBCU Tuskeegie, FAMU & Del State (<$300M endow. comb). But inclusion's priority so let's change some bird names😃#Ornithology
BREAKING: AOS will change all English bird names currently named after people within its geographic jurisdiction—one step in an effort to address past wrongs and engage more people in the enjoyment, protection and study of birds. americanornithology.org/abou… #BirdNames
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So, we're concerned about diversity and inclusion in ornithology and birding?? Please tell me, what % of @AmOrnith Research, Participation, Travel, and Achievement Awards, have gone to students and researchers at HBCUs or other US minority-serving institutions?
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