Friday morning, October 6th, I’m giving a talk on bird collision prevention. Fittingly, the event is facades+ Chicago.

facadesplus.com/chicago/

[ #Inktober Day 2: #Spider ]
I see noisy minors regularly raiding bugs from window spider webs… #birds

[ #inktober2023 Day 1: #Dream ]

Taking another swipe at making it though an Inktober (in general) using #birds as I can manage.
Will also do mostly digital so I can push myself to figuring out this digital art thing more…

Nature: So, what shade of blue would you like to be?

Splendid Fairy-wren: Yes

#urbanNature #wildOz
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Our new paper in @nature shows that protected areas work. They slow wildlife declines by as much as five times. Groups like amphibians and birds benefit most from protected areas. Stellar work with Justin Nowakowski Jessie Deichmann Luke Owen Frishkoff

Link to paper: rdcu.be/dnaFG

One of my fave #bees - lucky find and beautiful shot #ozwildlife

In the latest issue of BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈

High ambient temperature decreases eggshell thickness in Zebra Finches | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Haruka Wada, Leslie Dees Lori Hurley, PhD Simon C. Griffith | #ornithology

I found this old photo of an 8 year old me in a school play as a professor teaching about dinosaur extinction. 40 years later here I am in my academic regalia supporting my graduating conservation biology masters student who is trying to avert bird extinction!

Eucalypts need to be at least 220 years old before they start to form the large hollows used by the Powerful Owl. This is one reason why the preservation of large old trees is important. This design is available on tshirts & other goodies here redbubble.com/shop/ap/152055…
#owl #trees

Let’s settle this once and for all

Know Your Northern Cardinals
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Very excited to get to #vote for the first time in #Australia in about 5 weeks!

At the end of each tall bookcase in St John's College Library there are two little doors behind which is a list of the books on the shelves behind. There are subject headings such as: philologi, philosophi, medici, theologi recentiores, theologi scholastici, historici…

#RIPjimmybuffett Hope you are enjoying some cheeseburgers with a margarita in paradise

Random meeting 11yrs ago on a crazy trip to NoLa with my bestie

Save the date – the #AussieBirdCount is coming up and we can’t wait!

The 2023 event will run from October 16‒22, and registrations are now open.

Register today at aussiebirdcount.org.au and help us make the tenth Aussie Bird Count our biggest and best one yet!

Light is a very dangerous, if not so obvious, threat to birds who migrate at night. But researchers are using weather radar to track birds and provide “lights out” forecasts to help keep their paths clear of visual distraction. trib.al/Svh5lQU

A lovely write-up based on The Book Show interview about The Vitals. Claire Nichols @radionational Charles Perkins Centre abc.net.au/news/2023-08-3…

A #platypus clambering her way up a waterfall, foraging all the way. #Platypuses are surprisingly good climbers.
#Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz