McCormick Place Lakeside Center has wrapped up its latest effort to keep its glass facade safe for birds. The upgrades come in time for the migratory birds now passing through Chicago on their long journey south. trib.al/nSpUVoh

Y’all not only does this little storybook trail feature a book about bird calls centered around a nesting robin (“Have you heard the nesting bird” by Rita Gray and Kenard Pak) but the story ends with a board encouraging patrons to download and use Merlin Bird ID!

Dear friends who write NSF GRFP rec letters, this year rec letters are due BEFORE the applications, so about 10 days earlier than normal on Oct. 11. Please don't let NSF's deadline change on rec letters screw over the applicants in your lives.

This White-tailed Deer did not want me to walk down this trail! (don't worry, after I took this video I turned around and let her have the trail without getting any closer)

They say the average marine biologist delivers 5 squid facts a day, but that is actually a statistical error. Sarah McAnulty, whose squid facts hotline texts 37,540 facts a day, is an outlier and should not have been counted.

time for my annual tweet on the matter: a big reason that many people don’t evacuate for hurricanes is because they can’t afford to. remember that when you report on people who died despite ‘mandatory’ evacuation orders.

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I love teaching college students andI can’t wait to get back to it, but I’m also having so much fun assisting my mom’s preschool classes Today we went on a hay ride with the kids and picked pumpkins at a local family farm!

Oh man this storm is going to be catastrophic tallahassee.com/story/news/hur…

This isn’t sarcasm (obviously), Waffle House closing preemptively is a terrible sign, really hoping folks have made it to safety

And healthcare expenses!

did the gales of november write this tweet