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Dan Baldassarre

@evornithology

Doctor of Birds at SUNY Oswego. Opinions = mine, not representative of NY state government. I run a banding station: @rcbobirds on IG.

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Northern Montezuma wetland complex. Savannah, NY.

07.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Northern Montezuma wetland complex. Savannah, NY.

07.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜ƒ

07.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Found some Snow Geese

06.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Imagine how good you have to be at licking boots to stand out as an even bigger bootlicker than Kristi Noem. This dude is like the Michael Jordan of bootlicking.

05.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's alarming and everything but WHAT ARE THOSE???

05.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Shoot me now

04.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah a lot of social science is like that too. Can be empirical but often using existing datasets. AI could certainly run amok there.

04.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Induced airflow cools hovering bumble bees Abstract. Understanding how flying insects manage heat exchange is critical for predicting their survival in dynamic thermal environments. To fly, insects

This is cool research (see what I did there?)

doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

04.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting to see a take from a social scientist. Seems to me easier to generate an entire research workflow using AI when you don't have to actually collect new data in the field. Perhaps ecology will be more AI-proof because we still need people to go out in the field and collect the data?

04.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a common reply to concerns about GenAI research as if it were just another computational tool that saves us times from tedious tasks and whose accuracy can be rigorously quantified.

It is not.

GenAI research poses at least 2 serious problems... /n

03.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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eBird Checklist - 17 Mar 2025 - Salamat, TD (10,701, 19,852) Quealea Roost 2025 - 4 species Submitted by Fraser Gear.

Sorry that's not true! 10M TRES is most in western hemisphere. Globally, there's a 12M Red-billed Quelea checklist from last year. ebird.org/checklist/S2...

03.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If it’s one of the best spots in the state then it’s one of the best spots in the world! Incredible.

03.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Should be warming up in next week or so!

03.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Van Remsen had 10M Tree Swallows on Louisiana coast, which has the top spot

03.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don't believe the human mind is equipped to process 2.75 million Snow Geese. I've seen about 250k before and it nearly broke me. ebird.org/checklist/S2...

πŸ“· Karl Bardon, eBird

03.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

When does the academic bubble burst? How much time do we have left?

03.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ornithologist, peering into museum drawer: "Ah shit, what am I gonna name this yellow bird with the long bill?"

02.03.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wildlife group sues to protect rare bird in coastal Virginia, North Carolina The population of Wayne’s warblers, which rely on wetland forests, has precipitously declined in recent years.

Based on genetic work from our lab .. let’s go! πŸ¦‰πŸ§ͺ

01.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Albert’s Lyrebird encounter there changed my life

01.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I merely beckon and the birds come to me. I whisper and they answer.

Lamington National Park, ca. 2012

28.02.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

We need a woman as president so desperately. In fact, we need an entirely matriarchal government for at least a few generations. Men have been running wild for a bit too long.

28.02.2026 04:05 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 °C (37 °F) during torpor. 🀯 Turns out birds aren't warm-blooded after all! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

πŸ“· Steve Juhasz

27.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
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lmao what

27.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dolly Parton Is 'So Excited' That East Tennessee Children's Hospital Is Being Renamed in Her Honor Dolly Parton's philanthropic efforts are taking another huge step as the singer announced on Thursday, Feb. 26, that the East Tennessee Children's Hospital has officially been renamed the Dolly Parton...

Musical genius and humanitarian Dolly Parton announces that the East Tennessee Children's Hospital has officially been renamed the Dolly Parton Children's Hospital πŸ¦‹ people.com/dolly-parton...

27.02.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 752 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 20
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Banding cardinals

26.02.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Fcking GOAT really

26.02.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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I relentlessly curate my feed

26.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cat was really in his bag here damn

26.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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I regret to inform you that the evolutionary psychologists are at it again

26.02.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0