🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾
@chaseprairie.bsky.social
Research Scientist 🌾 Adj Professor
Scicomm 🌾 Env/Sci History 🌾 Comics
history, plants, & goldenrod 🌾🏳️🌈🌾
https://liz.kozik.net
she/her
@negauneeinstitute.bsky.social 🌿 Chicago Botanic Garden 🌿
https://rethinkinglawns.com
Scicomm 🌾 Env/Sci History 🌾 Comics
history, plants, & goldenrod 🌾🏳️🌈🌾
https://liz.kozik.net
she/her
@negauneeinstitute.bsky.social 🌿 Chicago Botanic Garden 🌿
https://rethinkinglawns.com
Pinned
The dissertation! 150 pages of prairie, history, & more pawpaws than you'd expect.
I've sold over 850 copies of this baby, and the world being what it is, it's far too expensive to print another edition right now.
Check it out in pdf form:
drive.google.com/file/d/104cf...
I've sold over 850 copies of this baby, and the world being what it is, it's far too expensive to print another edition right now.
Check it out in pdf form:
drive.google.com/file/d/104cf...
Happy Tu BiShvat!! Shout out to @xercessociety.bsky.social for having a holiday guide for pollinators. More holidays should come with recommending planting lists.
xerces.org/blog/tu-bish...
xerces.org/blog/tu-bish...
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Happy Tu BiShvat!! Shout out to @xercessociety.bsky.social for having a holiday guide for pollinators. More holidays should come with recommending planting lists.
xerces.org/blog/tu-bish...
xerces.org/blog/tu-bish...
Reposted by 🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾
Can you even handle this near-full moon prairie sunset?
February 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Can you even handle this near-full moon prairie sunset?
Hello from another most-beautimus lady, queer icon of the creekside that I met yesterday
February 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Hello from another most-beautimus lady, queer icon of the creekside that I met yesterday
Can you even handle this near-full moon prairie sunset?
February 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Can you even handle this near-full moon prairie sunset?
Gamer voice lets goooooooo
January 31, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Gamer voice lets goooooooo
trying to keep my doomscrolling to a reasonable intake (instead of 24/7) so I've been trying to add observations every day this month. Somehow, I need 26 more observations, but no new species today and tomorrow
January 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM
trying to keep my doomscrolling to a reasonable intake (instead of 24/7) so I've been trying to add observations every day this month. Somehow, I need 26 more observations, but no new species today and tomorrow
OH SHIT biggest hit of the year just dropped:
Mt Cuba released their Solidago (...and euthamia) report
mtcubacenter.org/trials/solid...
Mt Cuba released their Solidago (...and euthamia) report
mtcubacenter.org/trials/solid...
Solidago for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Read Mt. Cuba's goldenrod report from the Trial Garden, which evaluated 70 species, cultivars, and ecotypes.
mtcubacenter.org
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
OH SHIT biggest hit of the year just dropped:
Mt Cuba released their Solidago (...and euthamia) report
mtcubacenter.org/trials/solid...
Mt Cuba released their Solidago (...and euthamia) report
mtcubacenter.org/trials/solid...
Reposted by 🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾
Have gained +2 kestrels to my travel kit, thank you to Hailey at Catbird Creations Co for these two precious angels
www.etsy.com/shop/Catbird...
www.instagram.com/catbird.crea...
www.etsy.com/shop/Catbird...
www.instagram.com/catbird.crea...
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Have gained +2 kestrels to my travel kit, thank you to Hailey at Catbird Creations Co for these two precious angels
www.etsy.com/shop/Catbird...
www.instagram.com/catbird.crea...
www.etsy.com/shop/Catbird...
www.instagram.com/catbird.crea...
Have gained +2 kestrels to my travel kit, thank you to Hailey at Catbird Creations Co for these two precious angels
www.etsy.com/shop/Catbird...
www.instagram.com/catbird.crea...
www.etsy.com/shop/Catbird...
www.instagram.com/catbird.crea...
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Have gained +2 kestrels to my travel kit, thank you to Hailey at Catbird Creations Co for these two precious angels
www.etsy.com/shop/Catbird...
www.instagram.com/catbird.crea...
www.etsy.com/shop/Catbird...
www.instagram.com/catbird.crea...
two excellent 2026 vibes from a tree sparrow in snow:
trying to be in the moment while also being consumed by endless rage
trying to be in the moment while also being consumed by endless rage
January 16, 2026 at 5:37 AM
two excellent 2026 vibes from a tree sparrow in snow:
trying to be in the moment while also being consumed by endless rage
trying to be in the moment while also being consumed by endless rage
Reposted by 🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾
Here's how you add flower species to pollinator observations!
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Here's how you add flower species to pollinator observations!
Reposted by 🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾
Crap, I just looked up my records and unsurprisingly you're right. Then I'm just posting Bombus videos for no reason...
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Crap, I just looked up my records and unsurprisingly you're right. Then I'm just posting Bombus videos for no reason...
yall i made a horrifying discovery last night
I have added flower visitation data to
SEVENTEEN-THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR pollinators
jesus
I have added flower visitation data to
SEVENTEEN-THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR pollinators
jesus
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 AM
yall i made a horrifying discovery last night
I have added flower visitation data to
SEVENTEEN-THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR pollinators
jesus
I have added flower visitation data to
SEVENTEEN-THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR pollinators
jesus
my secret science communication origin story is that I won a writing award in 4th grade for writing a story about the time a kestrel chased a sparrow into the house
this is my first photograph of a wild kestrel ever! My muse!!!!
this is my first photograph of a wild kestrel ever! My muse!!!!
January 14, 2026 at 4:42 AM
my secret science communication origin story is that I won a writing award in 4th grade for writing a story about the time a kestrel chased a sparrow into the house
this is my first photograph of a wild kestrel ever! My muse!!!!
this is my first photograph of a wild kestrel ever! My muse!!!!
Reposted by 🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾
My brain is scanning this to "Shots" by LMFAO, so in my head it's "SHRIKE SHRIKE SHRIKE EVERRRRRRRYBODY!"
January 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
My brain is scanning this to "Shots" by LMFAO, so in my head it's "SHRIKE SHRIKE SHRIKE EVERRRRRRRYBODY!"
SHRIKE SHRIKE SHRIKE!!!!!!
January 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
SHRIKE SHRIKE SHRIKE!!!!!!
science fact: all lady belted kingfishers, including the ones I saw today, are the same individual bird as the sapphic @campmustelid.bsky.social / @nepeteaa.bsky.social stickers.
queer icons of the creekside
us.mushroomy.house/collections/...
queer icons of the creekside
us.mushroomy.house/collections/...
January 4, 2026 at 2:11 AM
science fact: all lady belted kingfishers, including the ones I saw today, are the same individual bird as the sapphic @campmustelid.bsky.social / @nepeteaa.bsky.social stickers.
queer icons of the creekside
us.mushroomy.house/collections/...
queer icons of the creekside
us.mushroomy.house/collections/...
happy spirit moon from dusk today
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 AM
happy spirit moon from dusk today
I've been trying to catch a kingfisher, but somebody else showed up by the river today
December 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I've been trying to catch a kingfisher, but somebody else showed up by the river today
Reposted by 🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾
I love companies being punished for replacing workers with AI. Gimme more
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I love companies being punished for replacing workers with AI. Gimme more
Now this is a year in review I care about
...realizing I'm only 30 away from 3,000 and have thousands of unprocessed photos on my hard drive, i should probably get those uploaded, huh?
...realizing I'm only 30 away from 3,000 and have thousands of unprocessed photos on my hard drive, i should probably get those uploaded, huh?
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Now this is a year in review I care about
...realizing I'm only 30 away from 3,000 and have thousands of unprocessed photos on my hard drive, i should probably get those uploaded, huh?
...realizing I'm only 30 away from 3,000 and have thousands of unprocessed photos on my hard drive, i should probably get those uploaded, huh?
If I was a responsible academic, I'd hide this until I publish on this, but WHO CARES
Spring bee visits to flowers Mar/Apr/May in MN IA WI IL IN MI
What flowers are early season bees, including bumblebee queens, actually visiting?
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Spring bee visits to flowers Mar/Apr/May in MN IA WI IL IN MI
What flowers are early season bees, including bumblebee queens, actually visiting?
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Pollinator Plant Observations in Mar/Apr/May in MN IA WI IL IN MI
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If I was a responsible academic, I'd hide this until I publish on this, but WHO CARES
Spring bee visits to flowers Mar/Apr/May in MN IA WI IL IN MI
What flowers are early season bees, including bumblebee queens, actually visiting?
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Spring bee visits to flowers Mar/Apr/May in MN IA WI IL IN MI
What flowers are early season bees, including bumblebee queens, actually visiting?
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
shout out to our national treasure, the federally endangered rusty patch bumblebee....... dining on reed canary grass
TRASH BEE
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
TRASH BEE
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
October 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
shout out to our national treasure, the federally endangered rusty patch bumblebee....... dining on reed canary grass
TRASH BEE
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
TRASH BEE
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Ok so like... the midwest. Does this need Ohio and/or Missouri?
I've IDed plants in over 6,500 pollinator observations in March, April, May in the red areas. If pressed, I could expand, but I'm waffling.
I've IDed plants in over 6,500 pollinator observations in March, April, May in the red areas. If pressed, I could expand, but I'm waffling.
October 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Ok so like... the midwest. Does this need Ohio and/or Missouri?
I've IDed plants in over 6,500 pollinator observations in March, April, May in the red areas. If pressed, I could expand, but I'm waffling.
I've IDed plants in over 6,500 pollinator observations in March, April, May in the red areas. If pressed, I could expand, but I'm waffling.
Job Posting - University of Illinois
Assistant/Associate Professor in Agroecology
"[...W]ill serve as Director of the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program (ASAP). ASAP aims to promote sustainable food systems while conserving biodiversity."
illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant/Associate Professor in Agroecology
"[...W]ill serve as Director of the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program (ASAP). ASAP aims to promote sustainable food systems while conserving biodiversity."
illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant/Associate Professor in Agroecology
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Job Posting - University of Illinois
Assistant/Associate Professor in Agroecology
"[...W]ill serve as Director of the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program (ASAP). ASAP aims to promote sustainable food systems while conserving biodiversity."
illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant/Associate Professor in Agroecology
"[...W]ill serve as Director of the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program (ASAP). ASAP aims to promote sustainable food systems while conserving biodiversity."
illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...