C. Ray Chandler
@crcbiologist.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus at Georgia Southern Biology with interests in ornithology, conservation, prescribed fire, and restoration of longleaf-wiregrass.
Scenes from the sandhill today. Gopher Tortoise burrow, Balduina angustifoila (Yellow Buttons), and Polygonella fimbriata (Sandhill Jointweed).
October 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Scenes from the sandhill today. Gopher Tortoise burrow, Balduina angustifoila (Yellow Buttons), and Polygonella fimbriata (Sandhill Jointweed).
Are you a grad student working on the conservation or management of #herps in this region? Then be sure to check out the Orianne Society's grant program. Multiple awards and increased funding this year. Due date in November. #reptiles #amphibians www.oriannesociety.org/science-init...
September 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Are you a grad student working on the conservation or management of #herps in this region? Then be sure to check out the Orianne Society's grant program. Multiple awards and increased funding this year. Due date in November. #reptiles #amphibians www.oriannesociety.org/science-init...
Time to relax!
September 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Time to relax!
Grant money for graduate research on #reptile or #amphibian conservation or management in the Southeast. Several awards of $2500 each. Please share widely.
August 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Grant money for graduate research on #reptile or #amphibian conservation or management in the Southeast. Several awards of $2500 each. Please share widely.
I got this nice poster in 2008. Only took 17 years to get it framed.
July 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I got this nice poster in 2008. Only took 17 years to get it framed.
Went back to the kite hootenanny in Tattnall County and found about 120 Swallow-tailed Kites. My friend Steve Vives got a nice shot of one of the #birds. They are feasting on dragonflies and something they are snatching directly off the weeds (junebugs?).
July 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Went back to the kite hootenanny in Tattnall County and found about 120 Swallow-tailed Kites. My friend Steve Vives got a nice shot of one of the #birds. They are feasting on dragonflies and something they are snatching directly off the weeds (junebugs?).
Big Diamondback that @thesnakedude.bsky.social and I relocated to a nice sandhill from near a house with 3 kids. A solid 4-footer.
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Big Diamondback that @thesnakedude.bsky.social and I relocated to a nice sandhill from near a house with 3 kids. A solid 4-footer.
Found this nice youngster on the family farm. Making progress on habitat restoration. #gophertortoise
July 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Found this nice youngster on the family farm. Making progress on habitat restoration. #gophertortoise
Fascinating reading about the botanists that saved the world largest seed collection during the siege of Leningrad.
May 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Fascinating reading about the botanists that saved the world largest seed collection during the siege of Leningrad.
Interested in conservation of reptiles and amphibians? Check out the great work by @oriannesociety.bsky.social. #herps www.oriannesociety.org/science-init...
Publications
This page contains a citation list of publications that have been authored by The Orianne Society staff.
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April 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Interested in conservation of reptiles and amphibians? Check out the great work by @oriannesociety.bsky.social. #herps www.oriannesociety.org/science-init...
My native cycad (Zamia integrifolia) was hit hard by the snow and cold temps this winter. It’s finally putting up new leaves. #nativeplants
April 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My native cycad (Zamia integrifolia) was hit hard by the snow and cold temps this winter. It’s finally putting up new leaves. #nativeplants
Reposted by C. Ray Chandler
*** Academic BFD alert ***
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
*** Academic BFD alert ***
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by C. Ray Chandler
We recently published a paper in the Journal for Nature Conservation. Working alongside partners from the National Genomics Center, Central Florida Zoo, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Illinois Natural History Survey, and Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, we examined the effectiveness...
April 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We recently published a paper in the Journal for Nature Conservation. Working alongside partners from the National Genomics Center, Central Florida Zoo, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Illinois Natural History Survey, and Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, we examined the effectiveness...
The big compound leaves of Aralia spinosa and its well-armed stem. The thorns give it its common name, Devil's Walking Stick. I usually find in on banks or slopes above wet areas. #nativeplants
April 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The big compound leaves of Aralia spinosa and its well-armed stem. The thorns give it its common name, Devil's Walking Stick. I usually find in on banks or slopes above wet areas. #nativeplants
Found this youngster on the sandhill today. About 6 inches carapace length.
April 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Found this youngster on the sandhill today. About 6 inches carapace length.
Thirty years ago Chinese Tallow was scarce around Statesboro. It’s ubiquitous now.
April 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thirty years ago Chinese Tallow was scarce around Statesboro. It’s ubiquitous now.
A Swainson’s Warbler was belting out his song today in this thicket along a slow stream. Candler County, GA.
April 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A Swainson’s Warbler was belting out his song today in this thicket along a slow stream. Candler County, GA.
More spring #wildflowers. This is Lupinus diffusus.
April 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
More spring #wildflowers. This is Lupinus diffusus.
Old rural churches are usually on sandhills around here. They are good places to see sandhill #wildflowers: Pinewoods Milkweed (Asclepias humistrata) and Sundial Lupine (Lupinus perennis). The ubiquitous child graves are a reminder that hard times are not that far in the past.
April 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Old rural churches are usually on sandhills around here. They are good places to see sandhill #wildflowers: Pinewoods Milkweed (Asclepias humistrata) and Sundial Lupine (Lupinus perennis). The ubiquitous child graves are a reminder that hard times are not that far in the past.
Poor cellphone pic, but this is 1 of 2 Bald Eagles that recently fledged from a nest on the family farm. I came across them in the woods near the nest (they stick around for awhile), but they started soaring before I could get the phone out. #birds
April 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Poor cellphone pic, but this is 1 of 2 Bald Eagles that recently fledged from a nest on the family farm. I came across them in the woods near the nest (they stick around for awhile), but they started soaring before I could get the phone out. #birds