Rob Miller🦅🦉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@raptorrob.bsky.social
Research Biologist, Intermountain Bird Observatory @ Boise State U- studying American Goshawks, Short-eared Owls, Flammulated Owls, and migration. Cycling, cross-country skiing, hiking, wildlife. Multiple Myeloma cancer patient (partial remission) He/Him
Just finished a fantastic trip to Yellowstone National Park! (Thank You Park Service - America's best idea!). Lots of cool predators (wolves, coyote, fox, grizzly, black bear, badger, lots of raptors). My favorite raptor photo - Red-tailed Hawk with Uinta Ground Squirrel. #BirdsofPrey #raptors
May 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Just finished a fantastic trip to Yellowstone National Park! (Thank You Park Service - America's best idea!). Lots of cool predators (wolves, coyote, fox, grizzly, black bear, badger, lots of raptors). My favorite raptor photo - Red-tailed Hawk with Uinta Ground Squirrel. #BirdsofPrey #raptors
(1/2) My latest research manuscript (my 20th!). This study provides important insight into an emerging disease affecting Sharp-shinned Hawks. #raptorResearch #BirdsOfPrey
meridian.allenpress.com/rapt/article...
meridian.allenpress.com/rapt/article...
April 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
(1/2) My latest research manuscript (my 20th!). This study provides important insight into an emerging disease affecting Sharp-shinned Hawks. #raptorResearch #BirdsOfPrey
meridian.allenpress.com/rapt/article...
meridian.allenpress.com/rapt/article...
Our introduction to raptor handling and banding workshop registration is open. Workshop is held in Idaho, USA in September, led by yours truly. (birds handled with all necessary federal, state, and local permits).
Details: www.boisestate.edu/ibo/2025/03/...
Details: www.boisestate.edu/ibo/2025/03/...
2025 Workshop: Introduction To Raptor Handling and Banding
Join our “Introduction to Raptor Handling and Banding Techniques” 4-day workshop at our Lucky Peak Research Station in Boise, Idaho!
www.boisestate.edu
March 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Our introduction to raptor handling and banding workshop registration is open. Workshop is held in Idaho, USA in September, led by yours truly. (birds handled with all necessary federal, state, and local permits).
Details: www.boisestate.edu/ibo/2025/03/...
Details: www.boisestate.edu/ibo/2025/03/...
We hear lots of news about golden eagle mortality by wind turbines. However, this is not the largest source of mortality in the western US. Any guesses?
Illegal shooting... Needless and disgusting! (Katzner et al. 2020, Millsap et al. 2022)
#birdsofprey #raptorResearch #conservation #Birds
Illegal shooting... Needless and disgusting! (Katzner et al. 2020, Millsap et al. 2022)
#birdsofprey #raptorResearch #conservation #Birds
March 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We hear lots of news about golden eagle mortality by wind turbines. However, this is not the largest source of mortality in the western US. Any guesses?
Illegal shooting... Needless and disgusting! (Katzner et al. 2020, Millsap et al. 2022)
#birdsofprey #raptorResearch #conservation #Birds
Illegal shooting... Needless and disgusting! (Katzner et al. 2020, Millsap et al. 2022)
#birdsofprey #raptorResearch #conservation #Birds
American Goshawk nest tree during a late spring snowstorm, 2012. Amazing aspen tree. #goshawksRule #kakkakkak #BirdsofPrey #RaptorResearch #Birds
March 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
American Goshawk nest tree during a late spring snowstorm, 2012. Amazing aspen tree. #goshawksRule #kakkakkak #BirdsofPrey #RaptorResearch #Birds
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Four coyotes and a dozen Common Ravens challenging a grizzly bear over a bison carcass.
Yellowstone National Park May 2024
#NationalParkService America’s Best Idea
Yellowstone National Park May 2024
#NationalParkService America’s Best Idea
February 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Four coyotes and a dozen Common Ravens challenging a grizzly bear over a bison carcass.
Yellowstone National Park May 2024
#NationalParkService America’s Best Idea
Yellowstone National Park May 2024
#NationalParkService America’s Best Idea
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Saddle-billed Stork, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique 2017. #waderWednesday #waterWednesday #birds
February 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Saddle-billed Stork, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique 2017. #waderWednesday #waterWednesday #birds
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What can you do about the assault on USAID?
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Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
February 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What can you do about the assault on USAID?
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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February 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) talons. Respect! Idaho, USA 2020. #talonTuesday #raptorResearch #birdsOfPrey #birds
January 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) talons. Respect! Idaho, USA 2020. #talonTuesday #raptorResearch #birdsOfPrey #birds
Our paper accepted for publication in J. of Raptor Research. Will share link when online.
Erickson, Mathiason, Alioto, Allen, Crocker, Miller, Nicoletti, and Radley. Oral Capillariasis in Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus) During Fall and Spring Migration
#raptorResearch #birds #birdsOfPrey
Erickson, Mathiason, Alioto, Allen, Crocker, Miller, Nicoletti, and Radley. Oral Capillariasis in Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus) During Fall and Spring Migration
#raptorResearch #birds #birdsOfPrey
January 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our paper accepted for publication in J. of Raptor Research. Will share link when online.
Erickson, Mathiason, Alioto, Allen, Crocker, Miller, Nicoletti, and Radley. Oral Capillariasis in Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus) During Fall and Spring Migration
#raptorResearch #birds #birdsOfPrey
Erickson, Mathiason, Alioto, Allen, Crocker, Miller, Nicoletti, and Radley. Oral Capillariasis in Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus) During Fall and Spring Migration
#raptorResearch #birds #birdsOfPrey
Great afternoon walk along the Boise River (Idaho, USA). My best two photos - Common Merganser and Bald Eagle. Both eagles were within 100 m of the nest that they have been working on.
January 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Great afternoon walk along the Boise River (Idaho, USA). My best two photos - Common Merganser and Bald Eagle. Both eagles were within 100 m of the nest that they have been working on.
Young Cooper's Hawk (Second-Year, ~8 months old) in our local nature reserve. We saw an adult about 500 m away, but no photos. #birds #raptors #birdsOfPrey
January 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Young Cooper's Hawk (Second-Year, ~8 months old) in our local nature reserve. We saw an adult about 500 m away, but no photos. #birds #raptors #birdsOfPrey
Surreal to be at a musical about our country's founding while it is currently being torn apart. But, this is our most anticipated show of our season tickets. #Hamilton #broadwayInBoise #dateNight
January 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Surreal to be at a musical about our country's founding while it is currently being torn apart. But, this is our most anticipated show of our season tickets. #Hamilton #broadwayInBoise #dateNight
As a cancer patient, and a human being, this is disgusting. I used to have UHC insurance (the worst I have ever had). I even won a class action lawsuit on one of their previous "screw the patient" schemes.
UnitedHealth has overcharged some cancer patients for medicine by over 1,000%.
An FTC report finds that OptumRx, United Health's pharmacy benefit manager, has made billions by charging patients a huge markup for life-saving drugs.
www.yahoo.com/news/unitedh...
An FTC report finds that OptumRx, United Health's pharmacy benefit manager, has made billions by charging patients a huge markup for life-saving drugs.
www.yahoo.com/news/unitedh...
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
www.yahoo.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
As a cancer patient, and a human being, this is disgusting. I used to have UHC insurance (the worst I have ever had). I even won a class action lawsuit on one of their previous "screw the patient" schemes.
Adult male Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho, USA, September 2015. One of the ten woodpecker species I study in Idaho. #woodpeckerWednesday #Birds #addBirder
January 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Adult male Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho, USA, September 2015. One of the ten woodpecker species I study in Idaho. #woodpeckerWednesday #Birds #addBirder
American Goshawk, "Purple 2U" (color band not visible) is at least 9 years old. Banded in 2018 as full adult. She has successfully raised young in all but 1 year since 2018, almost always having 3 offspring. Can't wait to meet up with her again in June. #Birds #RaptorResearch #addBirder
January 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
American Goshawk, "Purple 2U" (color band not visible) is at least 9 years old. Banded in 2018 as full adult. She has successfully raised young in all but 1 year since 2018, almost always having 3 offspring. Can't wait to meet up with her again in June. #Birds #RaptorResearch #addBirder
As part of my job I manage a number of projects for surveying woodpeckers. Within the Boise National Forest (Idaho, USA) we survey for Pileated, White-headed, and Black-backed Woodpeckers. Here is a photo of a Pileated Woodpecker I took in May of 2023. #woodpeckerWednesday #Birds
January 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As part of my job I manage a number of projects for surveying woodpeckers. Within the Boise National Forest (Idaho, USA) we survey for Pileated, White-headed, and Black-backed Woodpeckers. Here is a photo of a Pileated Woodpecker I took in May of 2023. #woodpeckerWednesday #Birds
I am glad that I evicted the invasive squirrels yesterday, as a Western Screech-owl decided to check out my nest box this morning. They checked it out last year, but didn't end up using it, although they spent more than a couple months in our yard after they fledged! #birds #birdsOfPrey #Owls
January 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I am glad that I evicted the invasive squirrels yesterday, as a Western Screech-owl decided to check out my nest box this morning. They checked it out last year, but didn't end up using it, although they spent more than a couple months in our yard after they fledged! #birds #birdsOfPrey #Owls
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits
Three American Goshawk Fledglings, 2018, Sawtooth National Forest, Utah, USA. #goshawksRule #kakkakkak #BirdsofPrey #Birds
The three spirits
Three American Goshawk Fledglings, 2018, Sawtooth National Forest, Utah, USA. #goshawksRule #kakkakkak #BirdsofPrey #Birds
December 24, 2024 at 8:14 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits
Three American Goshawk Fledglings, 2018, Sawtooth National Forest, Utah, USA. #goshawksRule #kakkakkak #BirdsofPrey #Birds
The three spirits
Three American Goshawk Fledglings, 2018, Sawtooth National Forest, Utah, USA. #goshawksRule #kakkakkak #BirdsofPrey #Birds
Broadway in Boise date night!
December 18, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Broadway in Boise date night!
Awesome work by one of IBO Team Goshawk's collaborators. We contributed blood samples from our adult and nestlings goshawks to help in this effort. Congratulations! www.boisestate.edu/news/2024/11...
Hudon's research leads to groundbreaking conservation science patent
Choosing a career in research demands a Sisyphean commitment – balancing persistence through setbacks with...
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December 16, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Awesome work by one of IBO Team Goshawk's collaborators. We contributed blood samples from our adult and nestlings goshawks to help in this effort. Congratulations! www.boisestate.edu/news/2024/11...
Wow, way to counter the industry trend and actually support students!
Important news: The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology will be transitioning to a new publishing partner, Taylor & Francis, for 2025—and eliminating page charges! wilsonsociety.org/2024/12/11/w...
WJO to eliminate page charges, transition to Taylor & Francis
In 2025, the WJO will be moving to a new publishing partner, Taylor and Francis.
wilsonsociety.org
December 12, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Wow, way to counter the industry trend and actually support students!