Shelby Lawson
@shelbylawson.bsky.social
🐦 Ornithologist studying avian behavioral ecology, perception, and communication | UIUC PhD alumni | She/her Feminist 🏳️🌈 BLM | Formally known as bird_sock on the bird app
Shelbylawson.weebly.com
Shelbylawson.weebly.com
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
NEWS: CUTE DUCKLING VIDEO ALERT!!! 🪶 🐣
May 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
NEWS: CUTE DUCKLING VIDEO ALERT!!! 🪶 🐣
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
no one:
people in Maryland:
people in Maryland:
May 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
no one:
people in Maryland:
people in Maryland:
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
Trump Opens Up Nation’s Aquariums To Commercial Fishing
theonion.com/trump-o...
theonion.com/trump-o...
Trump Opens Up Nation’s Aquariums To Commercial Fishing
WASHINGTON—Claiming that preservation efforts had impeded U.S. seafood production for far too long, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he had opened up the nation’s aquariums to commercial fishing. “Starting today, fishermen will finally be allowed to sail into America’s protected aquariums, drop a net in any marine exhibit they please, and begin trawling,” Trump […]
theonion.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump Opens Up Nation’s Aquariums To Commercial Fishing
theonion.com/trump-o...
theonion.com/trump-o...
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
Everybody will learn this lesson or they will go down with the fascist ship.
April 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Everybody will learn this lesson or they will go down with the fascist ship.
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
The existential national crucible that Donald Trump has brought to the fore with his experiment in disappearing people to a torture gulag in El Salvador presents us with one of the starkest test of values and the constitution our country has ever faced. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/has-americ...
Has America Reached the End of the Road?
Donald Trump has forced the one crisis that will tell us who we are.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
April 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The existential national crucible that Donald Trump has brought to the fore with his experiment in disappearing people to a torture gulag in El Salvador presents us with one of the starkest test of values and the constitution our country has ever faced. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/has-americ...
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
Brown-headed Cowbird message to host species everywhere:
April 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Brown-headed Cowbird message to host species everywhere:
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
Oh to be a red-eared snapper turtle sunning oneself in a pond at a centuries-old zen temple in the ancient shogunal capital.
April 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Oh to be a red-eared snapper turtle sunning oneself in a pond at a centuries-old zen temple in the ancient shogunal capital.
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
New research shows that yellow warblers in the Galápagos behave more aggressively when exposed to road noise. #ornithology
Traffic noise turns Galápagos warblers into angry birds
Traffic noise isn’t just unpleasant; in the Galápagos Islands, it can also make songbirds aggressive, a recent study has found. Once famed for their undisturbed natural ecosystems, the Galápagos…
news.mongabay.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New research shows that yellow warblers in the Galápagos behave more aggressively when exposed to road noise. #ornithology
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually
April 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
Happy Trans Day of Visibility. I see you and <3 you
March 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Happy Trans Day of Visibility. I see you and <3 you
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
This dude was singing loudly even with food in his mouth. What a beauty! 🪶
March 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This dude was singing loudly even with food in his mouth. What a beauty! 🪶
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
Sure, they may be one of the most (if not the absolute most) abundant #birds in North America and I see them all of the time, but I'll never get enough photos of my beloved Red-winged Blackbirds.
Short thread of photos (of my first-ever research study species):
1/5
Short thread of photos (of my first-ever research study species):
1/5
March 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Sure, they may be one of the most (if not the absolute most) abundant #birds in North America and I see them all of the time, but I'll never get enough photos of my beloved Red-winged Blackbirds.
Short thread of photos (of my first-ever research study species):
1/5
Short thread of photos (of my first-ever research study species):
1/5
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
March 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
March 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
This is spectacular news.
March 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This is spectacular news.
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
Look I have zero excuses for this, but the idea popped into my head and now it's in your head, sorry
March 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Look I have zero excuses for this, but the idea popped into my head and now it's in your head, sorry
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
(seeing FBI agents sprinting in my direction as I'm being stabbed) Oh thank god I'm--(they run past me and tackle a guy who's flipping off a tesla)
March 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
(seeing FBI agents sprinting in my direction as I'm being stabbed) Oh thank god I'm--(they run past me and tackle a guy who's flipping off a tesla)
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
It's Timberdoodle Tuesday!!
March 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's Timberdoodle Tuesday!!
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
March 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
With NSF funding for this project eliminated, we're seeking your support for our joint initiative with @amornith.bsky.social and @fieldornith.bsky.social to promote diversity and belonging in #ornithology. Please help spread the word!
Donate to Help Flocks take flights for ornithologists!, organized by Ashley Dayer
We all need a space to feel we belong and where we are supported. This is wh… Ashley Dayer needs your support for Help Flocks take flights for ornithologists!
www.gofundme.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
With NSF funding for this project eliminated, we're seeking your support for our joint initiative with @amornith.bsky.social and @fieldornith.bsky.social to promote diversity and belonging in #ornithology. Please help spread the word!
Reposted by Shelby Lawson
Hi new followers, I’m Sarah!
Do you know that literary trope where a character is eaten alive by a dark secret and is forced to publicly confess it? That’s how I feel about every cool fact I learn, and until I can get back to teaching again they’re all coming out here, so buckle up!
Do you know that literary trope where a character is eaten alive by a dark secret and is forced to publicly confess it? That’s how I feel about every cool fact I learn, and until I can get back to teaching again they’re all coming out here, so buckle up!
October 22, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Hi new followers, I’m Sarah!
Do you know that literary trope where a character is eaten alive by a dark secret and is forced to publicly confess it? That’s how I feel about every cool fact I learn, and until I can get back to teaching again they’re all coming out here, so buckle up!
Do you know that literary trope where a character is eaten alive by a dark secret and is forced to publicly confess it? That’s how I feel about every cool fact I learn, and until I can get back to teaching again they’re all coming out here, so buckle up!