Dr Alex Bond
@thelabandfield.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🇨🇦🐧 Conservation, curator in charge of birbs, island hopper, climber, connoisseur of fine teas, biscuit fiend, v left, queer af, Erdős–Bacon = 8, he/him.
📍 Tring & Milton Keynes, UK
https://linktr.ee/albnd
📍 Tring & Milton Keynes, UK
https://linktr.ee/albnd
I can assure you, I am most definitely not "on a roll with L*nkedIn"
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I can assure you, I am most definitely not "on a roll with L*nkedIn"
Let's just not talk about 2012 ok... 😬
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Let's just not talk about 2012 ok... 😬
OK folks no more parrots. We have to make to with the species we have because there is just not enough room in the type cabinets for any more new parrots (including cockatoos, lorikeets, macaws, and their friends).
Thank you.
Thank you.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
OK folks no more parrots. We have to make to with the species we have because there is just not enough room in the type cabinets for any more new parrots (including cockatoos, lorikeets, macaws, and their friends).
Thank you.
Thank you.
"Finally! Someone is sorting it out!" [that isn't me]
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Finally! Someone is sorting it out!" [that isn't me]
"Is that a ... ?"
"A type specimen of Himalayan Snowcock? Why yes it is!"
"A type specimen of Himalayan Snowcock? Why yes it is!"
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"Is that a ... ?"
"A type specimen of Himalayan Snowcock? Why yes it is!"
"A type specimen of Himalayan Snowcock? Why yes it is!"
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Exciting!
Endangered, cryptic eastern ground parrot found well outside known areas of occurrence in Narawntapu National Park
Endangered, cryptic eastern ground parrot found well outside known areas of occurrence in Narawntapu National Park
Endangered parrot found in northern Tasmania for first time in decades
The presence of an endangered and "cryptic" parrot species at a northern Tasmanian national park has been hailed as "very good news" by a bird expert.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Exciting!
Endangered, cryptic eastern ground parrot found well outside known areas of occurrence in Narawntapu National Park
Endangered, cryptic eastern ground parrot found well outside known areas of occurrence in Narawntapu National Park
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I like his mother too: “Art and museums are living spaces,” she said. “Life without art is not life.”
Also, "The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." That's exactly the energy I needed. Especially from a 15-year-old French boy, in these uncertain times.
Also, "The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." That's exactly the energy I needed. Especially from a 15-year-old French boy, in these uncertain times.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I like his mother too: “Art and museums are living spaces,” she said. “Life without art is not life.”
Also, "The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." That's exactly the energy I needed. Especially from a 15-year-old French boy, in these uncertain times.
Also, "The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." That's exactly the energy I needed. Especially from a 15-year-old French boy, in these uncertain times.
Wait, people are claiming the BBC was biased IN FAVOUR of trans folks‽
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Wait, people are claiming the BBC was biased IN FAVOUR of trans folks‽
If Webster ever runs for office:
a) this will be his campaign shot
b) oh no
a) this will be his campaign shot
b) oh no
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
If Webster ever runs for office:
a) this will be his campaign shot
b) oh no
a) this will be his campaign shot
b) oh no
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Look, at the point when your game of dress-up results in a month-long mystery around a robbery at the Louvre, I think it’s fair to say you’ve made your dream come true
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Look, at the point when your game of dress-up results in a month-long mystery around a robbery at the Louvre, I think it’s fair to say you’ve made your dream come true
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It’s our 13th episode! UNLUCKY for some… but not for @joshlukedavis.com and @nhcooper123.bsky.social as they share their favourite UNLUCKY specimens. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JwGf... Yes we know some might be considered LUCKY depending on how you look at it! Picking stuff is hard! 🤣
What's beautiful and smells like vomit? | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep13
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
m.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s our 13th episode! UNLUCKY for some… but not for @joshlukedavis.com and @nhcooper123.bsky.social as they share their favourite UNLUCKY specimens. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JwGf... Yes we know some might be considered LUCKY depending on how you look at it! Picking stuff is hard! 🤣
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Frankly I’m with Lubo
And finally, Lubo’s message to the young: LESS COMPUTER, MORE COLLECTING
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Frankly I’m with Lubo
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Time to make the Christmas cake!!
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Time to make the Christmas cake!!
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Our paper on tinamou evolution is finally out in @systbiol.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Our paper on tinamou evolution is finally out in @systbiol.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
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the fear of checking your notifications and not knowing if it's 30+ like 31 or 30+ like the international society of pedantic strangers just reviewed your post at their annual conference
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
the fear of checking your notifications and not knowing if it's 30+ like 31 or 30+ like the international society of pedantic strangers just reviewed your post at their annual conference
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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I'm just surprised no one's done this yet.
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I'm just surprised no one's done this yet.
Weekends are for being lazy
(I did have some work today to meet a deadline and will claim back the time later)
(I did have some work today to meet a deadline and will claim back the time later)
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Weekends are for being lazy
(I did have some work today to meet a deadline and will claim back the time later)
(I did have some work today to meet a deadline and will claim back the time later)
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oh yeah ok this is super cool
not only did they find a gynandromorph spider, it also turned out to be a new species! 🤯🧪🕷️
not only did they find a gynandromorph spider, it also turned out to be a new species! 🤯🧪🕷️
#Science #Entomology #Arachnids #Spiders
Scientists Found a Half-Male, Half-Female Spider in Thailand and It’s Fascinating www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Scientists Found a Half-Male, Half-Female Spider in Thailand and It’s Fascinating www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Scientists Found a Half-Male, Half-Female Spider in Thailand and It’s Fascinating
Scientists named the half-male, half-female spider after an One Piece anime character who can change sex at will.
www.zmescience.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
oh yeah ok this is super cool
not only did they find a gynandromorph spider, it also turned out to be a new species! 🤯🧪🕷️
not only did they find a gynandromorph spider, it also turned out to be a new species! 🤯🧪🕷️
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
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All subject areas are of interest (so long as the focus is #ornithology & #conservation); however, we’re particularly keen to hear from folks with expertise in:
- climate change
- bushfire
- habitat loss
- species distribution models
- invasive species
- ecotox
- quantitative & movement ecology
- climate change
- bushfire
- habitat loss
- species distribution models
- invasive species
- ecotox
- quantitative & movement ecology
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
All subject areas are of interest (so long as the focus is #ornithology & #conservation); however, we’re particularly keen to hear from folks with expertise in:
- climate change
- bushfire
- habitat loss
- species distribution models
- invasive species
- ecotox
- quantitative & movement ecology
- climate change
- bushfire
- habitat loss
- species distribution models
- invasive species
- ecotox
- quantitative & movement ecology
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Are you an #ECR working with #birds and looking to put your critical writing skills to use? Consider joining our team at ‘Avian Conservation & Ecology’ as a Subject Editor ace-eco.org/our-editors/
Avian Conservation and Ecology: Our Editors
ace-eco.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Are you an #ECR working with #birds and looking to put your critical writing skills to use? Consider joining our team at ‘Avian Conservation & Ecology’ as a Subject Editor ace-eco.org/our-editors/
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In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...