Andy Boyce
@andyjboyce.bsky.social
Research Ecologist. Improper Ideologist, Birder. Grasslands and tropical forests. Montana resident.
Jaeger/tern photo from Massachusetts submitted in thanks for the quiz.
September 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Jaeger/tern photo from Massachusetts submitted in thanks for the quiz.
But like...here's an 800 acre parcel of BLM in Billings. I think its reasonable to let Billings decide what to do with it
July 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
But like...here's an 800 acre parcel of BLM in Billings. I think its reasonable to let Billings decide what to do with it
I have a 5lb bag of the best *DECAF* #birdfriendly coffee money can buy.
Decaf coffee is of no use to me. Happy to send to anyone who wants it at cost.
Decaf coffee is of no use to me. Happy to send to anyone who wants it at cost.
June 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I have a 5lb bag of the best *DECAF* #birdfriendly coffee money can buy.
Decaf coffee is of no use to me. Happy to send to anyone who wants it at cost.
Decaf coffee is of no use to me. Happy to send to anyone who wants it at cost.
Absence due to existential dread and abject joy/fatigue:
May 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Absence due to existential dread and abject joy/fatigue:
We know there are ecological interactions between #grassland birds and prairie-dogs, but these are rarely considered in #conservation plans for grassland birds. Andrew Dreelin reviews what we know and don't know in a new paper out today: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
March 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We know there are ecological interactions between #grassland birds and prairie-dogs, but these are rarely considered in #conservation plans for grassland birds. Andrew Dreelin reviews what we know and don't know in a new paper out today: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
I'm sorry authors I'm trying
February 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm sorry authors I'm trying
meanwhile fed agencies are banned from using other EVs
February 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
meanwhile fed agencies are banned from using other EVs
Orange-breasted Falcon and Greater Flowerpeircer from a trip to the top of Mt. Roraima in Venezuela. Feels like a lifetime ago #birding
February 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Orange-breasted Falcon and Greater Flowerpeircer from a trip to the top of Mt. Roraima in Venezuela. Feels like a lifetime ago #birding
GSA is shutting down EV purchases or rentals. Insane
January 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
GSA is shutting down EV purchases or rentals. Insane
live look at NSF HQ reviewing PRFBs
January 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
live look at NSF HQ reviewing PRFBs
NFWF conservation funds are also held up, at least those with a federal prime funder. Here's my nice, unsigned, note from them today:
January 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
NFWF conservation funds are also held up, at least those with a federal prime funder. Here's my nice, unsigned, note from them today:
it's a good time to dig up this one
January 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
it's a good time to dig up this one
Purple-backed Thornbill, maybe my favorite #hummingbird from Colombia. That shining purple is just so epic and they generally don't deign to come to feeders with all the other basics. #birding
January 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Purple-backed Thornbill, maybe my favorite #hummingbird from Colombia. That shining purple is just so epic and they generally don't deign to come to feeders with all the other basics. #birding
#birding in Missoula, MT is pretty slow in December but watching these Common Goldeneye being absolute weirdos with their displays and getting after crayfish on @umontana.bsky.social campus was lovely
December 31, 2024 at 12:45 AM
#birding in Missoula, MT is pretty slow in December but watching these Common Goldeneye being absolute weirdos with their displays and getting after crayfish on @umontana.bsky.social campus was lovely
This is Otus!! He loves upland game birds and blankets. Between him and I we have 1 fully intact ACL.
December 4, 2024 at 5:02 AM
This is Otus!! He loves upland game birds and blankets. Between him and I we have 1 fully intact ACL.
studying cloth diaper systems so that by the time baby comes I can be a
November 26, 2024 at 4:12 AM
studying cloth diaper systems so that by the time baby comes I can be a
Lumps resulting in -1s: Edible-nest Swiftlets, Papuan Pittas, Red-rumped Swallows, & Redpolls.
📷:Blue-headed Pitta. Not a split or lump... but nice #birding
📷:Blue-headed Pitta. Not a split or lump... but nice #birding
November 21, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Lumps resulting in -1s: Edible-nest Swiftlets, Papuan Pittas, Red-rumped Swallows, & Redpolls.
📷:Blue-headed Pitta. Not a split or lump... but nice #birding
📷:Blue-headed Pitta. Not a split or lump... but nice #birding
Splits resulting in +1s: Brush-cuckoos, Brown Boobies, Flickers, Xenops(es??), Nutcrackers, Slender-billed Crows, & House Wrens.
📷 is new split Crocker Jungle Flycatcher (not a +1 tho) #birding
📷 is new split Crocker Jungle Flycatcher (not a +1 tho) #birding
November 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Splits resulting in +1s: Brush-cuckoos, Brown Boobies, Flickers, Xenops(es??), Nutcrackers, Slender-billed Crows, & House Wrens.
📷 is new split Crocker Jungle Flycatcher (not a +1 tho) #birding
📷 is new split Crocker Jungle Flycatcher (not a +1 tho) #birding
