Alice Boyle
@birdfiddler.bsky.social
birds~rain, prairies, wet tropical forests, conservation, migration & dispersal; equity & social justice; Western U (prev Kansas State); also fiddle player, contra dance musician
www.aliceboyle.net
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omg omg omg we're going to Guyana over the winter break!! SOOO excited for the birds we will see!
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
omg omg omg we're going to Guyana over the winter break!! SOOO excited for the birds we will see!
First snow day of the season on campus meets last leaf day.
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
First snow day of the season on campus meets last leaf day.
And so it begins…
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
And so it begins…
How did I not know that birds Canada chose a grassland species as its ambassador for the year?
Announcing Birds Canada’s 2025 Avian Ambassador: the Chestnut-collared Longspur!
Throughout 2025, we’ll be sharing more about the Chestnut-collared Longspur’s story, the threats facing grassland birds, and how we can take action to protect this vital ecosystem. Stay tuned!
Throughout 2025, we’ll be sharing more about the Chestnut-collared Longspur’s story, the threats facing grassland birds, and how we can take action to protect this vital ecosystem. Stay tuned!
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
How did I not know that birds Canada chose a grassland species as its ambassador for the year?
A tiny proportion of the river of Blackbirds at Long Point last evening. Sound on for the magical sound of thousands of fluttering wings at the end.
#LPBO
#LPBO
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A tiny proportion of the river of Blackbirds at Long Point last evening. Sound on for the magical sound of thousands of fluttering wings at the end.
#LPBO
#LPBO
Now that I am not living in KS I feel better about posting this evidence of the dire straits of the US educational system
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Now that I am not living in KS I feel better about posting this evidence of the dire straits of the US educational system
When making a video using a green screen, how do you get rid of the green halo created by wisps of hair? Or does everyone else have perfectly sleek heads?
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
When making a video using a green screen, how do you get rid of the green halo created by wisps of hair? Or does everyone else have perfectly sleek heads?
Sigh… the leaves have been SO spectacular lately (see below!) but today, they clearly had passed the peak… on the downward slide to winter
October 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Sigh… the leaves have been SO spectacular lately (see below!) but today, they clearly had passed the peak… on the downward slide to winter
I've been laying low, getting started at @westernu.ca but time to emerge from under the rock...
Here is a nice article about virtual fencing for cattle that includes our efforts to find conservation solutions for grassland birds on private lands.
www.kcur.org/environment-...
Here is a nice article about virtual fencing for cattle that includes our efforts to find conservation solutions for grassland birds on private lands.
www.kcur.org/environment-...
Ranchers are using ‘virtual fencing’ to move their cattle — and help save prairies
Virtual fencing uses GPS collars, sounds and electrical cues to move cattle across a landscape. Along with saving ranchers time, researchers say this new technology can help protect, and create, wildl...
www.kcur.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I've been laying low, getting started at @westernu.ca but time to emerge from under the rock...
Here is a nice article about virtual fencing for cattle that includes our efforts to find conservation solutions for grassland birds on private lands.
www.kcur.org/environment-...
Here is a nice article about virtual fencing for cattle that includes our efforts to find conservation solutions for grassland birds on private lands.
www.kcur.org/environment-...
Feeling lots of FOMO right now about missing all my ornithology peeps at #AOS2025. 3 of my current/former lab sent me this photo… miss them and hearing about their science so much!
August 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Feeling lots of FOMO right now about missing all my ornithology peeps at #AOS2025. 3 of my current/former lab sent me this photo… miss them and hearing about their science so much!
Direct impact of research—in the field communication and hands-on demonstration of how virtual fence creates the heterogeneity that grassland birds need.
August 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Direct impact of research—in the field communication and hands-on demonstration of how virtual fence creates the heterogeneity that grassland birds need.
Today is the last regular day of fieldwork for my Kansas team. I miss them and wish I could be there! Plus, check out their crew y-shirts! Sparrows & music, what’s not to love?
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today is the last regular day of fieldwork for my Kansas team. I miss them and wish I could be there! Plus, check out their crew y-shirts! Sparrows & music, what’s not to love?
We have become the caretakers of an AMAZING garden. Very wild right now due to a gap year in maintenance, but the daily discoveries make me very happy.
July 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We have become the caretakers of an AMAZING garden. Very wild right now due to a gap year in maintenance, but the daily discoveries make me very happy.
Are you a PhD student, have an offer, or have had an offer recently rescinded from a US university? If so, Western (in London, ON, Canada) has a new scholarship program for you! Check out this news story. I can vouch for this university! You will love it.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Western University launches program to capitalize on shrinking U.S. research funding | CBC News
Western University is looking to capitalize on massive shifts in the academic landscape of the United States with a new initiative designed to turn a difficult situation into a brain gain for both the...
www.cbc.ca
July 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Are you a PhD student, have an offer, or have had an offer recently rescinded from a US university? If so, Western (in London, ON, Canada) has a new scholarship program for you! Check out this news story. I can vouch for this university! You will love it.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by Alice Boyle
After a mass bird collision in Oct 2023, Chicago’s McCormick Place Lakeside took action, installing bird-friendly dots on nearly 2 football fields of glass. Collisions have dropped dramatically. Real change is possible. Learn more: bit.ly/stopbirdcoll...
#StopBirdCollisions #BirdSafeStructures
#StopBirdCollisions #BirdSafeStructures
May 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
After a mass bird collision in Oct 2023, Chicago’s McCormick Place Lakeside took action, installing bird-friendly dots on nearly 2 football fields of glass. Collisions have dropped dramatically. Real change is possible. Learn more: bit.ly/stopbirdcoll...
#StopBirdCollisions #BirdSafeStructures
#StopBirdCollisions #BirdSafeStructures
Loving my new bike commute!
July 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Loving my new bike commute!
I feel so welcome and so happy to be at my new workplace!
July 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I feel so welcome and so happy to be at my new workplace!
I got to fly over the flint hills today including my 2 main study sites! What an amazing goodbye present!
July 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I got to fly over the flint hills today including my 2 main study sites! What an amazing goodbye present!
Love my awesome students! Here Logan and AH fitting a Grasshopper Sparrow with a #Motus tag at one of our spectacular #NationalParks yesterday.
Yay public land & science!
Yay public land & science!
June 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Love my awesome students! Here Logan and AH fitting a Grasshopper Sparrow with a #Motus tag at one of our spectacular #NationalParks yesterday.
Yay public land & science!
Yay public land & science!
Packing up the lab the past few days… very bittersweet. Wish I could take these inscriptions high on the wall with me…
June 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Packing up the lab the past few days… very bittersweet. Wish I could take these inscriptions high on the wall with me…
Our last Kansas gig … roving musicians at the symphony on the flint hills. What a glorious day!
June 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Our last Kansas gig … roving musicians at the symphony on the flint hills. What a glorious day!
I’m having trouble posting normal science-y content right now. Instead, I can offer this moment of calm. Take strength from where you can, everyone.
June 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I’m having trouble posting normal science-y content right now. Instead, I can offer this moment of calm. Take strength from where you can, everyone.
Reposted by Alice Boyle
