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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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…
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
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
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?
Was feeling stressed so took the time to notice beauty on my walk to work
July 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Was feeling stressed so took the time to notice beauty on my walk to work
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.
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.
May 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Dusk at the TNC’s Smokey Valley Ranch
May 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Dusk at the TNC’s Smokey Valley Ranch
Cedars for science! (Experimental manipulation of woody encroachment). Logan for scale! #tallgrass #prairie #grasshoppersparrow
May 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Cedars for science! (Experimental manipulation of woody encroachment). Logan for scale! #tallgrass #prairie #grasshoppersparrow
The”lasts” continue… my last undergrad graduation at KSU
May 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The”lasts” continue… my last undergrad graduation at KSU
So thankful for the kind, smart, thoughtful, and hardworking people I work with! Here, post-doc Theo Michaels. Despite major surgery this spring, she has worked hard to be healthy enough to be out in the field this spring.
May 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
So thankful for the kind, smart, thoughtful, and hardworking people I work with! Here, post-doc Theo Michaels. Despite major surgery this spring, she has worked hard to be healthy enough to be out in the field this spring.
