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Brett Hodinka, PhD
@bretthodinka.bsky.social
Biology Dept., Western Washington Univ.
Ecological & Evolutionary Physiology
Birds and life-history trade-offs
https://bretthodinka.weebly.com
The RFID-enabled bird feeder is successfully reading and logging PIT tag numbers.

Can’t wait to get these out into the field!
October 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just a small servomotor and some 3D printed parts
September 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The RFID-enabled automated bird feeders are coming along!
September 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The ‘Inside JEB’ article for our most recent paper made it into the 2024 @jexpbiol.bsky.social highlights book!

Found at #SICB2025
January 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I made it to Atlanta for this year's #SICB2025 conference. I'll be presenting my work on avian mass regulation tomorrow in the @sicb-dab.bsky.social Marlene Zuk BSP session!
January 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Me: *opens the nest box lid*

The nestlings:
December 20, 2024 at 9:37 PM
In 2024, I attached small weights to zebra finches and fed them a high-fat diet. We found that they can maintain (and then lose) body mass while reducing overall activity and maintaining food intake!

doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
December 4, 2024 at 8:31 PM
5 days until the big defense 🥲
December 2, 2024 at 1:30 AM
A female snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) in Utquiagvik, Alaska in 2018. #birds 🪶
November 26, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Nestling > fledgling Lapland longspurs (Calcarius lapponicus).

From my fieldwork in Utqiagvik, Alaska in 2019.
November 23, 2024 at 10:24 PM
A female European starling delivering prey (an earth worm, I believe) to its 5 chicks. Langley, BC 2022.

I’m going to miss this field site!
November 22, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Our most recent paper on how birds regulate body mass! Out in J. Exp. Biol > doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
November 21, 2024 at 8:13 PM
I've made the move to BlueSky! My name is Brett Hodinka and I'm a PhD candidate at SFU studying the physiological mechanisms that underpin costs of reproduction in birds.
November 19, 2024 at 5:24 PM