Conor McGowan
@cpmcbirds.bsky.social
Bird Doctor, Dog Butler, rock and roll legend, he/him/dude, ecologist; Here be my third attempt at post-Twitter social media, we'll see how this goes.
Go Deacs!
BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear:
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here.
Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead.
This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
May 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Go Deacs!
It is hard to imagine a world without the USGS Ecosystems Mission, the bird banding lab, the Coop Unit program, etc. but apparently that is what America voted for and what this administration plans to do: wildlife.org/usgs-cuts-wo...
USGS cuts would jeopardize leading wildlife research - The Wildlife Society
The loss of personnel and entire research arms would affect our ability to monitor wildlife populations
wildlife.org
May 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It is hard to imagine a world without the USGS Ecosystems Mission, the bird banding lab, the Coop Unit program, etc. but apparently that is what America voted for and what this administration plans to do: wildlife.org/usgs-cuts-wo...
Early draft of the White House 2026 budget proposal suggests entirely eliminating the Ecosystems Mission Area of the U.S. Geological Survey: www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump swings budget ax at USGS biology research
Plan to eliminate $307 million ecosystem program could face obstacles in Congress
www.science.org
April 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Early draft of the White House 2026 budget proposal suggests entirely eliminating the Ecosystems Mission Area of the U.S. Geological Survey: www.science.org/content/arti...
Spotify suggested this beautiful music for me and now I am suggesting it for you. open.spotify.com/track/1NkJbV...
Tegami
Mei Semones · Kabutomushi · Song · 2024
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March 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Spotify suggested this beautiful music for me and now I am suggesting it for you. open.spotify.com/track/1NkJbV...
Helping Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission use decision analysis to revise, refine and optimize their freshwater fisheries long-term monitoring program today.
March 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Helping Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission use decision analysis to revise, refine and optimize their freshwater fisheries long-term monitoring program today.
I actually had an excellent week at the @thejonesctr.bsky.social running an indigo snake reintroduction SDM workshop with stakeholders from USFWS, Alabama DCNR, Florida FWC, TNC, the Central Florida zoo, and more. The effort is now refocused on what they want to achieve rather than what they can do.
March 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I actually had an excellent week at the @thejonesctr.bsky.social running an indigo snake reintroduction SDM workshop with stakeholders from USFWS, Alabama DCNR, Florida FWC, TNC, the Central Florida zoo, and more. The effort is now refocused on what they want to achieve rather than what they can do.
This is a tragedy.
February 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is a tragedy.
25 years ago today was the first time I stopped to consider the voice of Geddy Lee and how it got so high.
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Brighten the Corners
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February 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
25 years ago today was the first time I stopped to consider the voice of Geddy Lee and how it got so high.
open.spotify.com/album/1Q6ikD...
open.spotify.com/album/1Q6ikD...
Lottie, Steve Malkmus’ daughter, puts out her first single. It’s really good and I feel really old:
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What have we got
Lottie's · What have we got · Song · 2025
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February 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Lottie, Steve Malkmus’ daughter, puts out her first single. It’s really good and I feel really old:
open.spotify.com/track/42Bo6O...
open.spotify.com/track/42Bo6O...
It’s been a stressful two weeks. Needed a mental break today so my daughter and I went for a 5.2 mile hike at O’leno Sate Park. We saw some birds, trees, turtles, palmetto and caught some froglets.
February 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It’s been a stressful two weeks. Needed a mental break today so my daughter and I went for a 5.2 mile hike at O’leno Sate Park. We saw some birds, trees, turtles, palmetto and caught some froglets.
I think the worst part is being vilified as untrustworthy and unethical when all I’ve done is do my job, and do it really well, frankly, for the last 15 years.
January 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I think the worst part is being vilified as untrustworthy and unethical when all I’ve done is do my job, and do it really well, frankly, for the last 15 years.
Please spread the word! UF is hiring a tenure track quantitative ecologist in the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida - Details - Assistant or Associate Professor - Quantitative Ecologist – Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
explore.jobs.ufl.edu
January 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Please spread the word! UF is hiring a tenure track quantitative ecologist in the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
That feeling when someone publishes a study in Nature that effectively replicates a study you did and published in Mammal Research 9 years ago. www.nature.com/articles/s41....
N-mixture models with camera trap imagery produce accurate abundance estimates of ungulates - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - N-mixture models with camera trap imagery produce accurate abundance estimates of ungulates
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
That feeling when someone publishes a study in Nature that effectively replicates a study you did and published in Mammal Research 9 years ago. www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Another installment of my annual trek to look for Snowy Owls at Jones Beach state park and failing but still having a wonderful time and seeing lots of other beautiful birds. #birding
December 30, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Another installment of my annual trek to look for Snowy Owls at Jones Beach state park and failing but still having a wonderful time and seeing lots of other beautiful birds. #birding
Saw an Ash-throated flycatcher today for my 447th species of the year!
December 24, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Saw an Ash-throated flycatcher today for my 447th species of the year!
Does anyone need any citrus?
December 21, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Does anyone need any citrus?
Christmas bird counting in Alachua county this morning.
December 15, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Christmas bird counting in Alachua county this morning.
I’m representing the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at University of Florida’s graduation ceremony tonight!
December 14, 2024 at 1:01 AM
I’m representing the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at University of Florida’s graduation ceremony tonight!
Harvested our sugar cane and prepped it for pressing. The local state park has a historic farmstead and they let us use the press. Once pressed and boiled down we should get about 4 liters of syrup.
December 11, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Harvested our sugar cane and prepped it for pressing. The local state park has a historic farmstead and they let us use the press. Once pressed and boiled down we should get about 4 liters of syrup.
I went birding with my daughter at Paynes Prairie this morning. We traipsed through the mud and found 54 species. She’s been my best birding buddy for 7 years and it is just dawning on me how much I’m going to miss this when she goes off to college in 2 years.
November 30, 2024 at 10:12 PM
I went birding with my daughter at Paynes Prairie this morning. We traipsed through the mud and found 54 species. She’s been my best birding buddy for 7 years and it is just dawning on me how much I’m going to miss this when she goes off to college in 2 years.
These days it is hard to remember to be thankful, but then my wife makes this pie and it gets a little easier.
November 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM
These days it is hard to remember to be thankful, but then my wife makes this pie and it gets a little easier.
Pre sunrise birding in Nebraska today before an all day decision analysis workshop at the Lied Lodge.
November 20, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Pre sunrise birding in Nebraska today before an all day decision analysis workshop at the Lied Lodge.
Reposted by Conor McGowan
I am looking to build my new lab at the University of Cambridge in the Conservation Research Institute at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
If you are a highly motivated student interested in landscape conservation and want to pursue a PhD, please take a look at:
zoo.cam.ac.uk/2025-26-proj...
If you are a highly motivated student interested in landscape conservation and want to pursue a PhD, please take a look at:
zoo.cam.ac.uk/2025-26-proj...
October 11, 2024 at 8:16 PM
I am looking to build my new lab at the University of Cambridge in the Conservation Research Institute at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
If you are a highly motivated student interested in landscape conservation and want to pursue a PhD, please take a look at:
zoo.cam.ac.uk/2025-26-proj...
If you are a highly motivated student interested in landscape conservation and want to pursue a PhD, please take a look at:
zoo.cam.ac.uk/2025-26-proj...
We had a new paper come out in Biological Conservation last month describing the modeling work we did to support the Alligator Snapping Turtle ESA listing decision. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Accounting for multiple uncertainties in a decision-support population viability assessment
Conservation and management decisions often must be made on strict timelines, based on the “best available information” regarding a species' current a…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:05 PM
We had a new paper come out in Biological Conservation last month describing the modeling work we did to support the Alligator Snapping Turtle ESA listing decision. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...