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Jeremy G Bird
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Molecular Biologist. Transcription aficionado. Birder. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware
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Horror Contig(artifact?) from my students' phage genome sequencing just in time for Halloween 🧪 #microsky
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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My Experimental Microbiology students have all successfully cultured their phage! And thanks to the U Delaware Bioimaging Core we have really nice TEM images. Next step, genome sequencing. 🧪#MoBiol
This is a transmission electron micrograph of a t-even family E. coli phage. The capsid head is visible as a dark spot in the upper lefthand corner with the tail protruding from it. The tail fibers are also just visible.
September 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Celebratory birb! 🪶 #birds
A red-eyed vireo perches on a branch of a pokeweed bush, holding a berry in its beak. Photo credit: A. Krauchunas.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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#birds More hummingbirds just because (just because they'll be migrating away soon enough and we'll miss them).
A female ruby throated hummingbird hovers under a butterfly bush flower spike while feeding on nectar from its flowers. The hummingbird's prismatic back feathers are showing both blue and green. A female ruby throated humming bird perches on the stamen of a red and white lily flower and picks ants out of the inside of the flower. Her back and wings are pointed towards the viewer.
September 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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When at the Genetics of Bacteria and Phage meeting #phages2025 it's important to visit Olbrich botanical gardens for the macrobiology #birds #wildlife #photography
A snowberry clearwing (Hummingbird moth) feeds from a flower while hovering above it. A female ruby-throated hummingbird feeds from a purple salvia flower with the entirety of it's beak in the flower. A female ruby-throated hummingbird mid-flight with its wings fully extended and a distinct black marking on her neck. A great black wasp crawls on small pink flowers looking for pollen
August 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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More adventures in bird portraiture #birds 🪶
Bombay Hook, DE July 2025
A turkey vulture strikes a pose, looking over its shoulder at the camera with its distinctive red head wrinkles prominently displayed.
July 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Two for #TwosDay #birds #wildlife Long Beach Island, NJ July 2025
Two Willits stand guard on top of a dune keeping watch for predators Two female black scoters waddle along the beach to get away from the photographer
July 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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A surprising daytime friend. Ghost Crab. Long Beach Island, NJ. July, 2025.
A ghost crab sits on the sand wearily watching the photographer after it was startled out of its burrow.
July 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Terns! Terns! Terns! Early July, Long Beach Island, NJ #birds #wildlife
A common tern flaps its wings as it flies along the beach A least tern stands amongst sea shells near its nest. A least tern soars above looking for fish in the water. A common tern hovers over the water looking for fish
July 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Another good sighting today. Indigo bunting on an overgrown slope. Chester County, PA. #birds #wildlife
A male indigo bunting perches on a wild rose branch while checking out the photographer. He is displaying his deep blue chest.
June 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Back home from the Microbial Transcription Gordon Conference and glad to see our hummingbirds are settled in to our yard for the season right on time. Photo credit: Amber Krauchunas. #birds #wildlife
A ruby-throated humming bird sticks its beak into a tiny Lavender flower searching for nectar. A ruby-throated hummingbird feeds on a lavender flower that has a lady beetle on it. A ruby-throated humming bird shows off his lovely red gorget as he flies through a lavender plant looking for flowers to feed from.
June 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Pileated woodpecker #birds #wildlife
A pileated woodpecker looks up from a grass covered rotten log that it has been probing for bugs. A pileated woodpecker ascends a tree trunk and shows off its distinctive red cap.
June 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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I made a new friend while taking a break from writing. Woods Hole, MA. May, 2025. #birds
A snowy egret wades through leg deep water with its beak open and its reflection clearly visible in front of it. A snowy egret strikes the water as it attempts to catch a fish, causing a big splash.
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Semipalmated Plover. Bombay Hook, Smyrna, DE. May, 2025. #birds
A wading semipalmated plover walks through the water with its wings out stretched as it prepares to fly away. Its reflection is clearly visible beneath it.
May 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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There is nothing better. #birds
A blue-tailed emerald, partially in shadow, sticks out its tongue while perched above a tree branch. March, 2023. Spanish Lagoon, Aruba.
May 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Bird headshots. Chipping Sparrow and Tufted Titmouse. #birds
A chipping sparrow perches in a fir tree and shows his good side to the camera person. April 2025. A tufted titmouse pops up behind foliage to check out the camera person. May 2025.
May 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Feeling gutted. I just learned a good friend passed away a few months ago without my knowing. She was always so supportive and loved it when Amber and I shared our budding birding hobby with her. She kept printouts of our early photos on her office wall for years after we left Rutgers. #birds
A female ruby throated humming bird hovers over Lucifer Sword Flowers before feeding. Summer 2019. A wall of printed bird photos circa fall 2024
April 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Northern Parula. Howard County, MD #birds
A northern parula hides behind a branch, with his yellow chin visible, as he prepares to sing.
April 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Spring time is for migrating warblers! A photogenic Black and White Warbler. Howard County, MD #birds
A black and white warbler sits on a branch with it’s head in the sunlight and with its feathers fluffed out. A black and white warbler poses regally on a tree branch.
April 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Photobomb! Ashland Nature Preserve, Hockessin, DE #birds
In the background, a northern cardinal peaks around the side of a bird feeder to look at a brown headed cowbird in the foreground that has a sunflower seed in its beak.
April 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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UDel undergrads are the best undergrads and you can’t convince me otherwise.
Dear Dr Bird, Hello. I hope this note finds you well. I wanted to thank you again for writing me a letter of recommendation. To show my thanks, I baked you cookies (I was going to make you pierogi, but not everyone likes pierogi and they have to be refrigerated). Thank you so much again for your letter of recommendation and for being a great professor. I hope you have a great rest of your semester.
April 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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I'm beginning to suspect our local red shouldered hawks like getting their pictures taken #birds.
A red shouldered hawk poses for a close up as it looks to the right of the photo showing off its barred chest plumage, yellow and black beak and intense eye.
March 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The White Clay Creek herons are out and about, looking for love. #birds
A great blue heron perches on a tree branch while on one foot. It's showing off its breeding plumage, mainly the long neck feathers.
March 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Time to hang up the camera. I will never beat this shot in a million years. #birds #wildlife #photography
A red shouldered hawk perches on a tree branch while defecating towards the photographer.
March 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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To protect our sanity, we travelled to Cambridge, MD and Blackwater Wildlife Refuge. No big surprise, but the great blue herons were the most willing #birds to pose for us.
A profile picture of a great blue heron's head as it walked by the photographer. A great blue heron poses in front of submerged sticks in the water. It is watching something to the right of the photo. Its mottled chest, and long grey neck feathers are evident. A great blue heron stands on a pier post, looking cold in the wind, with ship's rigging in the foreground on its right and a the light of a street lamp in the background.
February 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM