Emily V Griffith
@e-v-griffith.bsky.social
PhD Candidate pursuing a Ducktorate in Ecology, Evolution, & Earth Systems at Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University 🐲 Ornithology Department 🦆🦉🐓 She/Her 🏳️🌈 emilyvgriffith.com
I am starting to be recognized as the duck person by people outside of the department and man does it have its perks
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I am starting to be recognized as the duck person by people outside of the department and man does it have its perks
I found him, the monologuer
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I found him, the monologuer
I will have to get some grey paint pens for the future hut shout out to Posca for making the details pretty easy! (Now I just have to figure out how to print a bigger one if this doesn’t work…)
October 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I will have to get some grey paint pens for the future hut shout out to Posca for making the details pretty easy! (Now I just have to figure out how to print a bigger one if this doesn’t work…)
Sometimes a Tuesday at the museum looks like painting a tiny 3D printed house sparrow using an actual house sparrow as a reference
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sometimes a Tuesday at the museum looks like painting a tiny 3D printed house sparrow using an actual house sparrow as a reference
And saw/heard 6 species!
October 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
And saw/heard 6 species!
Do appreciate a line dancing break during the #Gritty5k @nhl-flyers.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Do appreciate a line dancing break during the #Gritty5k @nhl-flyers.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Stunning up close view of a bald eagle in its natural habitat in south philly
October 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Stunning up close view of a bald eagle in its natural habitat in south philly
It’s this guy’s first day on the job of being a turtle
September 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s this guy’s first day on the job of being a turtle
Me when I ring someone’s video doorbell
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Me when I ring someone’s video doorbell
This is how your email finds me
September 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is how your email finds me
(3/4) I'm hoping by structuring it this way, I don't fall into the trap of only working on certain projects and letting others get left behind. Is it perfect? No! But having a dedicated time slot for each project makes the tasks feel a lot less impossible. Here's what an example schedule looks like:
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
(3/4) I'm hoping by structuring it this way, I don't fall into the trap of only working on certain projects and letting others get left behind. Is it perfect? No! But having a dedicated time slot for each project makes the tasks feel a lot less impossible. Here's what an example schedule looks like:
A lacewing larvae just bit my face??? At my desk??? Indoors?? (Also in what other job can you walk down the hall to the bug experts and be like "wtf just bit my face")
August 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A lacewing larvae just bit my face??? At my desk??? Indoors?? (Also in what other job can you walk down the hall to the bug experts and be like "wtf just bit my face")
Congrats @jtm-birds.bsky.social on your honorable mention! #AOS25
August 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Congrats @jtm-birds.bsky.social on your honorable mention! #AOS25
Oscar Johnson has the goal of creating valuable research experiences for undergraduates. High Impact Practices help us train the next generation of scientists ask questions, gain skills, and complete goals. Creating a inclusive research community can lead to collaboration at many levels. #AOS25
August 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Oscar Johnson has the goal of creating valuable research experiences for undergraduates. High Impact Practices help us train the next generation of scientists ask questions, gain skills, and complete goals. Creating a inclusive research community can lead to collaboration at many levels. #AOS25
Elsie Shogren asks how closely related species coexist alongside one another. On the Solomon Islands, Myzomela honeyeaters have significant overlap in ranges, but have largely assortative mating. Moreover, nests of black birds are much more inland than nests of red birds! #AOS25
August 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Elsie Shogren asks how closely related species coexist alongside one another. On the Solomon Islands, Myzomela honeyeaters have significant overlap in ranges, but have largely assortative mating. Moreover, nests of black birds are much more inland than nests of red birds! #AOS25
Eamon Corbett studies color in bird eyes! Age, sex, region, and time of year may all be associated with eye color differences. We have very little knowledge about eye color genetics in wild birds, except for now in grackles, where dark or light eyes may have links to genes like KCNJ13 #AOS25
August 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Eamon Corbett studies color in bird eyes! Age, sex, region, and time of year may all be associated with eye color differences. We have very little knowledge about eye color genetics in wild birds, except for now in grackles, where dark or light eyes may have links to genes like KCNJ13 #AOS25
Dr Amanda Falk studies apparent convergence - that may not be actually convergence - in vultures. Vultures have evolved 3 distinct times. We can use their osteological features, like toes, to disentangle their evolutionary history. But it may be tendons, not bones, that change with ecology. #AOS25
August 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Dr Amanda Falk studies apparent convergence - that may not be actually convergence - in vultures. Vultures have evolved 3 distinct times. We can use their osteological features, like toes, to disentangle their evolutionary history. But it may be tendons, not bones, that change with ecology. #AOS25
@kaiyaprovost.bsky.social studies how light stresses out birds and changes their song. In several flycatcher species, more light pollution means that birds sing at lower frequencies. (If you study olive-sided flycatcher, please contact Kaiya to solve a mystery!) #AOS25
August 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
@kaiyaprovost.bsky.social studies how light stresses out birds and changes their song. In several flycatcher species, more light pollution means that birds sing at lower frequencies. (If you study olive-sided flycatcher, please contact Kaiya to solve a mystery!) #AOS25
Population declines in birds are concerning and can often be attributed to habitat loss. But is the conservation of large areas enough? Bette Loiselle examines spatial patterns in Tiputini and species decline. How do we move forward? Understand that different species have different needs. #AOS25
August 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Population declines in birds are concerning and can often be attributed to habitat loss. But is the conservation of large areas enough? Bette Loiselle examines spatial patterns in Tiputini and species decline. How do we move forward? Understand that different species have different needs. #AOS25
@s-m-aguillon.bsky.social starts off the post-lunch sessions at #AOS25 talking about the incredibly cool intersection of color and hybridization (I’m totally not biased). In Northern Flickers, six plumage patches can result in some very unique combinations of traits in hybrids (1/2)
August 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@s-m-aguillon.bsky.social starts off the post-lunch sessions at #AOS25 talking about the incredibly cool intersection of color and hybridization (I’m totally not biased). In Northern Flickers, six plumage patches can result in some very unique combinations of traits in hybrids (1/2)
Pretty much any North American birder knows that it’s hard to distinguish Hairy and Downy woodpeckers. Brian Smith explains that this classic example of mimicry may be partially the result of ancestral asymmetric gene flow, but the whole picture is likely more complex than we realize #AOS25.
August 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Pretty much any North American birder knows that it’s hard to distinguish Hairy and Downy woodpeckers. Brian Smith explains that this classic example of mimicry may be partially the result of ancestral asymmetric gene flow, but the whole picture is likely more complex than we realize #AOS25.
Bob Mulvihill (of the National Aviary) describes the team effort to understand the behavior of a very strange bird (a hybrid Baltimore x Orchard oriole) in an urban environment. At a nest attended by an orchard oriole pair and the unrelated hybrid, the hybrid did the most of the work! #AOS25
August 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Bob Mulvihill (of the National Aviary) describes the team effort to understand the behavior of a very strange bird (a hybrid Baltimore x Orchard oriole) in an urban environment. At a nest attended by an orchard oriole pair and the unrelated hybrid, the hybrid did the most of the work! #AOS25
Roslyn Price-Waldman looks at color from a multi-faceted approach. Following a classic principle we use in color theory, feathers can have both white and/or black bases depending on if they use structural or pigment based coloration. White color enhances brightness, black enhances saturation #AOS25
August 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Roslyn Price-Waldman looks at color from a multi-faceted approach. Following a classic principle we use in color theory, feathers can have both white and/or black bases depending on if they use structural or pigment based coloration. White color enhances brightness, black enhances saturation #AOS25
Sarah Khalil studies the humble red-backed fairy wren. The birds have high rates of extra-pair paternity, and females largely prefer males with redder backs. In the hybrid zone (where colors range from orange to red), red males have more reproductive success because they have more EPC young #AOS25
August 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Sarah Khalil studies the humble red-backed fairy wren. The birds have high rates of extra-pair paternity, and females largely prefer males with redder backs. In the hybrid zone (where colors range from orange to red), red males have more reproductive success because they have more EPC young #AOS25