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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚

@earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social

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#ornithology #ecology, bird nerd, Mothra, she/they, #NeuroDiverseSquad, profile photo by Peter Muka 📸, banner by James Smith 📸, @erlynerdgetbird from twitter

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · May 30

a brief moment of serenity with the moths

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Sep 13

recordings of each individual streaming event can be published and archived (like a youtube video). it can be a great science communication tool that allows both live interaction with the audience at the time of broadcast as well as production of videos for folks to watch later.

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Sep 13

there are several channels that share wildlife content like live videos of bird feeders, owl nest boxes, etc. people often form communities around the streamer based on shared interests and inside jokes, etc.

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Sep 13

a streamer can share their screen or use cameras to share an activity while they talk. viewers can “lurk” and just watch or they can type in chat to interact with the streamer and each other. typically used for video games, content topics are expanding including art, crafts, talk shows, etc.

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · Sep 5

What do you do when CDC no longer gives vaccine advice based on science? YOU BYPASS THEM!

West Coast Health Alliance (CA, OR, WA, HI) recs based on facts buff.ly/I4oWZfX

New Mexico COVID vax for all buff.ly/84mZXoN

Massachusetts insurance must cover COVID vax buff.ly/zAfAZsd

#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪

person with bandaid on arm and making a thumbs up sign, wearing a teal blue shirt

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here, have some birds perched on appropriate/delightful signage. You're welcome. 🧵 ⤵️

1. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) by tysmith on iNaturalist

A black vulture sits on a sign that says "black vulture notice."

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Sep 2

sound up for a rainy waterfall

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 30

I was vaccinated in June so I’m not eligible for another shot for several
months. here’s hoping they are still available then.

Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 30

we have a large family wedding in mid September and I am immunocompromised from long Covid so he wants to get vaccinated to keep me safe. this is such an unnecessary and life threatening shitshow.

Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 30

my partner has been waiting for CVS in MA to let him schedule his vaccine. their website kept saying they were waiting for the new version. now we are hearing CVS won’t carry the Covid vaccine in MA this fall. he has been waiting and checking the website daily for weeks…

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 30

Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...

Write members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?

It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an...

actionnetwork.org

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · Aug 23

OKAY good morning everyone, let's talk about the ostensible katydid testicles on display here and their horrifying evolution

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Aug 23

Like Jesus bro we’re in a park there are kids here come on

A katydid’s genitalia I’m so sorry I’m so sorry

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Aug 23

Pretty sure I accidentally posted a pic of a katydid ballsack tonight so SORRY about that everybody I thought it was EGGS I didn’t think insects had fuckin ballz like that good lord.

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 23

love this for you! kitty time 😎

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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi @jgmussoi.bsky.social · Aug 6

New article out:
The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

#science #birds #sleep #birdsong #urbanecology

illustrations of an awake common myna with lights of a city in the background, and of a sleeping common myna with trees and a dark sky in the background.

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 5

the methods section for parts of the research they’ve been doing, then have a discussion together about what folks included & why, & what additional info would be needed? other tasks could include developing a system for taking notes on papers relevant to the work etc, more of those skills maybe?

Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 5

not sure if you’re looking for advice, but I often feel like finding and reading literature and writing are overlooked as skills bc students want the “hands-on” experience when reading and writing are part of a well-rounded research experience. maybe for 1 week everyone could practice writing up…

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 3

thank you!

Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 3

thank you!!!!

Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 3

cross out party, insert sleep 😂

two green birds are standing in a hole with the words time to party written above them

Alt: two green parrots are standing in a hole and they appear to be “dancing” with the words time to party written below them

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 3

thank you!

Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Aug 2

PhDone

Two people standing under a colorful banner that reads “Dr. Kit Straley congratulations!” The banner has a bird with a graduation style cap.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Jul 25

Bird sounds.

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Jenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social · Jul 18

New publication! 🚨

If you're looking for a paper on what great tits eat then this is for you! 🦋🐛🐞🪲🐦

We looked at variation in diet using DNA metabarcoding and found lots of differences between adult and young birds and between habitat types.
@ucc.ie

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Schematic of the structure of the paper. We looked at dietary differences between ages and sexes, seasons and habitat types. We looked at the identity of prey in the diet and the number of dietary items.

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Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Jul 16

we learn about the food web early on in school, but it’s another thing to witness the spectacular growth of herbivores, all through the power of native plants! insects are declining, and one way we can help is by providing them with their native host plants. 🐛🌿💚

Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Jul 14

suffering is happening right now and I’m sitting on my couch formatting ggplots. I’ve never felt more useless.

Kit Straley, PhD 🐦🤓💚 @earlynerdgetbird.bsky.social · Jul 14

I keep being told to ignore it and focus but ignoring it doesn’t stop it from happening, and in fact if everyone ignores it to focus on their own little piece of capitalism it will just continue and escalate.

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