Bam 🌱🦎🧪
@hobbitologies.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 (She/Her)
Ecologist in Colorado
Swamp hobbit
Flesh suit piloted by a hyper intelligent lizard
Ecologist in Colorado
Swamp hobbit
Flesh suit piloted by a hyper intelligent lizard
Rare Park milkvetch (Astragalus leptaleus) growing from a stream bank 🧪
July 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Rare Park milkvetch (Astragalus leptaleus) growing from a stream bank 🧪
July 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It’s queen bee season! Getting paid to live my Animal Crossing fantasies (no bumble bees were harmed in the making of this survey)
May 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It’s queen bee season! Getting paid to live my Animal Crossing fantasies (no bumble bees were harmed in the making of this survey)
Some gorgeous views! These treacherous ridges are home to some incredible rare plant species, including Astragalus piscator and Aliciella haydenii.
May 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Some gorgeous views! These treacherous ridges are home to some incredible rare plant species, including Astragalus piscator and Aliciella haydenii.
First field day of the season! Monitoring community conditions in the most northern, disjunct piñon pine community in the state.
May 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
First field day of the season! Monitoring community conditions in the most northern, disjunct piñon pine community in the state.
Visited the state Capitol to advocate for noxious weed management and observed a House session on Wednesday. Cool experience!
March 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Visited the state Capitol to advocate for noxious weed management and observed a House session on Wednesday. Cool experience!
March 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Pictured is a Montane Willow Carr, otherwise known as a Salix geyeriana - Salix monticola / Calamagrostis canadensis Wet Shrubland. We surveyed this one late last summer - we even saw a mother moose and calf browsing. This area is ranked G3 (vulnerable)
February 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Pictured is a Montane Willow Carr, otherwise known as a Salix geyeriana - Salix monticola / Calamagrostis canadensis Wet Shrubland. We surveyed this one late last summer - we even saw a mother moose and calf browsing. This area is ranked G3 (vulnerable)
The key for Astragalus here in Colorado has always been one of the trickier ones for me - so I spent an entire day in the herbarium doing nothing but Astragalus ID.
I will see dolabriform hairs in my sleep.
#botany
I will see dolabriform hairs in my sleep.
#botany
February 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The key for Astragalus here in Colorado has always been one of the trickier ones for me - so I spent an entire day in the herbarium doing nothing but Astragalus ID.
I will see dolabriform hairs in my sleep.
#botany
I will see dolabriform hairs in my sleep.
#botany
A common sight in plant collections - sometimes an insect gets trapped during collection and remains with the specimen forever. They can tell us a lot about conditions and herbivory, even if we’re looking at plants. This guy has been on this astragalus since 1985!
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#botany #herbarium #microscope
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#botany #herbarium #microscope
February 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A common sight in plant collections - sometimes an insect gets trapped during collection and remains with the specimen forever. They can tell us a lot about conditions and herbivory, even if we’re looking at plants. This guy has been on this astragalus since 1985!
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#botany #herbarium #microscope
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#botany #herbarium #microscope
Great example of how topography can create microclimates and habitat, even in the dry desert dunes.
February 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Great example of how topography can create microclimates and habitat, even in the dry desert dunes.
Epicactis gigantea, the giant helleborne orchid or stream orchid, is a rare wetland plant in CO. This one’s habitat is protected by a land trust - remember to stop and notice the small and unique. Stop and value them, find the value of the small and unique within yourself too.
February 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Epicactis gigantea, the giant helleborne orchid or stream orchid, is a rare wetland plant in CO. This one’s habitat is protected by a land trust - remember to stop and notice the small and unique. Stop and value them, find the value of the small and unique within yourself too.
Phacelia formosula, or North Park Phacelia is federally listed as endangered. It is found only in the North Park, CO area where it grows from otherwise “barren slopes. Some of the rarest and most unique species are found in niches where nothing else grows - “barrens” aren’t truly barren after all.
February 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Phacelia formosula, or North Park Phacelia is federally listed as endangered. It is found only in the North Park, CO area where it grows from otherwise “barren slopes. Some of the rarest and most unique species are found in niches where nothing else grows - “barrens” aren’t truly barren after all.
My best adventure buddy in every season.
February 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My best adventure buddy in every season.
Two photos from bat surveys taken a few moments apart. Both picture a serious scientist taking things *very* seriously.
January 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Two photos from bat surveys taken a few moments apart. Both picture a serious scientist taking things *very* seriously.
To fill the gap this winter, I am helping a herbarium work through a massive back log of unidentified specimens - the oldest I have ID’d so far was from 1951, but the collection itself spans centuries. Herbaria are critical repositories for research, taxonomy, and historical ecology.
January 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
To fill the gap this winter, I am helping a herbarium work through a massive back log of unidentified specimens - the oldest I have ID’d so far was from 1951, but the collection itself spans centuries. Herbaria are critical repositories for research, taxonomy, and historical ecology.
Is it field season yet?
Pictured is a count plot for Ipomopsis polyantha, Pagosa Skyrocket. This endemic plant is restricted to mancos shale soils in Pagosa Springs, CO and is federally listed as endangered, but also?
Pictured is a count plot for Ipomopsis polyantha, Pagosa Skyrocket. This endemic plant is restricted to mancos shale soils in Pagosa Springs, CO and is federally listed as endangered, but also?
January 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Is it field season yet?
Pictured is a count plot for Ipomopsis polyantha, Pagosa Skyrocket. This endemic plant is restricted to mancos shale soils in Pagosa Springs, CO and is federally listed as endangered, but also?
Pictured is a count plot for Ipomopsis polyantha, Pagosa Skyrocket. This endemic plant is restricted to mancos shale soils in Pagosa Springs, CO and is federally listed as endangered, but also?
Rare plant time! Pictured is Drosera rotundifolia, or round leaf sundew. This carnivorous plant was found growing en masse at the edge of a high-altitude acid lake.
Yes, I said “acid lake”.
Yes, I said “acid lake”.
January 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Rare plant time! Pictured is Drosera rotundifolia, or round leaf sundew. This carnivorous plant was found growing en masse at the edge of a high-altitude acid lake.
Yes, I said “acid lake”.
Yes, I said “acid lake”.
One of my favorite wetland plants: Pedicularis groenlandica. It’s also known more whimsically as several variations of “Little Pink Elephants” or “Elephant Head Sicklewort”
January 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
One of my favorite wetland plants: Pedicularis groenlandica. It’s also known more whimsically as several variations of “Little Pink Elephants” or “Elephant Head Sicklewort”
Hello Bluesky! I’m Bam, a queer field biologist surveying some of Colorado’s most unique natural features. Let’s build a more hopeful environmental future.
January 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hello Bluesky! I’m Bam, a queer field biologist surveying some of Colorado’s most unique natural features. Let’s build a more hopeful environmental future.