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Jeff Hostetler
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Quantitative population and migration ecologist at U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Ecological Science Center in Laurel, MD. Among other things, I analyze Breeding Bird Survey data.
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Why does They Might Be Giants keep photobombing my selfies?
Bald bearded guy selfie at a concert. I'm the background are the band They Might Be Giants.
December 9, 2024 at 1:09 PM
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I'm a quantitative ecologist, focused on wildlife population ecology, wildlife migration, and conservation biology. I mostly study birds and marine mammals. One of my primary tasks is analyzing data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. 🐦🦅🐦‍⬛🦆🐳 🧪 🌍
Me in my Halloween costume as a cowbird egg in a wood thrush nest (not to scale). The nest is mixed media: laundry basket, twigs, wood glue, and planter lining. The cowbird egg is my bald head, painted to be speckled.
November 11, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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Preliminary Halloween costume: cowbird egg in a wood thrush nest (not to scale)
Me with a large nest fitted above my ears, so that my bald head appears to be an egg. Smaller blue egg also seen. Me with a large nest fitted above my ears, so that my bald head appears to be an egg. Smaller blue egg also seen. Overhead view of nest with five blue plastic eggs and my "egghead."
October 31, 2024 at 11:21 PM