Dr LeaGrie
@leagrie.bsky.social
Houston Chair in Ornithology, University of Saskatchewan. Ornithology and behavioural ecology, especially chemical communication and microbial ecology. Views are my own. #NewPI 🪶🌈
Saskatoon was absolutely stunning last night 🤩🌌
#Saskatchewan #NightSky #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights
#Saskatchewan #NightSky #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Saskatoon was absolutely stunning last night 🤩🌌
#Saskatchewan #NightSky #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights
#Saskatchewan #NightSky #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Museum collections are such an important resource! At @usaskartsci.bsky.social #Biology, we’re giving our #ornithology teaching collection some love & attention - inventory, organize, flag needs, filter for damage. Enhanced teaching coming soon! 🪶🧪🇨🇦
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Museum collections are such an important resource! At @usaskartsci.bsky.social #Biology, we’re giving our #ornithology teaching collection some love & attention - inventory, organize, flag needs, filter for damage. Enhanced teaching coming soon! 🪶🧪🇨🇦
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
But, a captive Whooping Crane in Wisconsin recently died of HPAI, a contagious and deadly virus. An HPAI outbreak in the wild population could render this species extinct. I’m privileged to be near this species’ annual migration route and to have met this bird. 2/2
#birds #birding #SpeciesAtRisk
#birds #birding #SpeciesAtRisk
October 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
But, a captive Whooping Crane in Wisconsin recently died of HPAI, a contagious and deadly virus. An HPAI outbreak in the wild population could render this species extinct. I’m privileged to be near this species’ annual migration route and to have met this bird. 2/2
#birds #birding #SpeciesAtRisk
#birds #birding #SpeciesAtRisk
Whooping Cranes are an endangered species. Only ~500 individuals remain. The only self-sustaining population (~329 birds, less than 250 of reproductive age) in the world breeds in Wood Buffalo NP & winters in Texas. This flock has been increasing, which is great! 1/2
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#conservation #BirdTherapy
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#conservation #BirdTherapy
October 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Whooping Cranes are an endangered species. Only ~500 individuals remain. The only self-sustaining population (~329 birds, less than 250 of reproductive age) in the world breeds in Wood Buffalo NP & winters in Texas. This flock has been increasing, which is great! 1/2
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#conservation #BirdTherapy
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#conservation #BirdTherapy
Beautiful evening with Sandhill Cranes just south of Saskatoon 🪶🇨🇦
#Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #sunset #nature #migration #Saskatchewan
#Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #sunset #nature #migration #Saskatchewan
September 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Beautiful evening with Sandhill Cranes just south of Saskatoon 🪶🇨🇦
#Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #sunset #nature #migration #Saskatchewan
#Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #sunset #nature #migration #Saskatchewan
September 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Lots of Swainson’s Thrush were moving through Saskatoon last week. What would you rename them? 🪶🇨🇦
#BirdNamesForBirds #Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #Saskatchewan
#BirdNamesForBirds #Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #Saskatchewan
September 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Lots of Swainson’s Thrush were moving through Saskatoon last week. What would you rename them? 🪶🇨🇦
#BirdNamesForBirds #Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #Saskatchewan
#BirdNamesForBirds #Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #Saskatchewan
Super promising diagnostic tools for #endometriosis - so needed, so many affected by this disease (incl yours truly) & now this lab is at risk of losing funding due to you-know-whos horrible agenda.
An excellent article well worth the read @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
An excellent article well worth the read @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
September 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Super promising diagnostic tools for #endometriosis - so needed, so many affected by this disease (incl yours truly) & now this lab is at risk of losing funding due to you-know-whos horrible agenda.
An excellent article well worth the read @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
An excellent article well worth the read @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
Another excellent day of birding in Saskatoon, this time with photos 🤩
Magnolia warbler, northern waterthrush, common yellowthroat, blackpoll warbler 🪶🇨🇦
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
#birds #birding #BirdTherapy #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Saskatchewan #warblers #migration
Magnolia warbler, northern waterthrush, common yellowthroat, blackpoll warbler 🪶🇨🇦
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
#birds #birding #BirdTherapy #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Saskatchewan #warblers #migration
September 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Another excellent day of birding in Saskatoon, this time with photos 🤩
Magnolia warbler, northern waterthrush, common yellowthroat, blackpoll warbler 🪶🇨🇦
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
#birds #birding #BirdTherapy #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Saskatchewan #warblers #migration
Magnolia warbler, northern waterthrush, common yellowthroat, blackpoll warbler 🪶🇨🇦
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
#birds #birding #BirdTherapy #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Saskatchewan #warblers #migration
Just a fantastic day for #warblers in #Saskatoon, especially on @usask.ca campus and #meewasin trail 🤩 Awesome Fall Bird Count. 🪶🇨🇦
I hope you’re out @saskajanet.bsky.social!
11 km walked and biked from 7am-1:30pm
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
#birds #birding #BirdTherapy #migration
I hope you’re out @saskajanet.bsky.social!
11 km walked and biked from 7am-1:30pm
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
#birds #birding #BirdTherapy #migration
September 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Just a fantastic day for #warblers in #Saskatoon, especially on @usask.ca campus and #meewasin trail 🤩 Awesome Fall Bird Count. 🪶🇨🇦
I hope you’re out @saskajanet.bsky.social!
11 km walked and biked from 7am-1:30pm
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
#birds #birding #BirdTherapy #migration
I hope you’re out @saskajanet.bsky.social!
11 km walked and biked from 7am-1:30pm
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
#birds #birding #BirdTherapy #migration
Adults respond primarily to nestling cues: they give more food to chicks that beg harder, beg earlier & that hatched first (larger chicks) 🐥.
I started collecting these data as an MSc side project @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social in 2012, finished as a postdoc in 2021. Proud to see it out! 3/3
I started collecting these data as an MSc side project @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social in 2012, finished as a postdoc in 2021. Proud to see it out! 3/3
September 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Adults respond primarily to nestling cues: they give more food to chicks that beg harder, beg earlier & that hatched first (larger chicks) 🐥.
I started collecting these data as an MSc side project @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social in 2012, finished as a postdoc in 2021. Proud to see it out! 3/3
I started collecting these data as an MSc side project @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social in 2012, finished as a postdoc in 2021. Proud to see it out! 3/3
Anis do not preferentially feed their genetic offspring in communal broods. They don’t increase provisioning effort when they have more offspring in the nest. They DO feed more of their own chicks when they have more in the nest, but no evidence it is deliberate or intentional. Instead… 2/3
September 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Anis do not preferentially feed their genetic offspring in communal broods. They don’t increase provisioning effort when they have more offspring in the nest. They DO feed more of their own chicks when they have more in the nest, but no evidence it is deliberate or intentional. Instead… 2/3
Super happy that our paper on offspring provisioning in communal breeding Smooth-billed Anis is out in @animbehsociety.bsky.social 🥳 Excellent undergrad work by Ashley Grew @queensuniv.bsky.social & Labiqah Iftikhar @uwaterloo.ca, who scored 100s of hours of video to find out that…1/3
September 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Super happy that our paper on offspring provisioning in communal breeding Smooth-billed Anis is out in @animbehsociety.bsky.social 🥳 Excellent undergrad work by Ashley Grew @queensuniv.bsky.social & Labiqah Iftikhar @uwaterloo.ca, who scored 100s of hours of video to find out that…1/3
Vesper Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow. What would you rename the LISP? 🪶🇨🇦
#BirdsOfSaskatchewan #BirdNamesForBirds #BirdTherapy #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025
#BirdsOfSaskatchewan #BirdNamesForBirds #BirdTherapy #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025
September 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Vesper Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow. What would you rename the LISP? 🪶🇨🇦
#BirdsOfSaskatchewan #BirdNamesForBirds #BirdTherapy #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025
#BirdsOfSaskatchewan #BirdNamesForBirds #BirdTherapy #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025
September 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
August 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
August 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Baird’s Sandpiper. What would you rename it? 🪶🇨🇦
#BirdNamesForBirds #birds #BirdTherapy #nature #Saskatchewan #BirdsSeenIn2025
#BirdNamesForBirds #birds #BirdTherapy #nature #Saskatchewan #BirdsSeenIn2025
August 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Baird’s Sandpiper. What would you rename it? 🪶🇨🇦
#BirdNamesForBirds #birds #BirdTherapy #nature #Saskatchewan #BirdsSeenIn2025
#BirdNamesForBirds #birds #BirdTherapy #nature #Saskatchewan #BirdsSeenIn2025
August 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Filled with gratitude for this beautiful afternoon on the northeast swale 😍
#saskatoon #saskatchewan #nature
#saskatoon #saskatchewan #nature
August 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Filled with gratitude for this beautiful afternoon on the northeast swale 😍
#saskatoon #saskatchewan #nature
#saskatoon #saskatchewan #nature
Beautiful evening at Beaver Creek enjoying the night skies with Meewasin & @livingskyguy.bsky.social ✨
#saskatchewan #saskatoon
#saskatchewan #saskatoon
August 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Beautiful evening at Beaver Creek enjoying the night skies with Meewasin & @livingskyguy.bsky.social ✨
#saskatchewan #saskatoon
#saskatchewan #saskatoon
Excellent workshop on how to prep museum quality study skins by Danae Friar, Ryan Fisher @royalsaskmuseum.bsky.social & others at #SCOSOC2025!
Collections are so important for science & education! 🪶🧪
Collections are so important for science & education! 🪶🧪
August 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Excellent workshop on how to prep museum quality study skins by Danae Friar, Ryan Fisher @royalsaskmuseum.bsky.social & others at #SCOSOC2025!
Collections are so important for science & education! 🪶🧪
Collections are so important for science & education! 🪶🧪
Great kick off to #SCOSOC2025 with a field trip to Last Mountain Lake SK 🥳
August 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Great kick off to #SCOSOC2025 with a field trip to Last Mountain Lake SK 🥳