Megan
@mobydickcissel.bsky.social
She/they | Birder | Bander and graduate researcher studying the impact of wildfire smoke on oxidative status of migratory birds in the Ramos Lab | Southern Colorado.
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*Parulidae, not Sylvidae
Warblers are free therapy. Have a great weekend.
September 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
*Parulidae, not Sylvidae
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Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
August 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
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When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:
July 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:
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#WIPSnips from a short story I’m developing called “Big Moose” 🫎
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmEditing
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmEditing
July 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#WIPSnips from a short story I’m developing called “Big Moose” 🫎
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmEditing
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmEditing
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Pls share: I'm seeking ornithologists willing to comment about how the Bird Banding Lab &/or Breeding Bird Survey are crucial to their research & conservation efforts, for a piece for @therevelator.org defending these programs. Reply, DM, or email me at rebecca dot heisman at gmail. #ornithology
May 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Pls share: I'm seeking ornithologists willing to comment about how the Bird Banding Lab &/or Breeding Bird Survey are crucial to their research & conservation efforts, for a piece for @therevelator.org defending these programs. Reply, DM, or email me at rebecca dot heisman at gmail. #ornithology
A nice variety of species the last 7 days. Some more common than others.
#birdbanding
#askmeaboutoxidativestress
Captured and banded with federal permits for research purposes.
#birdbanding
#askmeaboutoxidativestress
Captured and banded with federal permits for research purposes.
May 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A nice variety of species the last 7 days. Some more common than others.
#birdbanding
#askmeaboutoxidativestress
Captured and banded with federal permits for research purposes.
#birdbanding
#askmeaboutoxidativestress
Captured and banded with federal permits for research purposes.
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We’re very close to 200,000 comments, I would love to pass that post. Thanks to @mobydickcissel.bsky.social for bringing this to our attention.
If folks can boost this that would mean a lot. Protect birds! 🐦
#NatureSky #Birds 🧪🧑🔬
Here’s my comment:
If folks can boost this that would mean a lot. Protect birds! 🐦
#NatureSky #Birds 🧪🧑🔬
Here’s my comment:
May 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We’re very close to 200,000 comments, I would love to pass that post. Thanks to @mobydickcissel.bsky.social for bringing this to our attention.
If folks can boost this that would mean a lot. Protect birds! 🐦
#NatureSky #Birds 🧪🧑🔬
Here’s my comment:
If folks can boost this that would mean a lot. Protect birds! 🐦
#NatureSky #Birds 🧪🧑🔬
Here’s my comment:
Spring season up and running.
Yellow-rumped Warblers already coming through.
Birds handled for research with proper permits.
#birdbanding #birdlife
Yellow-rumped Warblers already coming through.
Birds handled for research with proper permits.
#birdbanding #birdlife
April 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Spring season up and running.
Yellow-rumped Warblers already coming through.
Birds handled for research with proper permits.
#birdbanding #birdlife
Yellow-rumped Warblers already coming through.
Birds handled for research with proper permits.
#birdbanding #birdlife
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WE'VE WON youtu.be/-3QECuK0_tE
SILKSONG 2025 CONFIRMED (Day 1538)
YouTube video by Daily Silksong News
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April 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WE'VE WON youtu.be/-3QECuK0_tE
As I lay me down to sleep I pray that Silksong will release. And if it should before I wake. Please clear my schedule for that day.
#silksong #nintendodirect
#silksong #nintendodirect
April 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
As I lay me down to sleep I pray that Silksong will release. And if it should before I wake. Please clear my schedule for that day.
#silksong #nintendodirect
#silksong #nintendodirect
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I’m soooo close to 3000 followers! How exciting! Do you like talking fiction, books, writing craft and birds!? Give me a follow!
#bsky #WritingCommunity #BookSky
#bsky #WritingCommunity #BookSky
April 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m soooo close to 3000 followers! How exciting! Do you like talking fiction, books, writing craft and birds!? Give me a follow!
#bsky #WritingCommunity #BookSky
#bsky #WritingCommunity #BookSky
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Between the war-boys group chat leak and the genetic data of millions of people for sale on the open market, I nominate today to officially mark when cyberpunk dystopia became a sub-genre of contemporary fiction.
Hot take by @mobydickcissel.bsky.social
Hot take by @mobydickcissel.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Between the war-boys group chat leak and the genetic data of millions of people for sale on the open market, I nominate today to officially mark when cyberpunk dystopia became a sub-genre of contemporary fiction.
Hot take by @mobydickcissel.bsky.social
Hot take by @mobydickcissel.bsky.social
If you’re looking for print media that has interesting art, short stories, and interviews check out Infinite Worlds Magazine. This is the first issues I’ve ever read and I’m looking forward to the next one.
@infiniteworldsmag.bsky.social
@infiniteworldsmag.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you’re looking for print media that has interesting art, short stories, and interviews check out Infinite Worlds Magazine. This is the first issues I’ve ever read and I’m looking forward to the next one.
@infiniteworldsmag.bsky.social
@infiniteworldsmag.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Prairie views and Sharp-tailed Grouse
March 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Prairie views and Sharp-tailed Grouse
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🪶 Today, more than 1/3 of the federal grant $$ we were relying on to finance our science & conservation work in 2025 is paused w/ no indication of when, or if, we will be able to access it again. Your tax-deductible donation helps us weather this period of uncertainty. birdpop.org/pages/do... 1/2
February 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🪶 Today, more than 1/3 of the federal grant $$ we were relying on to finance our science & conservation work in 2025 is paused w/ no indication of when, or if, we will be able to access it again. Your tax-deductible donation helps us weather this period of uncertainty. birdpop.org/pages/do... 1/2
February 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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this takes just a few seconds. please comment to speak out against the erasure of trans people and this attack on our ability to get vital documents.
Public comments are open for gender marker changes for trans people on passports.
DS-11 Application for passport: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
DS-82 Passport Renewal:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
DS-5504 Name Change and Corrections.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
DS-11 Application for passport: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
DS-82 Passport Renewal:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
DS-5504 Name Change and Corrections.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
this takes just a few seconds. please comment to speak out against the erasure of trans people and this attack on our ability to get vital documents.
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going to break out this addendum into its own thread because it's IMPORTANT.
also, i want to be clear about something. yes, many of the word choice here will result in a deluge of false-positives. frankly, good.
in all seriousness, these fuckers don't care about your studies of speciation or the light polarizing properties of materials.
in all seriousness, these fuckers don't care about your studies of speciation or the light polarizing properties of materials.
February 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
going to break out this addendum into its own thread because it's IMPORTANT.
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One of my favorite illustrations from the interior of ‘Atlas Obscura: Wild Life.’ This drawing opens the chapter about cities!
#procreate #natureart
#procreate #natureart
January 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
One of my favorite illustrations from the interior of ‘Atlas Obscura: Wild Life.’ This drawing opens the chapter about cities!
#procreate #natureart
#procreate #natureart
I enjoyed watching a small flock of Mountain Bluebirds yesterday. One of a few bright spots in a week of uncertainty.
January 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I enjoyed watching a small flock of Mountain Bluebirds yesterday. One of a few bright spots in a week of uncertainty.
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Sometimes I dabble in surface pattern design and license work to be printed on random stuff
#patterndesign #surfacepatterndesign #patterndesigner #repeatingpatterns
#patterndesign #surfacepatterndesign #patterndesigner #repeatingpatterns
January 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Sometimes I dabble in surface pattern design and license work to be printed on random stuff
#patterndesign #surfacepatterndesign #patterndesigner #repeatingpatterns
#patterndesign #surfacepatterndesign #patterndesigner #repeatingpatterns