Paige Byerly, PhD
@paigebyerly.bsky.social
Postdoc at Senckenberg @sgn.one | research associate at Smithsonian NZCBI | conservation and museum genomics, seabirds, conservation biology | managing editor @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
always devastated to live just outside of the Hooded Crow's range, they are such stunning birds
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
always devastated to live just outside of the Hooded Crow's range, they are such stunning birds
birds' nests and chantrelles--a good day in the woods #fungifriends #fungi
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
birds' nests and chantrelles--a good day in the woods #fungifriends #fungi
The shaggy inkcap is high on the list of fungi that are edible but look like they shouldn’t be
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The shaggy inkcap is high on the list of fungi that are edible but look like they shouldn’t be
successful fungus walk before the rain came in #fungifriends #fungi
October 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
successful fungus walk before the rain came in #fungifriends #fungi
Curse of the Totentrompeten—reminder that you still need to do tick checks into the fall season!!! Tragically I was not there to remind myself yesterday
October 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Curse of the Totentrompeten—reminder that you still need to do tick checks into the fall season!!! Tragically I was not there to remind myself yesterday
I don’t know but they seem to love mushrooms! spotted this one last fall
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I don’t know but they seem to love mushrooms! spotted this one last fall
I love weird-little-guy season 🪲🍄🟫
October 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I love weird-little-guy season 🪲🍄🟫
along with some other nice finds the wild boars left behind
October 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
along with some other nice finds the wild boars left behind
gorgeous black chanterelles on my mushroom walk today (“trumpet of the dead”’ in both German and French if you want to get goth with it, which oc we do🖤🖤🖤)
#fungi #fungifriends
#fungi #fungifriends
October 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
gorgeous black chanterelles on my mushroom walk today (“trumpet of the dead”’ in both German and French if you want to get goth with it, which oc we do🖤🖤🖤)
#fungi #fungifriends
#fungi #fungifriends
and appear to be forming alliances with the plant community
October 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
and appear to be forming alliances with the plant community
very small conglomerations of mushrooms are also reporting for duty
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
very small conglomerations of mushrooms are also reporting for duty
Big year for large conglomerations of mushrooms
October 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Big year for large conglomerations of mushrooms
Edible mushroom foraging is a huge activity here but I only hunt with my camera bc I don’t trust my ID skills to not kill us. I asked some local friends if they’d be willing to show me the ropes but they politely brushed me off—no one wants the competition!
October 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Edible mushroom foraging is a huge activity here but I only hunt with my camera bc I don’t trust my ID skills to not kill us. I asked some local friends if they’d be willing to show me the ropes but they politely brushed me off—no one wants the competition!
Lots of rain here recently, which means it’s finally autumn mushroom-hunting season here in the Spessart Forest of Central Germany 🍄🍁
#fungusfriends #fungus
#fungusfriends #fungus
October 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Lots of rain here recently, which means it’s finally autumn mushroom-hunting season here in the Spessart Forest of Central Germany 🍄🍁
#fungusfriends #fungus
#fungusfriends #fungus
an extremely orange young man
August 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
an extremely orange young man
ok, I bitch a lot about all the predatory journal emails I get but the subject line of this one had me crying. Congrats Archives of Urology and Nephrology, you can expect my manuscript shortly
August 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
ok, I bitch a lot about all the predatory journal emails I get but the subject line of this one had me crying. Congrats Archives of Urology and Nephrology, you can expect my manuscript shortly
Post your last photo of DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
Taken in the crime-ridden streets of Adams Morgan the week before I moved 💔
Taken in the crime-ridden streets of Adams Morgan the week before I moved 💔
August 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Post your last photo of DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
Taken in the crime-ridden streets of Adams Morgan the week before I moved 💔
Taken in the crime-ridden streets of Adams Morgan the week before I moved 💔
I genuinely don't know if publishing a manuscript as a preprint was worth the approximately 5 predatory journal emails I've gotten per day ever since (almost a year later)
August 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I genuinely don't know if publishing a manuscript as a preprint was worth the approximately 5 predatory journal emails I've gotten per day ever since (almost a year later)
Watch out Hot Girl Summer, here comes
July 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Watch out Hot Girl Summer, here comes
Washington State is for cherries
July 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Washington State is for cherries
Sweet little snapper encounter under a bridge. I thought she was coming over to say hi but she said ✌️👋💨
July 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sweet little snapper encounter under a bridge. I thought she was coming over to say hi but she said ✌️👋💨
good old-fashioned American tackiness 😭 god help me I missed it
July 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
good old-fashioned American tackiness 😭 god help me I missed it
First time back in the states in over two years 🫡 there are some American things Europe just can’t replicate, & giant overstuffed antique malls & diner breakfasts are very high on that list
July 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
First time back in the states in over two years 🫡 there are some American things Europe just can’t replicate, & giant overstuffed antique malls & diner breakfasts are very high on that list