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Richard Hall
@richardlovesbirds.bsky.social
Theoretical ecologist based in Athens, GA. Into disease ecology and animal migration. Love birds and native gardening. he/him
Lab: https://halllab.ecology.uga.edu/
Wildlife from the backyard: https://www.instagram.com/richhallagram/
nobody puts juncos in the corner
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Any chance of a field trip to Mountain Lake for Cerulean Warblers and recreating iconic scenes from Dirty Dancing? I'll be there (with a watermelon)
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November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am sure one will find your sprinklers eventually!
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I hope to be there if I still have funding! 😬
February 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@mariusgrabow.bsky.social, today we are reading your paper on blood parasite effects on hirundine movement in our graduate journal club on the interface of animal behavior and disease!
February 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nice pics! Although Blackcaps have always been a summer breeder in the UK, these wintering birds come from continental Europe, some even flying north for winter from Spain! Temperate UK winters plus food subsidies in gardens allow them to return to breeding sites earlier & secure best territories
January 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I just realized that your name in reverse is Dat Sallad.
January 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
We need a caption contest for this photo! If you'll lettuce
January 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Post-migratory movements in the nonbreeding season are in fact displayed by a surprising number of birds around the world, with diverse resource- or weather-based cues. Two former students in the lab wrote a paper documenting examples of this: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Post‐migratory nonbreeding movements of birds: A review and case study
While many migratory birds are conceptualized as using a single wintering site, technological advances that enable detailed tracking of individual birds are uncovering more examples of post-migratory....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
They do - Baltimore Orioles are my favourite Christmas ornament!
December 25, 2024 at 3:46 AM