Dr Alex Bond
@thelabandfield.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🇨🇦🐧 Conservation, curator in charge of birbs, island hopper, climber, connoisseur of fine teas, biscuit fiend, v left, queer af, Erdős–Bacon = 8, he/him.
📍 Tring & Milton Keynes, UK
https://linktr.ee/albnd
📍 Tring & Milton Keynes, UK
https://linktr.ee/albnd
"Is that a ... ?"
"A type specimen of Himalayan Snowcock? Why yes it is!"
"A type specimen of Himalayan Snowcock? Why yes it is!"
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"Is that a ... ?"
"A type specimen of Himalayan Snowcock? Why yes it is!"
"A type specimen of Himalayan Snowcock? Why yes it is!"
If Webster ever runs for office:
a) this will be his campaign shot
b) oh no
a) this will be his campaign shot
b) oh no
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
If Webster ever runs for office:
a) this will be his campaign shot
b) oh no
a) this will be his campaign shot
b) oh no
Weekends are for being lazy
(I did have some work today to meet a deadline and will claim back the time later)
(I did have some work today to meet a deadline and will claim back the time later)
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Weekends are for being lazy
(I did have some work today to meet a deadline and will claim back the time later)
(I did have some work today to meet a deadline and will claim back the time later)
He's managing to give it a try
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
He's managing to give it a try
It's the Red-faced Cormorant! A delightful friend indeed.
By Lisa Hupp/USFWS. - www.facebook.com/AlaskaMariti..., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
By Lisa Hupp/USFWS. - www.facebook.com/AlaskaMariti..., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It's the Red-faced Cormorant! A delightful friend indeed.
By Lisa Hupp/USFWS. - www.facebook.com/AlaskaMariti..., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
By Lisa Hupp/USFWS. - www.facebook.com/AlaskaMariti..., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
Here's today's #MysterySeabirdDistribution (it's an occasional series). Who might this be? Answers on a postcard... #seabirds #ornithology
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Here's today's #MysterySeabirdDistribution (it's an occasional series). Who might this be? Answers on a postcard... #seabirds #ornithology
You wanna piece of dem beans?!
November 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
You wanna piece of dem beans?!
If you guessed the Spectacled Guillemot (Cepphus carbo), well done! They're just such adorable birbs, aren't they?
(Image CC-A 3.0; Wiki user Eliezg)
(Image CC-A 3.0; Wiki user Eliezg)
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If you guessed the Spectacled Guillemot (Cepphus carbo), well done! They're just such adorable birbs, aren't they?
(Image CC-A 3.0; Wiki user Eliezg)
(Image CC-A 3.0; Wiki user Eliezg)
It's time for another entry in our irregular series #MysterySeabirdDistribution!
Orange: breeding
Purple: year-round
Blue: non-breeding
Answers on a postcard.
Orange: breeding
Purple: year-round
Blue: non-breeding
Answers on a postcard.
October 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
It's time for another entry in our irregular series #MysterySeabirdDistribution!
Orange: breeding
Purple: year-round
Blue: non-breeding
Answers on a postcard.
Orange: breeding
Purple: year-round
Blue: non-breeding
Answers on a postcard.
Who is under-studied or forgotten? Australasia, South America, cormorants, divers, grebes, southern storm-petrels.
Which reflects biases in studies species, and who goes to conferences.
Want to make seabird science better? Let's get the forgotten/under-represented numbers down!
Which reflects biases in studies species, and who goes to conferences.
Want to make seabird science better? Let's get the forgotten/under-represented numbers down!
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Who is under-studied or forgotten? Australasia, South America, cormorants, divers, grebes, southern storm-petrels.
Which reflects biases in studies species, and who goes to conferences.
Want to make seabird science better? Let's get the forgotten/under-represented numbers down!
Which reflects biases in studies species, and who goes to conferences.
Want to make seabird science better? Let's get the forgotten/under-represented numbers down!
And *another* 70 that were NEVER MENTIONED. These are the forgotten species. *THIS* should be a collective area of focus!
(Not to say no one is working on them, but that information isn't disseminated through conference talks/posters)
(Not to say no one is working on them, but that information isn't disseminated through conference talks/posters)
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
And *another* 70 that were NEVER MENTIONED. These are the forgotten species. *THIS* should be a collective area of focus!
(Not to say no one is working on them, but that information isn't disseminated through conference talks/posters)
(Not to say no one is working on them, but that information isn't disseminated through conference talks/posters)
We found 70 species that were statistically under-represented...
We should collectively show them some love!
We should collectively show them some love!
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We found 70 species that were statistically under-represented...
We should collectively show them some love!
We should collectively show them some love!
We found 16 species were statistically overly represented in conference abstracts with Common Murre/Guillemot leading the way *by far*.
They're cute, but not THAT cute...
(and also delicious)
They're cute, but not THAT cute...
(and also delicious)
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We found 16 species were statistically overly represented in conference abstracts with Common Murre/Guillemot leading the way *by far*.
They're cute, but not THAT cute...
(and also delicious)
They're cute, but not THAT cute...
(and also delicious)
Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about ?!" So did we.
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about ?!" So did we.
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Always lovely to be back in residence at @stnicholasleics.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Always lovely to be back in residence at @stnicholasleics.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who came out! We saw 22 species which is fantastic. Sign up for the newsletter to get all the results. stnicholasleicester.com/get-involved
October 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out! We saw 22 species which is fantastic. Sign up for the newsletter to get all the results. stnicholasleicester.com/get-involved
FINALLY. Getting my soup and hibernation this weekend 🥰
October 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
FINALLY. Getting my soup and hibernation this weekend 🥰
They don't title books like they used to... #ImpingementOfMan
October 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
They don't title books like they used to... #ImpingementOfMan
October 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Least Auklets weigh 85 g (a puffin is about 350-450 g, and a guillemot is 700-900 g for comparison). They take the same ring size as a European blackbird and are totes adorbs
October 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Least Auklets weigh 85 g (a puffin is about 350-450 g, and a guillemot is 700-900 g for comparison). They take the same ring size as a European blackbird and are totes adorbs
I've been remiss in celebrating #Auktober, so here are four delightful pics of the smollest one, the Least Auklet from Kiska Island, Alaska (where there are 1.2 million PAIRS in about 2 km sq).
Bonus early PhD Alex for scale.
Bonus early PhD Alex for scale.
October 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I've been remiss in celebrating #Auktober, so here are four delightful pics of the smollest one, the Least Auklet from Kiska Island, Alaska (where there are 1.2 million PAIRS in about 2 km sq).
Bonus early PhD Alex for scale.
Bonus early PhD Alex for scale.