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theSaltyHen | Sara Watkins
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☠️ PhD student in the Cohen Wildlife Lab
🦃🌱upland game birds | landscape and movement ecology
🐊🐾 UF & UGA Alumni
🏐🎲🏔️jock | nerd | outdoor enthusiast
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theSaltyHen | Sara Watkins @thesaltyhen.bsky.social · Nov 18
Howdy! I’m Sara, a PhD student studying wild turkey movement ecology. My interests are as diverse as my background, let’s connect!
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First snow day of 2025 ❄️ Office view, 9.5/10, a bit drafty under the window. Yes I still take my coffee iced.
Desk cluttered with note pads, writing instruments, coffee cup, and tech devices. Above the desk is a window where outside it is snowing.
January 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Stunning free #science vector art for your next poster, paper or talk 🤩

The #NIH has compiled over 2,000 illustrations including swatches and pattern brushes

bioart.niaid.nih.gov

#rstats #dataviz #phd #illustration
December 10, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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Hei #Conservationgenomics people, I'm looking for examples of studies where genomics was essential in a species reintroduction or supplementation. The most obvious is the Iberian lynx, but other examples would be nice
#consgen
November 21, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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The ole, “let’s just leave it overnight and see what happens” didn’t quite workout 🫠
On to the HPC we go…
Computer screen displaying an R-Studio window with a rather unfortunate error message stating the session was aborted.
November 22, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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Such a long journey! My second PhD chapter is out! - We review approaches for incorporating memory into step-selection analyses (SSAs), a frequently used movement modeling framework.

Thanks to all of my collaborators and my advisor, John Fieberg!

doi.org/10.1186/s404...
Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements - Movement Ecology
Incorporating memory (i.e., some notion of familiarity or experience with the landscape) into models of animal movement is a rising challenge in the field of movement ecology. The recent proliferation...
doi.org
November 19, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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This starter pack is filled with a beautifully diverse community of early career ecologists. For those looking to flood their feed with yummy science, start here!
lars-brudvig.bsky.social Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · Nov 19
The Early Career Ecologists starter pack is officially completed! Please have a look and give a follow to each and every one of these amazing individuals

And, to anyone who is still interested in joining, perhaps we can do part 2 in a bit?

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November 19, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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When the morning roll goes poorly, I start my day with a side quest. Today’s roll was a 4 🫠 but that meant I got to pull transmitters off of the printer!
A rolled D20 sits in a small wooden dice tray with the number four rolled up. A small bag, likely overfilled with more dice, sits on the edge of the tray along with a small golden hammer. Two, SLA 3D printed transmitters sitting on a small wooden dice tray.
November 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Aside from researching upland game birds 🦃 , here’s a few things I love

🏐 volleyball (re: womens sports)
🎣 coastal fishing
🎲 D&D
🗺️ landscape ecology
🏒 FLA Panthers Hockey
🐎 equestrian (ranch versatility)
🐾 dog training
👾 video games
📝 world building
⛰️ public lands
🍻 breweries
🌮 fish tacos
November 18, 2024 at 1:11 AM
thesaltyhen.bsky.social
Howdy! I’m Sara, a PhD student studying wild turkey movement ecology. My interests are as diverse as my background, let’s connect!
November 18, 2024 at 12:58 AM