mastodon 4.7.3Associate Professor at a field campus in the Adirondack Park of New York. Teaching: wildlife conservation, wildlife surveying techniques, GIS.
Main research focus: #bats, #wildlife #conservation, #bioacoustics, #gis
Last night we saw:
-1 northern spring salamander
-3 four-toed salamanders
-a couple bull frogs
-a few green frogs
-dozens of spotted salamanders
-lots of wood frogs
-so many spring peepers (one shown in image)
I also didn't realize (or forgot) spring salamanders can stay in a larval stage with external gills for 4 years, so that was a confusing find.
#amphibiancallout #spring #vernalpools #Adirondacks #salamanders #frogs
Look who stopped by for a snack…
North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
#porcupine #wildlife #backyardwildlife
Why just stop and smell the flower when you can go all in and feast?
Long-tongued Nectar Bat (Macroglossus minimus) feeding on Sonneratia flowers in Brunei. Photo by Charles Francis.
Even though I was on sabbatical this semester, I just found end of year cards left for me in my office from a few of my students from last semester with such kind, appreciative words about my classes, etc.
They made my day and remind me why I love to teach.
#AcademicChatter #academia #teaching
Yay! Just received notification that our paper was accepted for publication! 🦇
New paper out! 🦇
We published data from 2015 to serve as a baseline from that time, before white-nose syndrome had spread across the continent. 194 North American bat experts assessed 21 threat categories. Pathogens and microbes ranked as the biggest threat across most regions. Habitat loss related threats also ranked high. Will be interesting to see what may change/stay the same in the future.
edit: Fixed link should give access
https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1n49D1R~eeCY3
Updated student loan repayment plans in the US are such trash. So cranky!
Submitted paper work since we are being forced off the SAVE plan and had to select another one that would qualify for PSLF.
The income-based plan is still more than I want to pay, but then after a year the estimated monthly payment due TRIPLES. I assure you that my income will not triple in a year. What is this nonsense? Hoping it adjusts with annual application. #studentloans #PSLF #AcademicChatter
The Southeast Bat Hub (SE in USA) seeks to hire one experienced full-time bat biologist / data scientist to assist a variety of bat ecology research.
An ideal candidate will have experience with acoustic monitoring and one additional bat monitoring method, extensive data management skills, and be familiar with writing code to work with data.
Job posting here: https://jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=113842
More info on SE Bat Hub: https://www.sebathub.org/
#fedijobs #bats
@jnl@hcommons.social I love jumping off the highway for a bit to do a loop through Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge when I have the time on that route.