Black phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, surveying the cricket field at Woodley Park, Sepulveda Basin
#naturalist #wildlife #bird #photography #LosAngeles
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@jby@ecoevo.social
mastodon 4.7.3Biologist studying #evolution, especially Joshua trees 
, in #LosAngeles; runner; writer; #gay. Not necessarily in that order.
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Allen's hummingbird, Selasporus sasin, standing watch at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve
#naturalist #wildlife #bird #LosAngeles #hummingbird #photography
A Western bluebird, Sialia mexicana, in the morning light at Woodley Park, Sepulveda Basin
#naturalist #wildlife #bird #photography #LosAngeles
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Arroyo Lupine, Lupinus succulentus, at Sepulveda Basin this spring
Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia, on a gray morning at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve
Pink lady's slipper, Cypripedium acaule, along the carriage roads in Acadia National Park last June
A cottontail rabbit on the lawn at Deception Pass State Park, Washington
Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, screaming at the world, because sometimes that's what you have to do
Columbian black-tailed deer, Odocoileus hermionus columbianus, on San Juan
Island, Washington
From 1981 to 2016, hermit thrushes migrating through Chicago became smaller, with shorter bills and longer wings, relative to body size— there are genetic changes associated with shortening bills, but not the other changes
Genetic and morphological shifts associated with climate change in a migratory bird https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02107-5
Got to do an actual local TV news interview about early-blooming Joshua trees, failed to anticipate that I should've given the producers a photo of the correct species of yucca moth
#JoshuaTrees #television #news #LosAngeles #science #ecology
Classic city pigeon, Columba livia, at the market on Granville Island in Vancouver
"Ecological fitting" in an image: a domestic honeybee, Apis mellifera, on flowers of a western Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia, at Quartz Hill, California back in January
Every once in awhile I catch up on the state of knowledge about really early evolution and there's at least one phylogeny where you have to hunt for the eukaryotes
The archaeal roots of eukaryotic life https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2516062123
Talked to SFGATE about this year's super-early Joshua tree bloom, the lab's call for help tracking it on iNaturalist, and what it may mean for our favorite spiky desert plants
Joshua trees are flowering in the Calif. desert. That’s bad news.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/joshua-trees-early-bloom-21307157.php
#ecology #desert #JoshuaTrees #California #Nevada #Arizona #CommunityScience
Really good overview of plans to help Joshua trees survive climate change on National Geographic, with some description of a project I'd only heard rumored, which might aaaaalmost count as what we call assisted migration
#science #genetics #ecology #conservation #JoshuaTrees #California
Accounting for the effects of year-to-year climate variation on population growth rate can substantially decrease the size of a species' expected geographic range— by an average of 22% in this simulation study with a new method for range modeling
Invasive species generally show signs of reduced genetic diversity from the bottleneck of introduction to a new habitat— but also usually recover a lot of diversity from hybridization among introduced populations
For YEARS, the NSF has been dragging its feet on adding sexual orientation and gender identity to its national surveys of the #STEM workforce — in spite of mounting evidence that #LGBTQ scientists face unique challenges.
Consider signing on to this open letter, organized by Jon Freeman, which calls on NSF to release the results of its pilot project for LGBTQ identity questions, and collect the data already.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qWlql8xu-3BNq--W4FxxwkTmMrWTnJO4/edit
In the Molecular Ecologist: Four science books for 2022 https://www.molecularecologist.com/2022/11/28/four-science-books-2022-tree-thieves-geology-haldane-animal-senses/
#books #evolution #genetics #conservation #forest #geology #MolecularEcologist
Forget describing new species, how often are we adding new genera, families, orders, and classes? New higher-order clades are often "hidden" as symbionts or in less-accessible habitats
The population of juvenile blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is "regulated" by ... adult blue crabs
Cannibalism, predation, and refuges of juvenile blue crabs from a 37-year experiment https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2533461123
Out to Innovate is holding its first in-person event in years, featuring a slate of policy experts and community leaders, and also yours truly with a workshop on "speaking for data" — brainstorming ways to serve your community with science.
March 7 at USC and online, come Out to Innovate https://lab.jbyoder.org/2026/01/19/march-7-at-usc-and-online-come-out-to-innovate/
