I had a blast as a panelist on the @AnimalBehavPod at the @AnimBehSociety conference @WesternU. We ate hot wings while answering questions from our fantastic host @MatthewZipple, accompanied by AI-generated songs and images for each of us. So much fun!
@rosvall_lab Same! I asked AI to make me an image of a sparrow panting in a pine tree, and I got cute cartoons of sparrows with easels painting in a tree...
Announcing the @AnimBehSociety Career Diversity Travel Award! These awards are meant to increase conference support for career stages including postdocs, research scientists, lecturers, adjuncts, and non-tenure track faculty. Apply! https://t.co/h3VAIyZxr8โฆ
Accepted for publication: "Field tests of small autonomous recording units: An evaluation of in-person versus automated point counts and a comparison of recording quality." ๐ฆ๐ถ๐๏ธ
Coming soon to the journal Bioacoustics.
#bioacoustics#ARUs#ornithology
Gather 'round for storytime, kids!
Many intellectual giants <cough [bots] cough> this week losing their fecal sacs over the @AmOrnith decision to replace eponymous names for birds.
"You're erasing history" they cry.
Let's explore some history with #BachmansSparrow. ๐งต1\12
#OnThisDay in 1861, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend "But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything." https://t.co/9IjZ8G8LKx
๐ข๐ฅWe're hiring, TT position in ANIMAL BEHAVIOR!! ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐ชฐ๐ฆ๐๐ #job#academia@iu_eeb@IU_CISAB. Apply by 11/15/23 here: https://t.co/7XbwghJbVR
All are very welcome to create their own PhD project in my Duke Biology lab in in vision/signaling/camouflage/biophotonics/navigation. Stipend ($38,500 USD) is guaranteed for six years via TA/RA/fellowship. Current one-bedroom rent is ~$1600. DM me if interested. #scitwitter
Interested in a Master's studying birdsong?
Lab alumna Karan Odom is a #NewPI at University of the Pacific. She's seeking Master's students to study hormonal & genetic regulation of female song and sexual dimorphism in song. Details: https://t.co/DoKnZdgN8I
Please share and RT!
Periodic reminder to tell people how much you appreciate them-- friends, coworkers, family, etc. Tell them with specifics and not vague generalities. Tell them even if it's awkward. At some point, the opportunity to tell them will go away, and you'll want to have told them a lot.
Sometimes people ask me if I can do one-on-one R tutoring.
Sure I can. But then my hourly rate applies. And there are many amazing *free* resources. Want to try them first?
Here are a few that I recommend. #rstats
My online course on R for ecology is now OPEN! ๐ฟ Struggling with R? This one's for you.
Go here to pre-register: https://t.co/xWIyaMXtWJ
Enrollment ends Tues May 23rd, but you'll get lifetime access to do the course in your own time and on your own schedule.
#rstats#ecology