Dylan Darter

Researching wild turkey 🦃 at @OSUEnvironment / Former research aid @kstatebio / More crab husbandry than normal / DM me to talk turkey

[Mike Chamberlain @wildturkeydoc]

This tom shows symptoms of LPDV, a virus that causes tumors on organs in wild turkeys. Lesions on head, squinted eyes, hunched, clearly ill. Ongoing work will help us understand whether this virus impacts populations. Anyone seeing birds that look ill? ⁦@NWTF_official⁩

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

@kirstinneff I see your blue Irish eyes song and raise you:

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

The catnip toy was in there

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

Hey #TWS2023 folks,

The Ohio Wild Turkey Project is hiring technicians for the upcoming field season. If you are interested, let me know here or come to the @OSUEnvironment booth!

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

Hey #TWS2023 folks,

The Ohio Wild Turkey Project is hiring technicians for the upcoming field season. If you are interested, let me know here or come to the @OSUEnvironment booth!

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

More cicadas = more turkey food.

Looking at the poults/hen numbers in cicada years is really fascinating.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

The periodical mass emergence of cicadas in eastern North American forests can “rewire” forest food webs and initiate a cascade of ecological impacts that propagates throughout the food chain, according to a new Science study.

📄: https://t.co/Kd5bRrQOXf

[Mike Chamberlain @wildturkeydoc]

With winter around the corner, fall is critical for turkeys to build fat reserves and gain weight. Seeds, grasses, fruits, and nuts help fuel their engines, and getting thru winter in prime shape is key to reproductive success in spring ⁦@NWTF_official⁩ ⁦@MossyOak⁩

[School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) @OSUEnvironment]

Join us in congratulating the Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Laboratory (TWEL) who celebrated 20 Years of TWEL on 9/30. The gathering brought together @OhioDivWildlife staff and SENR/TWEL faculty, staff, & students to celebrate.

Learn more @ https://t.co/cBZocWXx75.
#SENRisHere

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

A healthy looking red eyed male.

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

New kicker toy and a sweater are helping Mister enjoy fall.

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

I just wanna frolic with my friends.

[Cornell Lab @CornellBirds]

MIGRATION ALERT: More than 600 MILLION birds predicted for tonight! Given the tragic mass window collisions in Chicago (see our previous post), it's an important time to dim nonessential outdoor lights at night & make your windows safer for birds: https://t.co/CboDf0WiNr

[Celia Llopis-Jepsen @Celia_LJ]

Big wildfires are getting more & more common on the Great Plains. Now you can see the risk in *your* neighborhood with a new @KSForestService online map. City outskirts & some rural areas are especially at risk: https://t.co/WAYlJRsPdy

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

It had been too long since I had to run code and also had a cat in the room.

Never leave your laptop unguarded.

[Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis]

I haven't posted a turkey picture in a while so here's a fluffy male taunting me and my cameras.

[Pinstripe Alley @pinstripealley]

dozed off for a minute. it’s okay though because the Yankees have been dozing for months

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

@kirstinneff They were camera shy this week lol

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

Animal update.

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

My cat throws a fit when the Chiefs have a turnover.

He is not well behaved today.

[Dylan Darter @DylanDarter]

Pet pictures from this week.