The scale of fall raptor migration through Mexico and Central America is difficult to comprehend. This may help: there were so many birds flying over Panama City that they had to shut down the airport.
Neotropical Yellow Toads have hopped on to the webpage of the Herpetologists' League! 🐸🇨🇷
https://t.co/AN0BWekhhb
We have an upcoming paper in Herpetologica, the @HerpLeague's journal, and one of our Yellow Toad photos now appears on their web banner. 😙
Final acceptance after we responded to reviews: "Is color related to parasite load in a sexually dichromatic neotropical toad?" Coming soon to Herpetologica!
@NShangi@KatrinaMGardner@Steph_Doucet & I describe relationships between male colour and intensity of blood parasites.
A great morning at the Festival of Hawks at Holiday Beach: harriers, sharpies, eagles... and a huge scold of Blue Jays.
My favourite part: hanging out with lab alumna and Hawk Counter @NShangi in-person, after 3 years of virtual meetings.
Thanks @HolidayBeachMO & @essexregionca!
Accepted! A green light for our yellow toad paper: "Is color related to parasite load in a sexually dichromatic neotropical toad?" 🐸🔬🇨🇷🇨🇦
Coming to @HerpLeague's Herpetologica after we address helpful reviews. @NShangi led this study, arising from her fantastic Master's thesis.
Ecology makes clear that domestic cows don’t mimic, much less replace, the role of wild bison on the Great Plains.
A thread of studies and photos explaining some of the many reasons why: