Niko Mendes

Zoologist and Animal Enthusiast | Crew Member of @EcologyWCC | #UIUC Class of 2019 | My views are my own | He/Him | Banner by @PriyankkaKrish

[Niko Mendes @NikoMendesBio]

New paper from the Yellow Warbler Squad!

[Mark E. Hauber @cowbirdlab]

Anti-parasitic seet calls in female yellow warblers: a quasi-replication study! By @Bird_Sock @JaniceEnos2 @NikoMendesBio @birdsoundscapes https://t.co/8n7rktnidz

[Shelby Lawson @Bird_Sock]

Omg this red-winged blackbird stole our nest flag from ~10m away and wove it into their nest! Guess it wanted some flair! 😆 #ornithology #fieldwork

[SK Winnicki, PhD @skwinnicki]

Here it is, perhaps the coolest bird biology photo I have ever taken (I am so so very excited!!)-- a female Brown-headed Cowbird inspecting an American Robin nest!

Cowbirds can be quite secretive when they are looking to parasitize nests, I'm so lucky to see them in action!

[Mark E. Hauber @cowbirdlab]

Now with pagination! Thesis chapter @iBioIllinois on yellow warblers and cowbirds is an @nsf funded publication by @Bird_Sock @JaniceEnos2 @NikoMendesBio and @birdsoundscapes is now in the May issue of Ethology! https://t.co/koV6qm1ZHP

[SK Winnicki, PhD @skwinnicki]

Ask a Red-winged Blackbird researcher (@Bird_Sock, @JaniceEnos2)-- you don't want to mess with these bad boys

They will COME FOR YOUR FAMILY

[Shelby Lawson @Bird_Sock]

Score another one for the Yellow Warbler Squad (@cowbirdlab @JaniceEnos2 @birdsoundscapes @NikoMendesBio)! Our quasi-replication playback study on female Yellow Warblers was just accepted into the upcoming special issue in Animal Behavior and Cognition 🥳 Stay tuned for more...

[Shelby Lawson @Bird_Sock]

Do you like this photo? Then vote for it for UIUC's image of research competition and help @NickAntonson win! You don't have to be a member of the college to vote on it.

Image submissions and descriptions: https://t.co/OQtpKwyJuY
Vote here: https://t.co/LDebSgVXVr

[Kira Long @kmlong7]

An amazing lab with an amazing opportunity! Come hang with us at UIUC!!!!

[Niko Mendes @NikoMendesBio]

Coming from the Great Lakes area I have a bias against lampreys, but these guys are actually native and both ecologically and culturally important! We released this one back into the river and it burrowed into the substrate.

[Niko Mendes @NikoMendesBio]

Got the opportunity to catch an anadromous Pacific Lamprey in its larval/ammocoetes stage! As ammocoetes they're filter feeders; they don't develop their infamous teeth until they begin their journey downstream!

[Niko Mendes @NikoMendesBio]

My second paper just got published! So excited to be a part of this awesome project!

[Mark E. Hauber @cowbirdlab]

When do you cry “cowbird” if you’re a male Yellow Warbler? Find it out from @Bird_Sock @JaniceEnos2 @NikoMendesBio @birdsoundscapes in Ethology https://t.co/HQJs9OePrO

[Niko Mendes @NikoMendesBio]

I didn't know Pacific Tree Frogs got this big! I think she might be gravid too!

[Niko Mendes @NikoMendesBio]

Spotted an American Dipper bobbing and dipping. These little guys are North America's only aquatic songbird!

[Niko Mendes @NikoMendesBio]

After some big rains I had the pleasure of finding a couple rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa)! This little fella hid under some leaves when he noticed me.

[Niko Mendes @NikoMendesBio]

@Bird_Sock @flamingmuffinz Where's the lie?

[Kira Long @kmlong7]

I have a tome of birds from 1936, and I found this gem of a caption: “A fierce destroyer, but a splendid success as a bird” They don’t make books like this anymore 😂

[Mark E. Hauber @cowbirdlab]

Congrats to @skwinnicki @NickAntonson @DiseaseEcology and colleagues on new paper to track flexible cowbird growth in host nests across the full nesting period. Coming soon to you all in Canadian J Zoology @GrowBirdGrow

[Niko Mendes @NikoMendesBio]

Continuing my foraging adventures with three lobster mushrooms and a bolete!

[People and Nature @PaN_BES]

New #OpenAccess research from @mjlevenhagen et al. out today shows that quieting soundscapes increases bird numbers, heightens human experience and amplifies support for #conservation

https://t.co/cgQyxxi3hX

https://t.co/ukKWLv6s6p

#ProtectedAreas #AnthropogenicNoise