Stephanie Mason (she/they)

PhD Candidate at the University of Western Australia looking at communicative complexity in WA magpies & Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins.

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

@BiostatPL @ResearchDolphin @BiolSci_UWA @mandy_ridley Thanks Eddy! 🐭

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

This marks the end of 270 days in the field with these trouble makers. I am just about ready to never see a magpie again (I hear them in my sleep at this point🫠🦅)
Now straight to Shark Bay for dolphin season🐬
Will be glad of a big nap and a holiday when this is all over 🥴

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

@BiostatPL @G_Blackburn_ Monday please!

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

Sometimes you fight the worm, sometimes the worm fights back 🪱
‘Fat Tony’ struggling to win tug-of-war with their breakfast this morning.
8 months into magpie fieldwork, 1 month to go 🥹🏁

[Tash Harrison @tash_harro]

Hot off the press! Perverse outcomes from fencing fauna. We find that a population of havened woylies show weakened anti-predator responses after 10 years isolated from predators. Read more below🧵
https://t.co/cTPMIl6NQS

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

@mandy_ridley This is one of GBYMs elder two! Exactly what George from SCL used to do when she was about this age so I think we’ve got another confident survivor on our hands! 🤞🏻

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

Very hard to conduct serious research when your study species is trying to eat your toes…

This little one is 11 weeks post-fledge and already very sure of themself…and very peckish👀

[Lautaro Vergara 🇺🇦 @VergaraLautaro]

PhD student attending first big conference, with advisor.

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

Please please please don’t “rescue” any fledglings this season! Their parents are nearby and will be back with a worm or two in a jiff 🪱

[Amanda Ridley @mandy_ridley]

Today @G_Blackburn_ and @StephLMason returned a fledgling to its family for a happy reunion! This fledgling was picked up by a person who thought it was in trouble. Just a reminder: magpie fledglings walk on the ground. They are ok! Pls don’t pick them up unless injured!

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

But for now…
Feels good to be back with my feathered friends!
My magpie field season commences with finding everyone’s nests so I can be ready to go when the new batch fledge! 🪺

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

Had an amazing time training with @ResearchDolphin last month! Excited to head back next year to commence data collection for my dolphin chapters 🐬

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

Made a playlist for your weekend hike

[Shark Bay Dolphin Research @ResearchDolphin]

We are celebrating 40 years of research on the #Gathaagudu #SharkBay dolphins 🥳, founded by Richard Connor and Rachel Smolker in 1982. SBDR has shed important light on male cooperation, cultural evolution, dolphin ecology + communication @UZH_Science @BristolBioSci @BiolSci_UWA

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

Lunchtime in the shallows today 🐟
@ResearchDolphin

[Dr. Daniela Rößler @RoesslerDaniela]

Amidst terrible fomo seeing all the cool conferences, I’ve been dying to share the news of our latest discovery 🥳 You thought jumping spiders peaked in their coolness? Buckle up!!! We need to talk about #jumpingspiders potentially #dreaming. @PNASNews
A thread with #videos 1/7

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

You beauty!
Just landed in Shark Bay for 3 weeks of training with the Shark Bay Dolphin Research Team. Stay tuned for dolphpics 🐬 @ResearchDolphin

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

[Stephanie Mason (she/they) @StephLMason]

Brb, changing my PhD to mole things

[Claire Barker @clairebarker]

Time for the annual outing of my best ever nature spot - Mr Mole!

[Kevin Rudd @MrKRudd]

I don’t believe Dutton is truly sorry for walking out on the Apology. He’s only sorry that, instead of becoming a folk hero, it exposed him as an uncaring far-right ideologue. He should never be PM. The Canberra Times asked me for my view, so here it is: https://t.co/WRgByNgt5w