Vicky Papuga

Mantidfly with an MES | works in rights-of-way habitat restoration | open to PhD- restoring landscapes, habitat connectivity, human-wildlife relations | she/her

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

Finally have mostly-committed to the transition; find me over in the blue area @ https://t.co/76XSJOimKD

[Catherine Munro @CatherineMMunro]

*** BOOK GIVEAWAY***
To celebrate the return of #Shetland to our screens tonight, I am going to give away 2 copies of Ponies at the Edge of the World! Just comment on and retweet this post to enter.

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

@CatherineMMunro Unsure if this is still going, but it would be lovely to read about finding home and Shetland ponies! My grad research involved topics of place attachment/sense of place & I continually reflect on placemaking in my own life

[wilderness proponent @JTommins]

once again can’t stress enough to go learn your local plants and animals. learn trees so you can ID them at a distance, in a car or train. learn the songs of the most common birds. stay up at night and see who comes out of hiding

[Patrick Dexter @patrickdextervc]

Zombie by The Cranberries (1994) an Irish anti-war song first released 20 years ago today

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

But it is SO awesome & motivating (& fun to speak on a similar cultural level) to hear about the passion, ingenuity, & motivation to move these projects forward from my age peers. It gives me hope for how our future systems can work to serve biodiversity & humans 2/2

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

It is such a joy when I get to work with people in my general age bracket- don't get me wrong, working with older folks who are into habitat restoration is also rad & I feel lucky to have landed in this job 1/2 ...

[spencer 🦈 @Unpop_Science]

A message to young biologists:

People will tell you not to ‘anthropomorphize’ other animals. Ignore them.

Every time you interact with another animal, imagine what they are thinking. Put yourself in their position. 🧵

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

I am a proud bee butt connoisseur

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

@chase_prairie @chicagobotanic @ChicagoParks @UMFlint @NSF @PGAFamilyFdn @BeckSamBar @BeckyTonietto @lglyndal Congrats, this is so rad! I took a peek at the website- are there seed mix breakdowns of what you're putting into meadow lawn mix vs full prairie? I work in meadow restoration & am looking forward to hearing more about this work- especially relevant to the urban spaces I work in

[Sarah @heyaimsarah]

For the past four years it’s been my job - nay, my PLEASURE - to be the tweeter behind the @OKWildlifeDept account. This is my final post.

It’s been my absolute honor to roast and ratio some of you into the ground in the name of science. Let’s take a trip down memory lane: 🧵

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

I think we might have a bumble bee colony under our deck (either Eastern or Two-spotted) & it makes me so happy when I see the lil' workers hanging around 🥹🐝

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

Going on a walk with me means getting unasked for information about the herbaceous & woody plants you can eat along the way. Did y'all know young Basswood leaves are GREAT for salads? And their sap is yummy boiled down; young buds are yummy; flowers are great for salads

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

@RefinedPlatinum @chase_prairie Oh no I didn't get one either 😭

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

Please fire your landscaper/gardener if they start talking about using landscape/weed fabric ok. ESPECIALLY if they're loading mulch onto it for some godforsaken reason

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

@muqri97 What species of milkweed? Some can be a wee bit finicky. These were fresh seeds from 2023 of whorled & butterfly, kept in the fridge (dry) until I most stratified for ~8 weeks in perlite. I left the bag out on the table after that & half of them sprouted before I even planted 😅

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

Cross-post from bluesky:
The native seed sowing set up tonight. First year using soil blocks; looking forward to seeing how they help with root development (and less pot chaos) #nativeplants #gardening #nativeseeds #ontario

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

**14/16, the weather today is absolutely doing my brain in

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

Update: 14/18 milkweed blocks germinated, 11/12 vervain blocks germinated, but complete silence from the (admittedly old and not well stored) vernonia seed and gentian :')

[Vicky Papuga @VaderLlama]

Is there a point in time when people stop thinking I'm 18? Seeing as I'm turning 30 next year it's getting a wee bit old