Dr. Darcy Ernst

Reproductive neuroendocrinologist, #academicmom of 3. Community college professor. ♡ those birds.

[Field Inclusive @FieldInclusive]

Thanks to our sponsor Tracy Aviary (@TracyAviary), FI is proud to offer a $2000 Travel Award to help a marginalized or historically excluded student to attend any conference, workshop, or training opportunity in a natural sciences field for Summer 2025.

Learn More & Apply: https://t.co/M5BXKpixUn

Applications due April 1st, 11:59 ET.

[Dr. Darcy Ernst @birdphys]

@evornithology When people ask "what's your favorite bird?" By category is the only correct answer

[helen warlow @HWarloww]

The bird based colour system that eventually became Pantone. An effort to describe the diversity of birds led to one of the first modern colour systems ….this is wonderful. ( well I think so)

[Melissa Crytzer Fry @CrytzerFry]

Wouldn't have believed this if I hadn't seen it... Mama Gambel's #quail has ALL SIXTEEN of her newly hatched chicks beneath her (until a few escape). Papa stood guard while she stayed that way a good 10 minutes.

[Gnome Anne May Perceive Me @annethegnome]

There are fungi at Chernobyl that EAT radiation and nuclear fallout – and that’s only the start of this wild story 🍄☢️

Buckle up for a wild thread about radioactive boars, fungal space suits, radiation-detecting fungi, black frogs and a good dose of hope! 🧵

[Dan Baldassarre @evornithology]

American Woodcocks have complete 360° visual coverage above the horizontal plane. Even at the horizontal, they only have a 1° blind spot behind their head (figure: Martin et al. 1994). The Mallard actually has them beat, with complete panoramic vision in the horizontal plane!

[Matthew Savoca @DJShearwater]

Awesome full-time science opportunity @NOAAFisheries @ucsc with an amazing group based in Monterey, CA. Share widely!

[ryan @RyanFMandelbaum]

hey man i understand you need to eat rocks and salt to digest all the seeds and supplement your diet but why do you need to eat that piece of salt specifically

[Kairo @Kairo_Anatomika]

So...Mammals normally store fat under the skin in an even layer, but camels evolved to pile fat in one spot, so the rest of their bodies can stay cool in the desert.

Why don't other desert animals do this?

Well, they do.... but for some reason, we never talk about them..... 🧵🧵

[Dr. Darcy Ernst @birdphys]

@YouTooBio I'd love to see your figure gallery! I do this too, working through multiple figures per week. It's so cool that a student is explicitly recognizing it!

[Shannon Skalos, PhD 🪶🐦 @ShannonSkalos]

🚨Modoc Unit Biologist Job! 🚨

Another unit bio position, this time working primarily with large game mammals and sage grouse on the Modoc Plateau! 🦌🫎🐏🐓

https://t.co/oxprcTju07

[Field Inclusive @FieldInclusive]

FI is happy to offer one $2000 Travel Award for a marginalized or historically excluded student to attend a conference, workshop, or training opportunity in a natural sciences field.

Apply: https://t.co/APSYFXnXrb

Note: Applications from Non-U.S. institutions are not eligible.

[Dr. Darcy Ernst @birdphys]

@beccmel2 Birds are endothermic, but some reptiles are too (to least during breeding seasons), like pythons and tegu. Bird feathers are thought to evolve for temperature regulation, and since dragon wings are leathery I say reptile :)

[Laura J. May-Collado (she/her) @lmaycollado]

We are looking for US graduate students interested in this NSF-IRES Costa Rica Program Applicant Form here (https://t.co/KB1g5F1XCk) @MISS_Elasmo @BlackinMarSci

[Eric M. Wood @LA_Naturalist]

Happy to share our new monograph on redlining, birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles just out in @AmOrnith. Please see the infographic below, put together by @KAPdesign, for details

If you're unable to access the paper (see link) please DM me

https://t.co/SDIK24d52R

[Eamon C. Corbett @eamon_corbett]

In writing my bird eye color review paper, I’ve looked at thousands of bird eyes. Here’s a thread of my top 10 favorites ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Why do birds have all these crazy eye colors? Check out our paper, out now in Ibis: https://t.co/dHysSY1Fr8

[Dr. Darcy Ernst @birdphys]

AAAS @sstem_program path to purpose:

1. What do you desire?
2. What stirs your passion?
3. Where do you bring forth good results?
4. What are you willing to endure to achieve your goals?

Great intro from Sudip Parikh. #sstem students have a bright future.

[Dr. Darcy Ernst @birdphys]

Awesome talk by @jayeperview at the FIRST @sstem_program S-STEM scholars conference! Fabulous inspiration and advice for the next generation of STEM professionals ♡

[Joel Sartore @joelsartore]

With their extraordinary colors and unique shapes, each of these nudibranchs are like stunning works of art. Around 3,000 species of these soft-bodied molluscs are known to science and are spread throughout tropical waters around the globe.