David McCorquodale

Biology Professor, Cape Breton University. Beetles, Bees and a Birder.

[COSEWIC_COSEPAC @cosewic]

At its most recent meeting, COSEWIC assessed 30 wildlife species in various COSEWIC risk categories, including 10 Endangered, 10 Threatened, and 8 Special Concern. In addition to these wildlife species that are in COSEWIC risk categories, COSEWIC assessed 2 as Extinct.

[David McCorquodale @dbmcc09]

@biolumiJEFFence Real animals do not have bones.

[Tom Ayers @tomayers2262]

"That's the most important thing, that we care about the whales that we're watching, that we do give them a bit of a buffer, some space, limit the amount of time that we're with them," -- Elizabeth Zwamborn, Dalhousie whale researcher | CBC News https://t.co/MNVreveuD4

[Susan Chan @Squash_Bee]

We did it! @alanapindar and @SabRondeau and I have published a compilation of the wild bee visitors to major crops in N. America in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems https://t.co/QaLb6Pyi2L

[BiolSurveyCanada @BiolSurCan]

Attending the ESC/ESBC/ESA JAM next month? The BSC is organizing a "Curation Blitz" at the Spencer Museum at UBC, Monday aft. Nov. 14. Space is limited, so if interested, contact Biologicalsurvey(at)https://t.co/Vrj4MYQXch to get on the list. (Transportation will be provided)

[BiolSurveyCanada @BiolSurCan]

Attending the ESC/ESBC/ESA JAM next month? The BSC is working with the Stanley Park Ecological Society to organize a Bioblitz on the Saturday before the meeting (Nov. 12) from 1:00-4:00 pm (or later!). Meet at Beaver Lake in the Park at 1:00 pm.

[David McCorquodale @dbmcc09]

@sydcannings1 Thanks for all your work on Bombus bohemicus!

[Dr. Catherine Scott (she/they) @Cataranea]

@CTVAtlantic quotes me here but doesn't mention that I said (repeatedly) in the interview that the fumigation was unnecessary, likely completely ineffective, and a huge waste of money.

https://t.co/rvD7sQCVwh

[Jessica Linton @Jessicalinton86]

That's a wrap for our 2022 mottled duskywing crew from @WPCWild911 at @PineryProvPark! These dedicated folks collected our first year of data on Ontario's first reintroduced population of an endangered butterfly. See you all next year!

[Dr. Catherine Scott (she/they) @Cataranea]

Sigh. Unnecessary application of pesticides to solve a problem that was resolved as soon as the spiders were found and removed. Fumigation is not generally effective against spiders.
https://t.co/l0qqbtWwYq

[Steven McGrath @mcgruff101]

Here is a Google Map of all the current sightings of the Steller's Sea-Eagle in North America. All sightings logged on this map have been confirmed by various sources.
https://t.co/K3j1MYslff

#StellersSeaEagle #birding #birdwatching

[Susan Chan @Squash_Bee]

Way to go @AlanaPindar!

[Susan Chan @Squash_Bee]

Bombus terricola nesting in an abandoned mouse nest made from leaves and feathers in an old honey bee hive at my place...and lots of B. fervidus individuals around the hive too. Has anyone ever tested if queens are attracted to the smell of mouse when looking for a nest?

[Senator Colin Deacon 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @colindeacon]

As #WorldHoneyBeeDay is celebrated, let’s remember that we need to protect the diversity of our pollinators. #Biodiversity is critical to our maintaining healthy ecosystems. So let’s also celebrate & protect wild pollinators — too often forgotten or ignored in public policy.

[Dr. Ryan Norris @RyanNorrisSci]

If you see these people at the #insectarium do not worry: they are just from the COSEWIC arthropod subcommittee iNating stuff in the garden out front. @MaximLarrivee

[Maxim Larrivée (il/lui/he/him) @MaximLarrivee]

Always an honour to tour the new #insectarium @EspacePourLaVie with fellow #entomologists and members of the @cosewic arthropod subcommittee.
Especially when our #pollinator garden yields a #lifer for some of them!!
#entomophilia @Jessicalinton86

[John Reynolds @Reynolds_JohnD]

I'm delighted and humbled by this! I'll give a plenary on Monday afternoon at the @CSEE_SCEE conference called "Community Science and Species at Risk".

[David McCorquodale @dbmcc09]

Wednesday 03 August 2022, at Bell Museum in Baddeck. Come and see what it is all about! @AlanaPindar @cbuniversity @CBUBiology

[Dr. Jen M @AwesomeBiota]

I dedicated part of a lecture to Mabel Bell and her agricultural pollinator garden and journals. She was a remarkable woman! “A century ago in Nova Scotia, Mabel Bell’s garden taught environmental lessons we’re still trying to learn” https://t.co/3aQtnC91ti

[David McCorquodale @dbmcc09]

@Niku_DiRienzo But today, Pruitt is still faculty and Canada150 Chair on McMaster psych dept website. Image capture about 21:55. ADT.

[David McCorquodale @dbmcc09]

@jennyheron4 @sydcannings1 @CorySilas @cosewic Great to see!