Justin Merry @[email protected]

Professor at Saint Francis Univ @SFUBiology. Runner, beginner guitar, baseball fan. Sensory ecology / behavior / neuroscience / evolution. Views my own. He/him.

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

My #casestudy was published today @NSTA featuring work by Marlene Zuk, @RobinMTing, @EDaleBroder, @arpeggio_jay, et al, on signal loss and reinvention in Teleogryllus crickets. If you don't know the story, these crickets are parasitized by a fly that locates prey via sound. 1/4

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

I just discovered @hawkwatchint 's app and it is just what I needed! Wonderful ID help on raptors, including year-by-year comparisons for juveniles. We've seen a lot of juvenile bald eagles lately and this will be very helpful.

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

Yes, this is the same Megan from "field rig" fame and we're aware that she's the gift that keeps on giving https://t.co/Ni2CIHikmV

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

Gentle dad, there!

[Cosmic Gaia @CosmicGaiaX]

Emu nest 🥚🍂 https://t.co/WafcGe9Z9b

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

Here are some pictures from Huntington Beach, a nice wetland near the station.

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

I've been really into birding lately, in part because I got to spend spring break at Baruch Marine Field Station with our Field Biology class. My @Team_eBird life list is up 42 species since the start of March. Not all lifers, but many are, incl. 6 red cockaded woodpeckers in SC!

[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service @USFWS]

How about now? It can be hard for some of us to witness wildlife interactions like the one this photographer captured in coastal Texas, but it's a key part of the way that our ecosystems work.

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

I'm here at Baruch Marine Field Station with SFU students and spending most waking moments birding (it's amazing!). But the find of the day is a snapping shrimp pulled from oyster shell baskets!

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

Trying to get in some birding during the migration. Saw my first American Wigeons on Saturday! Hooded Mergansers were also out.

[Prof. Katie Hinde @Mammals_Suck]

THE BRACKET DROP! #2024MMM

PLAYERS PORTAL https://t.co/ZcUahWxYnX
LEARNERS PORTAL https://t.co/3UtPIoYfD5
EDUCATORS PORTAL https://t.co/cqOOcP4bbX

GAME ON!

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

That feeling when you finally see both the male and female cardinal at the same time so that you can officially claim two cardinals on your @Feederwatch tally sheet!

[Thorben Danke @sagaOptics]

Pyralidae moth. I just found out, that some lepidoptera had ocelli, too. (The small black dot behind the compound eye) I didn’t know that 🤯 This is why i love macrophotography.

#Pyralidae #moth #zünsler #motte #lepidoptera #nachtfalter #entomology

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

On the plus side, Pitt was nice. My daughter liked it a lot more than she expected to.

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

Spotted lanternflies are suddenly everywhere that I am. I saw the first nymph in my yard yesterday near Altoona, and today I saw them everywhere while touring @upitt today. :( #invasivejerks

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

For the second year in a row, I find that I have a strange reluctance to part with my @AnimBehSociety meeting name tag. I may have carried last year's around in my backpack for six months. Must be a sign of a great meeting!

[Stephen Heard @StephenBHeard]

You can't usually go wrong reading @xkcd. You especially can't go wrong reading this one about fireflies. https://t.co/cTl4MjpZZY

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

I'm excited to be here in Portland for #ABS2023. Looking forward to seeing many people and feasting on science the rest of this week!

[Yaron Meirovitch @YaronMeirovitch]

We mapped the connections between high order sensory inputs and memory cells in the octopus brain, first-ever reconstructed octopus memory circuit: data and principles of circuit assembly today in eLife https://t.co/LZCRr92ESG, joint work w/ @FlavieBidel @HebrewU& @Harvard,RT!👇

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

Hey #ABS2023! Last year, we had a running group in San José and it was great! Anyone want to do it again? We'd do ~3 scheduled runs during the conference, starting at 6am. Everyone at all runner levels are welcome! We often did two different pace groups. (1/3) @AnimBehSociety

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

This was a fun way to start each day and a great way to meet people. Let me know if you're interested. You can respond here or DM me and I'll DM you a link to our WhatsApp group. (3/3)

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

Hey #ABS2023! Last year, we had a running group in San José and it was great! Anyone want to do it again? We'd do ~3 scheduled runs during the conference, starting at 6am. Everyone at all runner levels are welcome! We often did two different pace groups. (1/3) @AnimBehSociety

[Justin Merry @[email protected] @jmerry]

There are nice-looking running paths along both banks of the Willamette river, starting at the convention center (red arrow). The pictured route is 3.5 miles, but it can easily be shortened or lengthened by taking a different bridge. (2/3)