Kelly O'Connor

Conservation biologist working w/ Florida's state-listed wildlife

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

@Doofgradstudent Lmao I'll let your mom do all the shaming, those are wood ducks!

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

@HerbertHistory @biophiliamanda @AlongsideWild Ooh beautiful, definitely unique looking to most of the torts I see in your area. I know I don't have to tell you to submit them to the GT app 😉

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

@AlongsideWild @AdiVerb @biophiliamanda @RidgeRangers Please check out the Gopher Tortoise Council (https://t.co/fcEoqmGeJI). This organization is dedicated to the conservation of tortoises, their habitat, & the wildlife that depends on them. Supporting GTC means helping fund student research that in turn helpd protect tortoises!

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

@AlongsideWild @AdiVerb @biophiliamanda @RidgeRangers You can help collect data on gopher tortoises by using the Florida Gopher Tortoise app (https://t.co/cJI1iZ6slR) to report where you're seeing tortoises. If you'd like to find rescues/rehabbers in your area that are trained in 🐢 care, you can give your regional FWC office a call

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

“If all of humanity’s archives were to disappear, they could still reconstruct a pretty decent record of whaling intensity by measuring the stress hormones in the earwax of a few dozen whales.” https://t.co/xVefkhI8vJ

[Craig Pittman @craigtimes]

Prez Part-Time #Florida Man Revives Chinese Hoax Theory Despite Hurricanes, Wildfires, Melting Arctic...He Probably Knows What He's Doing, Right?

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

Somebody in the office threw away my lunch and the tupperware it was in leaving me to return 20 voicemails on an empty stomach and I DO NOT FUNCTION WELL WHEN IM HUNGRY

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

@lngriffin25 @beachton Bahaha yes this is perfect

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

@beachton Plus (in my very scientific opinion) baby racers still have that intense racer stare, baby corns have that classic derpy rat snake face haha

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

@beachton Here's a similar size juvie black racer for a comparison, more overall gray with some difference in the shape/pattern of the markings

[Pallavi Sirajuddin @pallavi_siraj]

Good morning!! Let’s look at some cute bats while you drink your coffee!

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

@FredHuston Yep that's right for the most part. I'm trying to focus on shapes more which I find helps a lot, and then we've got some year-rounders like whistling ducks which are hard to confuse for anything else

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

Starting to see ducks arriving for the winter! One of my favorite things about living in Lakeland is (go figure) all the lakes, which means lots of waterfowl. I have to re-learn how to ID most ducks every year, but northern shovelers are hard to forget with that massive bill!

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

@GetToKnowNature Love those skinny pink legs!

[Kelly O'Connor @kmoconnor8]

Some good 🐥 from the last couple of weeks

Black-necked stilt, common yellowthroat, yellow-bellied sapsucker, and a distant snail kite

My favorite time of year for birding in FL!

[Georgia Southern Herp Collection @HerpGSU]

Check out the new #salamander #mural in our building. #wildlifeart #herpetology

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

Sam Shine’s 6,200-acre donation to a Florida #wildliferefuge is just the latest in a life dedicated to conservation: https://t.co/Cjt55HEkI6