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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 3d

happy harvest moon from Kelowna,BC ,Canada +

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 7d

It was a bluebird day.

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 10d

Please enjoy yesterdays trailcam image of this omnivorous void.

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 14d

Here is paper on this experiment:
peerj.com/articles/107...

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Fall supplemental feeding increases population growth rate of an endangered caribou herd

Most woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) populations are declining primarily because of unsustainable predation resulting from habitat-mediated apparent competition. Wolf (Canis lupus) reduct...

peerj.com

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 14d

Enjoy this live feed of the supplemental feeding station for the Kennedy Siding caribou herd in British Columbia, Canada: mlibwildlife.ca/live-cam/

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 27d

oh its dark. I always thought Jerry was the protagonist battling the cat that wants to eat him.Instead, I saw Tom try to clean the house and Jerry bully him with such time capsules as ashtrays,fountain pens, and coal hoppers in the basement. fun to explain...

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 27d

I thought I knew, but i really didn't know, what laughter was until I sat with a 7 year old watching Tom and Jerry for the first time.

tom from tom and jerry is wearing a hat and dancing in a doorway .

ALT: tom from tom and jerry is wearing a hat and dancing in a doorway .

media.tenor.com

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 28d

Please enjoy our synthesis on apparent competition in African savannas: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

In African savannas, are donor and trophic control of ungulate prey coupled by apparent competition?

ecoevorxiv.org

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Sep 5

yes!

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · Sep 5

Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12

KITCHENER – Local man Dalton Strickland, whose data entry job regularly requires him to read dates off a form and put them into a computer, literally never knows which date is the day and which is the...

www.thebeaverton.com

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · Sep 5

Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12

KITCHENER – Local man Dalton Strickland, whose data entry job regularly requires him to read dates off a form and put them into a computer, literally never knows which date is the day and which is the...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Sep 3

A cool TedEd animation of our @aaas.org Science paper on ants-tree cover-predation: ed.ted.com/lessons/can-...

Can you figure out the savanna mystery? - Cella Wright

In the early 2000s, one of the world’s most widespread invasive species landed in Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau: big-headed ants. They expanded rapidly into super-colonies, preying on other insects, spider...

ed.ted.com

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Aug 29

Just a reminder that the greatest music video ever made from 🇨🇦 CANADA 🇨🇦 was the "Darkest One" by the Hip. let me know what you think!

youtu.be/s_DR45Mtrsg?...

The Darkest One - In Violet Light - The Tragically Hip

YouTube video by The Tragically Hip

youtu.be

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Aug 23

thats a deep cut NYT. what does this mean?!?

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Aug 22

One of our cameras recorded a single vehicle collision near a major highway. Passengers walked out a few minutes later.

#RoadEcology

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Aug 21

People are not sticking their head in the sand on this issue.

windward antifascist @windward-afa.bsky.social · Aug 21

Universal Ostrich Farm lost their appeal earlier today & the cull order is no longer stayed. Spokesperson Katie Pasitney is urging supporters to head to the farm to defend the ostriches from CFIA.

www.castanet.net/news/Nelson/...

West Kootenay ostrich farm loses appeal, calls for supporters to gather - Nelson News

The owners of a West Kootenay ostrich farm is calling for supporters to return to the property after the Federal Court of Appeal rejected a bid to have a CFIA cull order overturned.

www.castanet.net

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windward antifascist @windward-afa.bsky.social · Aug 21

Universal Ostrich Farm lost their appeal earlier today & the cull order is no longer stayed. Spokesperson Katie Pasitney is urging supporters to head to the farm to defend the ostriches from CFIA.

www.castanet.net/news/Nelson/...

West Kootenay ostrich farm loses appeal, calls for supporters to gather - Nelson News

The owners of a West Kootenay ostrich farm is calling for supporters to return to the property after the Federal Court of Appeal rejected a bid to have a CFIA cull order overturned.

www.castanet.net

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Aug 19

What are you reading this summer?

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Aug 16

now we're doing so many peaches

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Aug 11

porting this thread from that other app to here...#Kelowna #DumpsterFire
x.com/adamTford/st...

Adam ™ Ford on X: "Signing back on to this dumpster fire of an app to update ongoing thread about the #kelowna #DumpsterFires https://t.co/KHACTYnAAm" / X

Signing back on to this dumpster fire of an app to update ongoing thread about the #kelowna #DumpsterFires https://t.co/KHACTYnAAm

x.com

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Aug 7

Remember the prescient RATM lyric for our current time? Pepperidge farms remembers:

#CodingError

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Bonky @shesbonky.bsky.social · Aug 5

If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.

#pediatriccancer #cancermom

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Aug 2

when your 7u BPs on dollar store whiffles. #baseball

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Jul 27

New week, new fruits from friends!
July in the #Okanagan is such a gift 🍑🍑🍑

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Jul 23

move west young man, join the party!

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Jul 16

POV: its July, you live in the #Okanagan, and have neighbors that like to share their bounty.🔊

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · Jul 12

‘Sheila just went for it’: York University scientist Sheila Colla remembered as a fierce advocate to save wild bees

Colla, 43, died Sunday of cancer. She successfully fought for the rusty-patched bumblebee to become the first bee listed as an endangered species in Canada and the U.S.

www.thestar.com

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Jul 10

thenarwhal.ca/bc-housing-a...

Can Kelowna build housing and leave room for nature? | The Narwhal

Kelowna hopes to increase housing density, instead of sprawl, while a proposed Okanagan wildlife corridor seeks to conserve rare ecosystems

thenarwhal.ca

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Melanie Dickie @melaniedickie.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thankkkkks Adam! Like supervisor, like student.

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Jul 8

Devastated to lose my friend @savewildbees.bsky.social today.
She was fierce, loyal, bright, and funny. She made those of us who knew her better people, parents, and scientists.

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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · Jul 7

First day back to work after a week away....a week where most of my colleagues had at least 1 stat holiday or were on vacation.

Time to event predictions for return to inbox 0?