Andrew Iwaniuk
@evoneuro.bsky.social
neurobiologist, ornithologist, scruffy looking nerfherder, social distancing since 1974, Canadian in Alberta, Treaty 7 lands
🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🧪🪶🧠 stuff
open access link for our book: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6000/Bird-Brains-and-BehaviorA-Synthesis
🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🧪🪶🧠 stuff
open access link for our book: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6000/Bird-Brains-and-BehaviorA-Synthesis
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Andrew Iwaniuk
@evoneuro.bsky.social
· Jul 2
In celebration of me avoiding becoming department chair for the next 3 years and receiving a new research chair, please enjoy one of my favourite parrot photos from two years ago.
Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans)
#birds #birding #academicsky #WildOz #parrots 🪶🦜🇨🇦🇦🇺
Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans)
#birds #birding #academicsky #WildOz #parrots 🪶🦜🇨🇦🇦🇺
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Alberta has quietly legalized "canned hunting", allowing hunters to track & kill deer & elk in fenced enclosures for sport. Long condemned as cruel & unethical, this practice also fuels the spread of fatal Chronic Wasting Disease 👎🫎 #AbPoli
Alberta Legalizes Hunt Pens for Deer & Elk
Alberta legalizes enclosed hunting, reviving a cruel sport that lets hunters pay to kill captive deer and elk trapped behind high fences.
animaljustice.ca
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Alberta has quietly legalized "canned hunting", allowing hunters to track & kill deer & elk in fenced enclosures for sport. Long condemned as cruel & unethical, this practice also fuels the spread of fatal Chronic Wasting Disease 👎🫎 #AbPoli
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Winter 2026 Psychology Seminar continues with Dr Jared Wesley, Associate Dean (Graduate Studies), and Professor of Political Science at the @ualberta.bsky.social
'Polarization in Alberta: How Partisanship is Reshaping the Province’s Politics'
Feb 27th 3pm- 4pm MST in BS P226 and also via Zoom.
'Polarization in Alberta: How Partisanship is Reshaping the Province’s Politics'
Feb 27th 3pm- 4pm MST in BS P226 and also via Zoom.
February 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Winter 2026 Psychology Seminar continues with Dr Jared Wesley, Associate Dean (Graduate Studies), and Professor of Political Science at the @ualberta.bsky.social
'Polarization in Alberta: How Partisanship is Reshaping the Province’s Politics'
Feb 27th 3pm- 4pm MST in BS P226 and also via Zoom.
'Polarization in Alberta: How Partisanship is Reshaping the Province’s Politics'
Feb 27th 3pm- 4pm MST in BS P226 and also via Zoom.
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@ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social imagine if Alberta actually rehabbed its orphaned grizzly bear cubs like BC does. Kind of makes sense given it's a threatened species, and then we wouldn't need to be talking about wild bears living a life in the zoo as if it's a good thing.
Staff at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo have announced the names of two grizzly cubs taken in after being orphaned.
Orphaned grizzly cubs taken in by Calgary Zoo now have names
Staff at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo have announced the names of two grizzly cubs taken in after being orphaned.
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 10:10 PM
@ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social imagine if Alberta actually rehabbed its orphaned grizzly bear cubs like BC does. Kind of makes sense given it's a threatened species, and then we wouldn't need to be talking about wild bears living a life in the zoo as if it's a good thing.
Happy Wakefield retraction day to all those who celebrate it
February 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Happy Wakefield retraction day to all those who celebrate it
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February 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Once again, a hearty "fuck you" to the voters in Alberta who foisted this narcissistic asshole on all of us. #ABPoli #CdnPoli
She keeps getting chances to show some loyalty to Canada -- and keeps turning them away in order to defend Alberta separatists and their cause.
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
Yes, Danielle Smith is a separatist
Alberta's premier says she supports "a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada." Her actions tell a much different story — one that makes her position on the issue impossible to ignore.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Groundhog Moon
Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian
2005
Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian
2005
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Groundhog Moon
Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian
2005
Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian
2005
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The parents weren't really interested, but the baby Tawny Frogmouth had to look at everything that went past.
February 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM
The parents weren't really interested, but the baby Tawny Frogmouth had to look at everything that went past.
Anyone in the #Lethbridge area, I will be giving a public talk this week to address the question I get the most: Why study bird brains? I will discuss how studying bird brains led to some major discoveries and helps us understand bird behaviour.
#yql #birds #Alberta
www.sacpa.ca/why-study-bi...
#yql #birds #Alberta
www.sacpa.ca/why-study-bi...
February 2, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Anyone in the #Lethbridge area, I will be giving a public talk this week to address the question I get the most: Why study bird brains? I will discuss how studying bird brains led to some major discoveries and helps us understand bird behaviour.
#yql #birds #Alberta
www.sacpa.ca/why-study-bi...
#yql #birds #Alberta
www.sacpa.ca/why-study-bi...
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I don't think a lot of Albertans understand that when you have insurance, you still get the FULL bill. And you're on the hook for the FULL bill. You don't know what your insurance company will do about it. There are fights. It's a very stressful experience.
They've never seen a bill at all.
They've never seen a bill at all.
February 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I don't think a lot of Albertans understand that when you have insurance, you still get the FULL bill. And you're on the hook for the FULL bill. You don't know what your insurance company will do about it. There are fights. It's a very stressful experience.
They've never seen a bill at all.
They've never seen a bill at all.
JFC Australia please don’t go this route. You are currently my escape plan.
A new opinion poll has put support for One Nation ahead of the Liberals and Nationals as both parties return to Canberra with questions about their leadership. Follow live.
Live: Support for One Nation continues to rise as Nationals face leadership spill
A new opinion poll has put support for One Nation ahead of the Liberals and Nationals as both parties return to Canberra with questions about their leadership. Follow live.
www.abc.net.au
February 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
JFC Australia please don’t go this route. You are currently my escape plan.
Of course Hauser is in the list. Because it wasn’t enough for him to be found guilty of scientific misconduct
For those of us who were grad students at Harvard in the 1990s it’s interesting to read Marc Hauser’s correspondence with JE, through the lens of Hauser’s subsequent departure from Harvard bc of scientific misconduct.
February 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Of course Hauser is in the list. Because it wasn’t enough for him to be found guilty of scientific misconduct
I have yet to decide if this is hilarious or hits too close to home. I’m sure the Respect in the Workplace webinar that we are all asked to complete will provide the answer…
"Most of our high-level administrators have no experience or interest in higher education. But they do have experience and interest in management science, which is universal. (Management science is not a science or a form of management. But we have new early retirement incentives)"
News, Bad and Good, from the Dean of Arts and Sciences
We have no money for copies. But our Live, Love, Learn program now includes two Undergraduate Scribe Fellows. We have no money for raises, but we’v...
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I have yet to decide if this is hilarious or hits too close to home. I’m sure the Respect in the Workplace webinar that we are all asked to complete will provide the answer…
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Two of our great Canadian treasures.💔🇨🇦
January 31, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Two of our great Canadian treasures.💔🇨🇦
Glad to see the news picking this up. I just received the proposed changes to migratory bird hunting for review and the biggest issues are the swan season and a mourning dove season. Inability to ID swan species is a huge problem and our data on dove numbers is deficient
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Can you tell these swans apart? This former biologist worries hunters won't | CBC News
The federal government is considering a proposal to establish a new hunting season for tundra swans in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan — a move that one hunter says could endanger the trumpeter swa...
www.cbc.ca
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Glad to see the news picking this up. I just received the proposed changes to migratory bird hunting for review and the biggest issues are the swan season and a mourning dove season. Inability to ID swan species is a huge problem and our data on dove numbers is deficient
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A new Powerful Owl site found this morning in a Brisbane conservation area. That's the 3rd new site @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social & I have found and seen POwls at this year, and another with scat/pellets/POwl feathers, but no POwl seen yet. So a very good start to the year.
#brisbane #birds #wildoz
#brisbane #birds #wildoz
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 AM
A new Powerful Owl site found this morning in a Brisbane conservation area. That's the 3rd new site @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social & I have found and seen POwls at this year, and another with scat/pellets/POwl feathers, but no POwl seen yet. So a very good start to the year.
#brisbane #birds #wildoz
#brisbane #birds #wildoz
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Indigo-capped Hummingbird at El Retorno de los Colibris, Anaime, Tolima #Colombia
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
January 30, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Indigo-capped Hummingbird at El Retorno de los Colibris, Anaime, Tolima #Colombia
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
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Peerless. Irreplaceable. Legendary. 🇨🇦💔 Catherine O’Hara helped define modern comedy, from SCTV to Moira Rose. CBC helped nurture and share talents like hers. That’s why public broadcasting matters. Share your favourite O’Hara moment. ❤️ #SaveTheCBC
January 30, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Peerless. Irreplaceable. Legendary. 🇨🇦💔 Catherine O’Hara helped define modern comedy, from SCTV to Moira Rose. CBC helped nurture and share talents like hers. That’s why public broadcasting matters. Share your favourite O’Hara moment. ❤️ #SaveTheCBC
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The females are also lovely colorful birds, just with a brown head. Their black and white striped tails are my favorite part.
January 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The females are also lovely colorful birds, just with a brown head. Their black and white striped tails are my favorite part.
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Powerful Owl pair sleeping at dusk in a Brisbane conservation park yesterday. After sunset they were allopreening ("kissing"). There was a sign at the entrance saying there would be burn offs, so the Powerful Owl Project will get in touch today to say the POwls are there & where the nest hollow is.
January 29, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Powerful Owl pair sleeping at dusk in a Brisbane conservation park yesterday. After sunset they were allopreening ("kissing"). There was a sign at the entrance saying there would be burn offs, so the Powerful Owl Project will get in touch today to say the POwls are there & where the nest hollow is.
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I am LOVING the pressure Canadian Premiers are putting on Smith. Eby and Kinew as well.
Doug, you’re often a bozo, but you do know how to wave the Canadian flag.
Go ahead, guys.
Shame her.
Doug, you’re often a bozo, but you do know how to wave the Canadian flag.
Go ahead, guys.
Shame her.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford asking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith "to stand up and say enough is enough" to those leading Alberta's sovereignty movement as they meet with U.S. officials, saying you're either with Canada or not with Canada.
January 29, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I am LOVING the pressure Canadian Premiers are putting on Smith. Eby and Kinew as well.
Doug, you’re often a bozo, but you do know how to wave the Canadian flag.
Go ahead, guys.
Shame her.
Doug, you’re often a bozo, but you do know how to wave the Canadian flag.
Go ahead, guys.
Shame her.
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new paper alert! CAM researchers Chris Guglielmo & Greg Mitchell (also ECCC) co-authors on study led by Katherine Peel (UOttawa): experimental warming reduced monarch butterfly fat mass via reductions in nectar. Another way glob chg is hurting migrant animals
doi.org/10.1002/gcb4...
doi.org/10.1002/gcb4...
Warming‐Mediated Decreases in Nectar Quality Translate Into Lower Energy Reserves of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Warming caused a significant decrease in monarch fat mass, likely due to an observed reduction in sucrose concentration caused by warming of the nectar. Since sucrose fuels fall migration and overwin....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
new paper alert! CAM researchers Chris Guglielmo & Greg Mitchell (also ECCC) co-authors on study led by Katherine Peel (UOttawa): experimental warming reduced monarch butterfly fat mass via reductions in nectar. Another way glob chg is hurting migrant animals
doi.org/10.1002/gcb4...
doi.org/10.1002/gcb4...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:35 AM
While I appreciate trying to boost tourism in western Canada if you are visiting here, this is a remote area with a relatively high cougar and bear density, highly variable weather and a lot of ATVs and firearm usage. Do not travel here if you aren’t prepared…
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The 109km trail opening up the Canadian Rockies
Away from Banff and Jasper national parks, a new rail trail is opening up a previously inaccessible corner of Canada and teaching travellers about the nation's past.
www.bbc.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 AM
While I appreciate trying to boost tourism in western Canada if you are visiting here, this is a remote area with a relatively high cougar and bear density, highly variable weather and a lot of ATVs and firearm usage. Do not travel here if you aren’t prepared…
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...