Dan Baldassarre
@evornithology.bsky.social
Official Bird Guy at SUNY Oswego. 850M on TikTok.
There's a how-to paper on AIC model selection aimed at wildlife biologists/ecologists that I've seen before but can't come up with at the moment. I believe it's single-author... This ring any bells for anyone???
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
There's a how-to paper on AIC model selection aimed at wildlife biologists/ecologists that I've seen before but can't come up with at the moment. I believe it's single-author... This ring any bells for anyone???
John Mayer is a tricky dude to figure out. I really don't like any of his music, but he absolutely shreds on guitar and his personal musical taste is damn near impeccable. His channel on SiriusXM is awesome, except for when he plays his own songs! Weird...
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
John Mayer is a tricky dude to figure out. I really don't like any of his music, but he absolutely shreds on guitar and his personal musical taste is damn near impeccable. His channel on SiriusXM is awesome, except for when he plays his own songs! Weird...
Must have been stressful to be a dude in 1963. You would have had to know the whereabouts of these fellas at all times to make sure you didn’t bring your girl into the same zip code.
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Must have been stressful to be a dude in 1963. You would have had to know the whereabouts of these fellas at all times to make sure you didn’t bring your girl into the same zip code.
All About Birds continues to have the greatest SEO in the history of the Internet
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
All About Birds continues to have the greatest SEO in the history of the Internet
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I will legitimately fight whomever rated this generational #binoblast two stars. Fess up. Who did it??? macaulaylibrary.org/asset/617666...
ML617666789 - Swainson's Hawk - Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library ML617666789; © Daniel Baldassarre; Oswego, New York, United States
macaulaylibrary.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I will legitimately fight whomever rated this generational #binoblast two stars. Fess up. Who did it??? macaulaylibrary.org/asset/617666...
🤯 Wild shit here. They put biologgers on greater noctule bats and found them pursuing, capturing, and eating birds in-flight. The recording of a European Robin getting blasted and snacked on is nuts.
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt
Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🤯 Wild shit here. They put biologgers on greater noctule bats and found them pursuing, capturing, and eating birds in-flight. The recording of a European Robin getting blasted and snacked on is nuts.
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Dan Baldassarre
"Okay, But… Birds" 🐦🦆🐣 🦉🦜🦩
Listen/watch this science-meets-storytelling podcast about the weird, brilliant, & surprisingly dramatic lives of birds. Hosted by evolutionary biologist Scott Taylor. Premiers Dec 4th www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUV...
Listen/watch this science-meets-storytelling podcast about the weird, brilliant, & surprisingly dramatic lives of birds. Hosted by evolutionary biologist Scott Taylor. Premiers Dec 4th www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUV...
Podcast Trailer — Okay, But Birds…
Okay, But Birds… is a weekly science-meets-storytelling podcast hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor. Each episode dives into one weird-but-true bird question through smart, funny…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"Okay, But… Birds" 🐦🦆🐣 🦉🦜🦩
Listen/watch this science-meets-storytelling podcast about the weird, brilliant, & surprisingly dramatic lives of birds. Hosted by evolutionary biologist Scott Taylor. Premiers Dec 4th www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUV...
Listen/watch this science-meets-storytelling podcast about the weird, brilliant, & surprisingly dramatic lives of birds. Hosted by evolutionary biologist Scott Taylor. Premiers Dec 4th www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUV...
Pink on pink on pink
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Pink on pink on pink
If you're an undergrad looking for a great biodiversity/conservation field course, please check this out. Run by my buddy Jordan Karubian through Tulane U.
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you're an undergrad looking for a great biodiversity/conservation field course, please check this out. Run by my buddy Jordan Karubian through Tulane U.
Please. For the love of all that is holy. Put the species name somewhere in the abstract. Please.
Do older birds claim better territories, and does this drive age biases in space over time? Woodman et al. use 45 years of data to suggest that habitat quality - not age - shapes spatial demography.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Please. For the love of all that is holy. Put the species name somewhere in the abstract. Please.
Common Crimson W. Incredible and important work by their team. What a paper.
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Common Crimson W. Incredible and important work by their team. What a paper.
RCBO’s gull banding season is off to a hot start! Zane scoops and scores in the midst of 50mph Lake Ontario winds. Easy as.
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
RCBO’s gull banding season is off to a hot start! Zane scoops and scores in the midst of 50mph Lake Ontario winds. Easy as.
Reposted by Dan Baldassarre
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
New whip who dis
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New whip who dis
That face you make when you’ve been caught for the third time and you’re summoning the evil spirits of your owl ancestors to curse your strange unfeathered captors for eternity
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That face you make when you’ve been caught for the third time and you’re summoning the evil spirits of your owl ancestors to curse your strange unfeathered captors for eternity
I ain’t no one-trick pony.
(I built these stairs.)
(I built these stairs.)
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I ain’t no one-trick pony.
(I built these stairs.)
(I built these stairs.)
Please check this out if you mentor UGs or are a UG researcher yourself. I chair the committee, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
In case you missed it: We are accepting applications for our Burtt Undergraduate Mentoring Grants now through February 1! Please help us spread the word about this #ornithology opportunity. wilsonsociety.org/awards/jed-b...
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Please check this out if you mentor UGs or are a UG researcher yourself. I chair the committee, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
That face you make when you get busted for murdering a vole and the evidence is splattered all over your bill but you’re so drunk with blood lust you don’t even care
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
That face you make when you get busted for murdering a vole and the evidence is splattered all over your bill but you’re so drunk with blood lust you don’t even care
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
I’m entering some historical eBird records and had to dig deep for these ones. I found my lifer King Vulture in my journal from when I was eight and lived in Mexico. And I scored an ocelot on that same day! Helluva day for young Danny boy! (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’m entering some historical eBird records and had to dig deep for these ones. I found my lifer King Vulture in my journal from when I was eight and lived in Mexico. And I scored an ocelot on that same day! Helluva day for young Danny boy! (1/2)
Yes this is a thirst trap, please act accordingly.
(Laughing Kookaburra, Queensland, ca 2009)
(Laughing Kookaburra, Queensland, ca 2009)
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Yes this is a thirst trap, please act accordingly.
(Laughing Kookaburra, Queensland, ca 2009)
(Laughing Kookaburra, Queensland, ca 2009)
🎶🦉 Follow us on the gram @rcbobirds for more bird jams like this www.instagram.com/rcbobirds
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🎶🦉 Follow us on the gram @rcbobirds for more bird jams like this www.instagram.com/rcbobirds
Dumbest president of all time by a wide margin
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Dumbest president of all time by a wide margin