Michael
@thecorvallisbirder.bsky.social
Fisheries biologist working with the Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife, monitoring coastal fall Chinook. Birder, forager, all-around amateur naturalist and photographer.
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A specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing male octopuses to find their sex organs in the dark. https://scim.ag/4roFry3
‘Superarm’ helps male octopuses deliver sperm to females
Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark
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November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing male octopuses to find their sex organs in the dark. https://scim.ag/4roFry3
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This is a great paper that EVERY field biologist should read. www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is a great paper that EVERY field biologist should read. www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
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Bristol Bay, Alaska is a place of abundance, where a tapestry of rivers, wetlands and tundra produce half the world's wild sockeye salmon.
Explore the world's most important wild salmon nursery: https://nature.ly/489vI5T
Video footage: Jason Ching
Explore the world's most important wild salmon nursery: https://nature.ly/489vI5T
Video footage: Jason Ching
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Bristol Bay, Alaska is a place of abundance, where a tapestry of rivers, wetlands and tundra produce half the world's wild sockeye salmon.
Explore the world's most important wild salmon nursery: https://nature.ly/489vI5T
Video footage: Jason Ching
Explore the world's most important wild salmon nursery: https://nature.ly/489vI5T
Video footage: Jason Ching
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#Atrazine is banned in 60 countries, but it's the second-most used #herbicide in the U.S.
It's highly toxic to wildlife, poisoning habitat for aquatic plants and animals — as well as drinking water.
It's past time to protect imperiled species and public health from atrazine ➡️ bit.ly/3XiGK3V
It's highly toxic to wildlife, poisoning habitat for aquatic plants and animals — as well as drinking water.
It's past time to protect imperiled species and public health from atrazine ➡️ bit.ly/3XiGK3V
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#Atrazine is banned in 60 countries, but it's the second-most used #herbicide in the U.S.
It's highly toxic to wildlife, poisoning habitat for aquatic plants and animals — as well as drinking water.
It's past time to protect imperiled species and public health from atrazine ➡️ bit.ly/3XiGK3V
It's highly toxic to wildlife, poisoning habitat for aquatic plants and animals — as well as drinking water.
It's past time to protect imperiled species and public health from atrazine ➡️ bit.ly/3XiGK3V
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ICYMI: I have a new commentary out in MongaBay about important new shark conservation research and what it means for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The CITES COP starts today.
@wcs.org 🌎🧪🦑🐠
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@wcs.org 🌎🧪🦑🐠
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For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough (commentary)
Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species assessed as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. These animals are not only older than ...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ICYMI: I have a new commentary out in MongaBay about important new shark conservation research and what it means for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The CITES COP starts today.
@wcs.org 🌎🧪🦑🐠
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
@wcs.org 🌎🧪🦑🐠
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
A Red-breasted Nuthatch #HangingAround my sunflowers in the late summer. #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A Red-breasted Nuthatch #HangingAround my sunflowers in the late summer. #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I do love #warblers. Here's a lovely female Yellow-rumped Warbler in my local park! #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #WillametteValley #Oregon
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I do love #warblers. Here's a lovely female Yellow-rumped Warbler in my local park! #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #WillametteValley #Oregon
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At #CITESCOP20, governments face last chance to save whale sharks, manta rays, and more.
“The science is unequivocal, and the tools and support to implement CITES already exist for governments once listings pass,” says WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 bit.ly/3M1qTnS
“The science is unequivocal, and the tools and support to implement CITES already exist for governments once listings pass,” says WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 bit.ly/3M1qTnS
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
At #CITESCOP20, governments face last chance to save whale sharks, manta rays, and more.
“The science is unequivocal, and the tools and support to implement CITES already exist for governments once listings pass,” says WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 bit.ly/3M1qTnS
“The science is unequivocal, and the tools and support to implement CITES already exist for governments once listings pass,” says WCS's @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 bit.ly/3M1qTnS
A couple of fib-kings, Boletus fibrillosus, about to be sliced and dried! #Mushrooms #foraging
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
A couple of fib-kings, Boletus fibrillosus, about to be sliced and dried! #Mushrooms #foraging
Some attractive #mushrooms seen while foraging last weekend. See alt text for the best IDs I can manage. #Nature #Photography #Oregon
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Some attractive #mushrooms seen while foraging last weekend. See alt text for the best IDs I can manage. #Nature #Photography #Oregon
Out foraging again today. Here's the iconic Pacific golden chanterelle, Cantharellys formosus. A beautiful #mushroom as well as one of the best for eating (imo). #Nature #Photography #Oregon
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Out foraging again today. Here's the iconic Pacific golden chanterelle, Cantharellys formosus. A beautiful #mushroom as well as one of the best for eating (imo). #Nature #Photography #Oregon
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Researchers in Canada have documented a wild gray wolf hauling a crab trap out of the water to eat the bait inside, according to a recent study.
Researchers suggest it may be the first recorded example of possible tool use by a wolf.
Researchers suggest it may be the first recorded example of possible tool use by a wolf.
Wolf hauls up crab trap to eat bait, hinting at possible tool use
Researchers in Canada have documented a wild gray wolf hauling a crab trap out of the water to eat the bait inside, according to a recent study. Researchers suggest it may be the first recorded…
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November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Researchers in Canada have documented a wild gray wolf hauling a crab trap out of the water to eat the bait inside, according to a recent study.
Researchers suggest it may be the first recorded example of possible tool use by a wolf.
Researchers suggest it may be the first recorded example of possible tool use by a wolf.
A pair of Amanita Muscaria, a little washed out looking, seen in the local park. #Nature #Photography #Mushrooms
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A pair of Amanita Muscaria, a little washed out looking, seen in the local park. #Nature #Photography #Mushrooms
This Great-horned Owl was giving me the grumpiest #staredown ever! #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This Great-horned Owl was giving me the grumpiest #staredown ever! #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon
#BirdoftheDay theme today is #Shadesofgrey. Here's Chipping Sparrow spotted in a cemetery in Ohio, earlier this year. #Nature #Photography #Birds
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#BirdoftheDay theme today is #Shadesofgrey. Here's Chipping Sparrow spotted in a cemetery in Ohio, earlier this year. #Nature #Photography #Birds
First real foray of the season out into the coast range today with @sirisharmony.bsky.social We did... Pretty well. Several pounds of chanterelles, a few B fibrillosus (not pictured) and this good sized Phaeolus. #Nature #Mushrooms #Oregon
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
First real foray of the season out into the coast range today with @sirisharmony.bsky.social We did... Pretty well. Several pounds of chanterelles, a few B fibrillosus (not pictured) and this good sized Phaeolus. #Nature #Mushrooms #Oregon
Witches butter fungus (or similar) spotted in the wood today. #Nature #Photography #Mushrooms #Oregon
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Witches butter fungus (or similar) spotted in the wood today. #Nature #Photography #Mushrooms #Oregon
Here's one for spooky season (which as far as I'm concerned runs through Xmas). There's something unavoidably macabre about my work... Everything I'm looking for is either dead or dying, often extremely decayed. And no, you don't get used to the smell. #Nature #FishScience #Salmon #fieldwork #Oregon
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Here's one for spooky season (which as far as I'm concerned runs through Xmas). There's something unavoidably macabre about my work... Everything I'm looking for is either dead or dying, often extremely decayed. And no, you don't get used to the smell. #Nature #FishScience #Salmon #fieldwork #Oregon
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53% of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to American democracy.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
53% of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to American democracy.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
A pile of Chinook Salmon seen spawning in a tributary of the Siletz River today. This is fairly high up in the system, so there are still good numbers of live fish around. #Nature #fieldwork #Fish #Salmon #Oregon
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A pile of Chinook Salmon seen spawning in a tributary of the Siletz River today. This is fairly high up in the system, so there are still good numbers of live fish around. #Nature #fieldwork #Fish #Salmon #Oregon
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Trump Administration Revokes Biden Ban on Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness
Trump Administration Revokes Biden Ban on Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness
The decision to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s ecologically sensitive North Slope has the support of the state’s governor and senators.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Trump Administration Revokes Biden Ban on Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness
For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #Swans, here's a trio of Tundra Swans cruising past the Wolf Moon (the full Moon of January). #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #Swans, here's a trio of Tundra Swans cruising past the Wolf Moon (the full Moon of January). #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon