Joanna Wu
@joannaxwu.bsky.social
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PhD candidate @UCLA | @NSF GRF | Galbatross Project | Birds | #FemaleBirds | Running | R🏃🏻‍♀️🐦 she/her #ornithology #conservation #birdingwhilerunning joannaxwu.com femalebirdday.wordpress.com
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joannaxwu.bsky.social
The winners of the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards were just announced, of which I had a small but very enjoyable role in judging the female bird prize. Which are your favorite photos? 📸🦜https://www.audubon.org/magazine/2025-audubon-photography-awards-winners
joannaxwu.bsky.social
Love the poetic energy of this alt text about a capybara.
azteclady.bsky.social
Please add alt-text when sharing images, so that blind and low-vision people aren't excluded from the conversation. Some context and copy/paste or a brief description are often enough. Checking the "reminder to add alt-text" box in your accessibility settings helps a lot.

Thank you.
An infographic titled “Writing Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, color, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”  Source: veroniiiica.com Credit: Puzzle
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paigebyerly.bsky.social
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.

This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
joannaxwu.bsky.social
Really great writing by @bittelmethis.bsky.social blending birds, human health, and the administration. Give it a read! #FemaleBirds #GalbatrossProject
bittelmethis.bsky.social
Science has historically overlooked female birds, leading to a partial view of these species' biology, ecology, and contributing to real-world conservation consequences.

Important new 🦉🧪 by @joannaxwu.bsky.social Et al.

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Bird science has a bro-bias
Scientists just recently decided to study female birds. What they found astounded them.
www.nationalgeographic.com
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bittelmethis.bsky.social
Science has historically overlooked female birds, leading to a partial view of these species' biology, ecology, and contributing to real-world conservation consequences.

Important new 🦉🧪 by @joannaxwu.bsky.social Et al.

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Bird science has a bro-bias
Scientists just recently decided to study female birds. What they found astounded them.
www.nationalgeographic.com
joannaxwu.bsky.social
Feeling very nerdy (and accomplished, too) because I used terminal to install some back-end C++ tools to run some STAN code 🤓👩‍💻 Thanks ChatGPT! #RStats
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btobirds.bsky.social
Job alert! We’ve got a great opportunity for a full time, permanent Senior Programme Lead to oversee the Bird Atlas 2027–31. For the full job description and to apply visit ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology
Image of a Stonechat on a purple background alongside the wording: Work with us! Senior Programme Lead (Bird Atlas). www.bto.org/jobs BTO logo sits top right of the image. Image credit reads: Stonechat © Liz Cutting/BTO.
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grrlscientist.bsky.social
DEIA For Birds Could Help Avian Conservation, a study out of UCLA & Audubon Society, published by IBIS journal

by @GrrlScientist

#DEI #ornithology🦉 #birds🪶 #SexBias #ecology🌎 #conservation #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
DEIA For Birds Could Help Avian Conservation
A new study finds that overlooking the lives of female birds could have severe conservation consequences.
www.forbes.com
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mwtingley.bsky.social
I gave an interview to the BBC at midnight while the #LAfires were raging outside and I couldn't sleep. Turned into one of the most thorough and well-researched articles on wildlife and wildfire I've had the pleasure of contributing to.
How wildlife survives after wildfires
The biggest danger for wildlife is the aftermath. But many species have evolved to rely on the opportunities created by others.
www.bbc.com
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dlnarango.bsky.social
Great paper! Immediately going into our proposal!

We have a current project working on female Bicknell’s Thrush across the annual cycle. It’s hasn’t escaped me that this is one of my first projects as the only female conservation scientist at my org 🤔
joannaxwu.bsky.social
Thanks to @brookebateman.bsky.social @marthaharbison.bsky.social @spiffybirder.bsky.social Purbita Saha for inspiring me to think about the female birds always. And @ibisjournal.bsky.social for publishing our Forum!
joannaxwu.bsky.social
This is the news you need today 🤠
joannaxwu.bsky.social
Hi! 👋🏻 I'm attempting to get back on my scicomm after X irrevocably ruined everything. Nice to see you here!🙃