Alison Forde
@n8rnerd.bsky.social
🐍 Consulting Ecologist with a focus on Species at Risk and Impact Assessment/Mitigation
🐢 Educator 🎻 Musician 🍪 Baker 🎲 Boardgamer 🏒 Leafs Fan 🌎 Explorer 🌿 iNaturalist obsessed
#Novid 😷 Based in #HamOnt. #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 She/her.
🐢 Educator 🎻 Musician 🍪 Baker 🎲 Boardgamer 🏒 Leafs Fan 🌎 Explorer 🌿 iNaturalist obsessed
#Novid 😷 Based in #HamOnt. #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 She/her.
Don't be fooled by her cuteness. Earlier she was throwing her veggies down the stairs.
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Don't be fooled by her cuteness. Earlier she was throwing her veggies down the stairs.
Among my winter Blue Jay residents is this one-eyed individual who has been around for a little over a month now. Resilient! 🪶
November 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Among my winter Blue Jay residents is this one-eyed individual who has been around for a little over a month now. Resilient! 🪶
Scored some free #MapleLeafs tickets tonight! #GoLeafsGo
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Scored some free #MapleLeafs tickets tonight! #GoLeafsGo
It's hard to keep my feeders full when the Blue Jays each take a dozen or more peanuts in one go 😂 🪶
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It's hard to keep my feeders full when the Blue Jays each take a dozen or more peanuts in one go 😂 🪶
Has this "Lift'n'Peel™" tab actually ever worked for anyone? When it's this small (or smaller) I can't grasp enough of it with my fingers. It seems like a waste of plastic on top of the regular seal, which still has tabs you can pry off with your nails.
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Has this "Lift'n'Peel™" tab actually ever worked for anyone? When it's this small (or smaller) I can't grasp enough of it with my fingers. It seems like a waste of plastic on top of the regular seal, which still has tabs you can pry off with your nails.
🎶 it's beginning to look a lot like a Hallmark Christmas move 🎶 because there are still green leaves on the trees underneath the snow 😆
November 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🎶 it's beginning to look a lot like a Hallmark Christmas move 🎶 because there are still green leaves on the trees underneath the snow 😆
Blue Jays are stunning ✨
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Blue Jays are stunning ✨
Me too, Artuu. Me too.
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Me too, Artuu. Me too.
✅ Cool: I found a Baltimore Oriole nest on the ground.
❌ Not cool: it's almost entirely composed of fishing line.
I wonder if the parents a) used it and b) lost any offspring to entanglement.
Please clean up discarded fishing line.
🪶 #birds #ornithology #HamOnt
❌ Not cool: it's almost entirely composed of fishing line.
I wonder if the parents a) used it and b) lost any offspring to entanglement.
Please clean up discarded fishing line.
🪶 #birds #ornithology #HamOnt
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
✅ Cool: I found a Baltimore Oriole nest on the ground.
❌ Not cool: it's almost entirely composed of fishing line.
I wonder if the parents a) used it and b) lost any offspring to entanglement.
Please clean up discarded fishing line.
🪶 #birds #ornithology #HamOnt
❌ Not cool: it's almost entirely composed of fishing line.
I wonder if the parents a) used it and b) lost any offspring to entanglement.
Please clean up discarded fishing line.
🪶 #birds #ornithology #HamOnt
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Watching a favourite Canadian artist, Lennie Gallant, perform in Kitchener (recorded last night). 🇨🇦🎵❤️
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Watching a favourite Canadian artist, Lennie Gallant, perform in Kitchener (recorded last night). 🇨🇦🎵❤️
Just a month ago I was hoping to hit 550 species, and now I may have the opportunity to hit 600 before the end of the year! Insects have been doing the heavy lifting, comprising 55% of what I've found in my yard. Hoping to use a malaise trap next year and boost that number even more!
October 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Just a month ago I was hoping to hit 550 species, and now I may have the opportunity to hit 600 before the end of the year! Insects have been doing the heavy lifting, comprising 55% of what I've found in my yard. Hoping to use a malaise trap next year and boost that number even more!
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I need to get more batteries for my wildlife camera and find out who is digging these rather large holes in my yard! My guess is skunk. I just don't want to roll an ankle in one 😬
October 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I need to get more batteries for my wildlife camera and find out who is digging these rather large holes in my yard! My guess is skunk. I just don't want to roll an ankle in one 😬
Hamilton's First Climate Forum
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally – The Climate Crisis and Our Energy Future
Wed. Oct. 29, 2025
Doors Open: 4:30 PM
Program Begins: 5:00 PM
David Braley Health Sciences Centre, Auditorium Room 2032 (100 Main St. W., Hamilton)
RSVP: [email protected]
#HamOnt
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally – The Climate Crisis and Our Energy Future
Wed. Oct. 29, 2025
Doors Open: 4:30 PM
Program Begins: 5:00 PM
David Braley Health Sciences Centre, Auditorium Room 2032 (100 Main St. W., Hamilton)
RSVP: [email protected]
#HamOnt
October 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Hamilton's First Climate Forum
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally – The Climate Crisis and Our Energy Future
Wed. Oct. 29, 2025
Doors Open: 4:30 PM
Program Begins: 5:00 PM
David Braley Health Sciences Centre, Auditorium Room 2032 (100 Main St. W., Hamilton)
RSVP: [email protected]
#HamOnt
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally – The Climate Crisis and Our Energy Future
Wed. Oct. 29, 2025
Doors Open: 4:30 PM
Program Begins: 5:00 PM
David Braley Health Sciences Centre, Auditorium Room 2032 (100 Main St. W., Hamilton)
RSVP: [email protected]
#HamOnt
Naturally, Artuu is supporting the #BlueJays! #LetsGoBlueJays
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Naturally, Artuu is supporting the #BlueJays! #LetsGoBlueJays
I thought the Common Grackles had left because I hadn't seen a flock for nearly a month. So I put out the "good" seed mix today. Clearly I was wrong. There are 60 of them emptying my feeder 🥲 🪶
October 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I thought the Common Grackles had left because I hadn't seen a flock for nearly a month. So I put out the "good" seed mix today. Clearly I was wrong. There are 60 of them emptying my feeder 🥲 🪶
Participated in the AeroVax trial this morning! Phase 2 clinical trial for an inhaled COVID vaccine. It's double-blind so I won't know until it's published whether I've had the placebo or not. I'll be getting my regular dose in 8 weeks to be sure 🙂
aerovax.ca
aerovax.ca
October 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Participated in the AeroVax trial this morning! Phase 2 clinical trial for an inhaled COVID vaccine. It's double-blind so I won't know until it's published whether I've had the placebo or not. I'll be getting my regular dose in 8 weeks to be sure 🙂
aerovax.ca
aerovax.ca
Welcome home, new plants!
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Welcome home, new plants!
Filled up my #ebike to capacity with native plants at the sale put on by @hamiltonnature.org this morning! 8 new species to add to my yard: boneset, golden alexander, field pusseytoes, moss phlox, cardinal flower, prairie smoke and hairy & foxglove beardtongue.
#hamont
#hamont
October 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Filled up my #ebike to capacity with native plants at the sale put on by @hamiltonnature.org this morning! 8 new species to add to my yard: boneset, golden alexander, field pusseytoes, moss phlox, cardinal flower, prairie smoke and hairy & foxglove beardtongue.
#hamont
#hamont
Towards the end of my work day I noticed a White-throated Sparrow foraging in the leaf litter in my yard. First of the fall, looking forward to more migrating this way soon! 🪶
October 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Towards the end of my work day I noticed a White-throated Sparrow foraging in the leaf litter in my yard. First of the fall, looking forward to more migrating this way soon! 🪶
#RIPJaneGoodall
I had the immense fortune of hearing her speak at an event in Toronto in 2010. She's always been an inspiration to me for her conservation work and also as a woman in field biology.
I had the immense fortune of hearing her speak at an event in Toronto in 2010. She's always been an inspiration to me for her conservation work and also as a woman in field biology.
October 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#RIPJaneGoodall
I had the immense fortune of hearing her speak at an event in Toronto in 2010. She's always been an inspiration to me for her conservation work and also as a woman in field biology.
I had the immense fortune of hearing her speak at an event in Toronto in 2010. She's always been an inspiration to me for her conservation work and also as a woman in field biology.