Nicholas Sly
@nickslybirdguy.bsky.social
Professional bird nerd, here to figure out yet another social media space…
I found this tree stump in an Ithaca park with year markers for the various tree ring ages. Who knows what the missing year is?
![An old tree stumps with plates marking the age of various rings. The plates read from center out: germination of this tree. 66 million years ago: last triceratops. 385 BCE: Diotima’s ladder. [missing]. 3020: third trans president. Felling of this tree.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:47rpe2avdcjffy5lun43tfax/bafkreibwqwrnys4phzlffb36775iboop2nl62dam3xemftfocnols77tpq@jpeg)
May 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I found this tree stump in an Ithaca park with year markers for the various tree ring ages. Who knows what the missing year is?
I found many little orange friends in the woods today. I love them so much.
May 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I found many little orange friends in the woods today. I love them so much.
Used book store find of the day: when this cheerful man posed for a photo with his orchids, do you think they told him what the book title would be?
May 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Used book store find of the day: when this cheerful man posed for a photo with his orchids, do you think they told him what the book title would be?
Alright last one for now.
March 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Alright last one for now.
More fun orchids (forgot some of the names)
March 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
More fun orchids (forgot some of the names)
Minis, cattleyas, lady slippers
March 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Minis, cattleyas, lady slippers
The award winning displays are always worth drooling over
March 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The award winning displays are always worth drooling over
Orchid time! I just got back from the spring show by the Genesee Region Orchid Society in Rochester. I only bought three new ones and that was showing restraint. I didn’t take as many pics as I should have but here’s some highlights.
March 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Orchid time! I just got back from the spring show by the Genesee Region Orchid Society in Rochester. I only bought three new ones and that was showing restraint. I didn’t take as many pics as I should have but here’s some highlights.
River Otters make any morning better.
March 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
River Otters make any morning better.
50 degrees and raining? It’s salamander time
March 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
50 degrees and raining? It’s salamander time
Starting off 2025 right: walking for miles in rain and snow for a CBC
January 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Starting off 2025 right: walking for miles in rain and snow for a CBC
Finch would rather be napping than posting on bluesky
December 4, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Finch would rather be napping than posting on bluesky
Happy 8th Gotcha Day to my Finch 😻
December 3, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Happy 8th Gotcha Day to my Finch 😻
After being sick for most of the last week, I really needed to stretch my legs. Then I remembered I have a state park right out my own backyard. I should take advantage of that more often.
November 11, 2024 at 1:22 AM
After being sick for most of the last week, I really needed to stretch my legs. Then I remembered I have a state park right out my own backyard. I should take advantage of that more often.
I did the thing. Can I stop getting election spam now? 🐸
October 28, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I did the thing. Can I stop getting election spam now? 🐸
In honor of fall migration, the moon has dressed up as a Wilson’s Warbler
September 18, 2024 at 3:06 AM
In honor of fall migration, the moon has dressed up as a Wilson’s Warbler
We found that the Wisconsin and New York populations show little divergence except for a major putative inversion on the Z chromosome. This inversion contains vision-related genes as well as several genes we previously found to be associated with mask or bib size... 3/4
September 14, 2024 at 9:45 PM
We found that the Wisconsin and New York populations show little divergence except for a major putative inversion on the Z chromosome. This inversion contains vision-related genes as well as several genes we previously found to be associated with mask or bib size... 3/4
In Wisconsin, females choose to mate with males with larger black face masks, while in New York, females choose males with larger yellow throat bibs. We assessed phenotypic and genomic variation in several yellowthroat populations... 2/4
(drawings by the super talented @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social !)
(drawings by the super talented @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social !)
September 14, 2024 at 9:44 PM
In Wisconsin, females choose to mate with males with larger black face masks, while in New York, females choose males with larger yellow throat bibs. We assessed phenotypic and genomic variation in several yellowthroat populations... 2/4
(drawings by the super talented @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social !)
(drawings by the super talented @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social !)