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Janet Hill
@saskajanet.bsky.social
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Welcome to the prairies! In my day job I'm a microbiology prof in Saskatoon @hilllabsask.bsky.social, and weekends are for the birds (literally). 🇨🇦 Citizen scientist. Volunteer for birds. Photos by me.
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · May 23
The Best Duck. I will not be taking questions at this time #birds
The best looking duck with rust coloured body, white cheek, black cap and an oversized bright blue bill. It is the best duck. It is the ruddy duck.
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 58m
Flying or swimming, Double-crested Cormorants sure are speedy #birds 🌿
Three large black birds with hooked yellow beaks and long necks are fly by right to left just about the surface of a lake. Just behind them are three more, swimming on the surface.
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 10h
So many of them on the move, staying on mission
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 10h
As I was watching the tagging, I just kept thinking, “How does she know where to go?”. And yet, she does 🤯
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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 13h
Fluffy lil potato 🥔

(Northern Saw-whet Owl)
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
Their lifecycle is just amazing. Individuals of the 4th generation make the incomprehensible migration to Mexico and it takes another 2-4 generations to get back. Wild
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
It’s fun walking/biking down and less so returning
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
The “twin” University Bridge (1916) is similar. "A notable feature of its original design was the descending size of its arches, which were described as "like a stone skipping across water" www.saskatoon.ca/heritage-reg...
University Bridge
This is a building that appears in the Heritage Registry.
www.saskatoon.ca
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
It was so pretty this morning
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
The design incorporates the grade so the arches are proportional. It’s quite delightful
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
All one direction
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
Amazing to see them make the trip
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
Go Sam Go!
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
It’s great now - very pedestrian friendly
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
You’re welcome. It was amazing to see and learn about
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
It’s blue-tooth detection via citizen scientists with the Project Monarch app on their phones
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 11h
Gotta love a little guerrilla gardening of native species
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12h
😊
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12h
It was a cool look this morning and fun to have a new view of the river (from the Victoria St. bridge)
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12h
Hooray for planting milkweed. It’s so important for them
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12h
Great question. I don’t know. Butterflies like this one (fall migrant) will be the parents of the multiple generations that will occur as they move north again starting in the spring
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12h
So true. I do enjoy thinking that this precious little creature has brought some joy to all those 900 or so folks (so far!) interested enough to track monarchs and hopefully inspired them to do good things
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12h
I think this is a 4th generation butterfly - born in Sep and will go all the way to Mexico. Such a complicated lifecycle they have. I found this info from Project Monarch really helpful: www.projectmonarchbutterfly.com/about
General 1 — Project Monarch Butterfly
www.projectmonarchbutterfly.com
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12h
Data is from Project Monarch. I think each dot is a “detection” by an individual cell phone. Blue tooth FTW. >900 detections so far. This individual has been on the road for 3 wks
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12h
It’s just amazing. The data is from Project Monarch so the track is the result of blue-tooth detections by citizen scientists with the app. >900 detections on this individual butterfly so far
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12h
😂
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