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V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · 7d

Besides the chimps, the material legacy of her research there was especially memorable for me. Her cabin (and all the books, skulls, and objects collected by her and others over the years), her son “grub”’s house that kept him safe from the baboons, the old feeding station. #animalhist

Inside Goodall’s cabin at Gombe. Piles of books, skulls of apes and other animals, empty wine bottles and candles.

One of Goodall’s bookshelves, with a stuffed baboon toy.

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V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · 7d

Thinking about Jane Goodall, and grateful to have spent time at Gombe as a @anthropogeny.org graduate student in 2019.

Entranceway to Gombe National Park, Tanzania in 2019. “Care, conserve and protect for future generations”

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V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · Sep 2

Love the title!

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V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · Jun 4

These are incredible! Are they still used by p. martins or just for show now?

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · May 22

"This is an essential text for scholars working on environmental, animal, scientific, and segregation histories in South Africa and beyond". The first review of my book is out on Animal History. A big thank you to Mia Uys for this generous review.
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Review: Segregated Species: Pests, Knowledge, and Boundaries in South Africa, 1910–1948, by Jules Skotnes-Brown

Segregated Species examines the role of pests in early 20th-century South Africa, and traces how conceptions of pestilence changed over time. In this engaging work, Skotnes-Brown links the South Afric...

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V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · May 22

Sharing my fav photo from my research on the work of Herman Bohlman and William and Irene Finley: A self portrait with golden eagles, taken from 158 feet up a sycamore tree, 1904. #animalhist

Self portrait of William Finley and Herman Bohlman with two golden eagles. The photographers sit at the edge of a large nest, five feet wide, where two young golden eagles sit. One holds a camera while the other a box of glass plates.

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V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · May 22

Excited to talk #animalhist with other art historians today at the “Interspecies Interactions in the Visual Arts”symposium, org by @claralanger.bsky.social and Oriane Poret. I’ll be speaking about seeking a “bird’s eye view” in avian photography, and finding (un)wanted encounters.

Poster for “Interspecies Interactions in the Visual Arts (1550-1914) Collaborations, Experiments, Oppositions” international symposium held May 21-23, 2025.

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V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · May 1

Today’s my first day as a SSHRC Postdoc Fellow at Trent University! I’ll be working on a media history of (bird) conservation in 20th cent N America. 🪿🦆🐦‍⬛🦅Grateful to have research support, be back in Canada, and look forward to working with @finisdunaway.bsky.social
#envhist #animalhist

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V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · Apr 30

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Wood Duck Ways (Vintage Documentary by Walter J. Breckenridge)

YouTube video by BellMuseum

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V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · Apr 30

Looking forward to next week’s online workshop “Wild or Domestic? Research on Artificial Bird Nesting Sites” organized by @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social & Thomas Reitmaier. I’ll be discussing wood duck conservation via nest boxes and the film Wood Duck Ways (1956) [linked below] #envhist #animalhist

Poster for online workshop Wild or Domestic? Research on Artificial Bird Nesting Sites. May 6, 2025.

A black and white photograph of two men on ladders resting on a tree. One is holding a camera while the other poses beside a metal canister wood duck nest. The bird emerges from the entrance. 1966, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · Apr 29

Airports offer snowy owls vast tundra-like habitats similar to up north. While most airports shoot them (there’s been a few avian caused plane crashes worldwide), at Logan airport one man has been capturing and relocating owls since 1981.

V Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · Apr 29

Are snowy owls attracted to airports?

kottke.org @kottke.org · Apr 28

A lovely short documentary: The Snowy Owls of Logan Airport. “We don’t know why they come down to the Boston area. Logan Airport has the highest concentration of snowy owls in the Northeast.” [kottke.org]

The Snowy Owls of Logan Airport

This is a lovely little short film about the many snowy owls that migrate down from the Arctic and settle at Boston’s Logan airport and the man who safely captures & relocates the owls away from the airport. I love thi

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kottke.org @kottke.org · Feb 24

People purged from the National Park Service & agencies that manage federal lands speak out. “I have dedicated my life to being a public servant, teacher, and advocate for places that we ALL cherish. I have saved lives and put my own life at risk…” [kottke.org]

Fired NPS, USFS, BLM Employees Share Their Stories

The Guardian profiled a number of people fired from the agencies that manage federal lands - the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, etc. — purged from their jobs by the Trump/Musk administration. Victoria W

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Raf De Bont 🟥 @rafdebont.bsky.social · Feb 1

Great presentations and discussions yesterday with this wonderful bunch, at the colloquium 'Moving Animals: Wanderings in the Anthropocene', co-organized with @vbateman.bsky.social

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Matthew Holmes @mattholmes.bsky.social · Jan 31

Having a great day at the Moving Animals conference! Papers by Helen Cowie on alpacas, @vbateman.bsky.social on wapiti & Vincent Bijman on mongooses #envhist #animalhist

Helen Cowie’s talk on alpacas, showing two historical images of alpacas in menageries