Luke Matthews

Ferruginous Hawk tree topper in a Winters, CA walnut 🌳 orchard…

There are over 510M square kilometers of area on the surface of the Earth, but less than 30% of this is covered by land. The rest is water, in the form of vast oceans 🌎️ This visualization ranks the world’s countries by their share of Earth’s surface: visualcapitalist.com/countries-by-s…

Finally got the first chapter of my masters thesis published. Impacts of Changing Postharvest Agricultural Practices on Abundance of Waste Grain in California's Central Valley meridian.allenpress.com/jfwm/article-a…

I am lucky to have been one of Eadie’s graduate students. This is a well deserved award!

@talonDNA I love these guys!

Prairie Falcon through the spotting scope this morning…

I did a fun podcast with the Ag Presidents Council. Check out the episode!

Veggie harvest to kick off the morning.

It’s National Pollinator Week. Thanks to the bees that service our sunflower and other seed crops. #PollinatorWeek #PollinatorWeek2021 #sacvalley

Please RT! I'm recruiting an M.S. student to start at LSU in the fall, flying UAVs over wintering waterfowl in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Description here: drive.google.com/file/d/1eDddD-…

Wow!

A Virginia Rail and one of its chicks, who is sticking out its tongue. The parent had just brought over a tasty morsel for the little fuzzy.

Ag nesting #mallards are getting some gps/gsm transmitters this year on fallow #rice. @CalWaterbirds @RiceNews @CalWaterfowl

The back of the truck makes for the best survey locations when you work in a flat landscape.

@GaryLink Awesome! I didn’t end up making mine into likes because I got lazy but definitely going to try that next year!

Successful Memorial Weekend project. Duck and goose sausage. #duck #sausage #duckhunting

As #carice fields grow, they provide habitat for a variety of birds throughout the different stages. Read more from the latest blog from Luke Matthews (@LukeMat91): calrice.org/wildlife-in-yo… #sacvalley #birdwatching

...drumroll... The #Osprey has gone to its new home, and (as it was delivered Friday and gifted yesterday) I can now share with you! Carved stone base by the Highland Slate Workshop, fish by late-night inspiration. #glassart #birdart #happy

The future generation- Mallard eggs on a farm in Yolo County #sacvalley #carice @DucksWest

We appreciate @AsmAguiarCurry who toured Conaway Ranch in Yolo County today, to see firsthand work by @CalWaterfowl in partnership with the California Rice Commission to help the Mallard duck population. Here’s more on this important #sacvalley #carice environmental work: