Dylan Titmuss 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

1/4 #WSTC8 #BehaSesh2 As ground-nesting #seabirds, Great Black-backed Gulls often display aggressive behaviours (like this alarm call!) to deter nest #predators. Despite their famous aggression, however, the temporal 🗓️ variation in these defensive behaviours is not well studied!

Ever wondered what gulls really prefer to eat? 🐟or🥪 Out now: My 2nd #PhD paper, a study of Rescue* Herring gull chicks' food preferences, and whether they could be influenced by their early-life diet. *Chicks reared in captivity as they couldn't be returned to their parents

@torrance_hanley Oh my gosh, Torrie — I’m so sorry that happened! No kiddo deserves that, and especially not yours. 🙁

@torrance_hanley I wish I had more to offer, but know that I’m sending so many hugs & so much care your way.

אתמול, והוא רק בן 43, הלך מאיתנו ד"ר אייל וורגרפט החכם, הנדיב, המקסים. מהמדענים הנדירים האלה שתמיד מאירים את עיניך בכל התייעצות. מאחורי גבו קראתי לו מלך הפחמן. השאיר אחריו אישה בן ובת. עכשיו להם אין אבא ובן זוג, ולנו לא יהיה מי שיאיר את עינינו. אובדן עצום למשפחתו ולכדור הארץ.

@torrance_hanley Sending you so, so much love and care, Torrie.

Don't miss this new zine on field safety for queer & trans folks!

@madison_isqueer @IBJIYONGI This is *beautiful*

I never post my crochet and embroidery projects because I like keeping them as a thing just for me but I spent a month making this wheelchair doll and I'm so proud of it. It is all crochet, including the wheelchair and all of its parts.

Our Commentary on Navigating gender at sea is out! We discuss the challenges of being transgender and gender diverse during seagoing research. The Figure is formatted to print & post on ships or around departments (thanks Reece James for the design!) dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023AV…

Huge thanks to @RallidaeRule, @karnebe, @SPBombaci, @foggybinoculars, @biologybynicole, & Veronica for talking about their research and experiences with unpaid labor. I so appreciate their insights and ideas for making #fieldwork more inclusive! audubon.org/news/unpaid-la…

@jfmclaughlin92 Yes please!!

Often, we are discouraged from talking about them because voicing these very real stresses is often met with "Well if you can't handle ___, then this field isn't for you." No, academia just has unrealistic expectations. We NEED to change this moving forward.

New #BTOScience shows negative effects of harness-mounted GPS tags on breeding success in Great Black-backed Gulls. The research, led by @Naturalist_Sam, urges extreme caution to those wanting to use similar tracking devices on this species. Paper 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13…

@AckermansNicole @CovinoKristen Many of my fun animal button-downs (puffins, manatees, iguanas, koi, etc) are by the brands Five Points or JJ Parrot! Hannah’s pelican shirt is by Goodfellow & Co., and my gull shirt is from fashionstoreaz.com/products/seagu… 😄

@CovinoKristen Where does one obtain these shirts 😮

At #WOS2023 we love it when attendees show off their birdy style! 🦅🦆🐥 #PutABirdOnIt

The fantastic @DylanTitmuss gave an engaging talk about the #AppledoreIsland gulls!! @ShoalsMarineLab

My GBBG shirt is my pride and joy 😁

This is how you do it!

@E_Carlen @Evol_mtg @sse_evolution @ASNAmNat @systbiol I won’t even be at the meeting and my heart is full of gratitude to you for asking this!

Evolution meeting is at the Albuquerque Convention Center. I called the convention center management & there are no single occupancy restrooms on site! @Evol_mtg how will you support our enby participants? cc @sse_evolution @ASNAmNat @systbiol

@apblack32 @CovinoKristen 2Z0 is very much present, in all his usual passion & defensiveness 😂🖤

Gull banding field season has begun. This year we are sampling for prevalence of HPAI. And samples for genetic (sex) & my ongoing isotopes project. Yesterday we arrived on island, got our gear sorted, & got in a bit over a half day of work. All birds are handled under permit.