Ryan Terrill (he)

I’m recruiting! Looking for 1-2 MS students to join my lab in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University and work on questions related to conservation and population genomics in birds. Thanks for spreading the word—details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evoldir…

Rarity of molt evidence in early pennaraptoran dinosaurs suggests annual molt evolved later among Neornithes dlvr.it/Srf4hl

please read our nice paper in @Ecology_Letters about hummingbirds, mountains, and how evolutionary history impacts trait-environment relationships 👇🫶

A day in the life of counting migratory birds at Bear Divide 🌞🌄 this is my 4th season counting here & it’s been one for the books! Follow along @BDMCount / Epic video by @thebirdsguy

One swallow doesn’t make a summer but a Vaux’s Swift sure does!!!!!

Wow I almost forgot how shitty men in birdwatching can be 🫠 ya please talk over me, mansplain my fucking job, and then repeat everything I say but louder. I’ve only been counting birds at this site for 4 years and have been up here 45 days this season please stfu!!!

Next year we’re bringing in a true professional

Effects of wing damage and moult gaps on vertebrate flight performance dlvr.it/SnTxfS

Played a show last night, slept for 3 hours, went to Bear Divide, led an event there, saw 2,000 birds, then ended the early afternoon w/ freshly made vegan ‘fish’ tostadas made by Chef Ito!!! Every year I meet the best people at Bear Divide…including Van & Ian pictured here 💟

Great article today in the LA Times about Bear Divide apple.news/AsQd5mZ00TbyKh…

This is a nice press release from @ucsc about our recent paper news.ucsc.edu/2023/04/ocampo… (see 🧵 below for the paper). Power to the girls and women explorers 💪🏽🕵🏻‍♀️🦜. With @JuliSotobosque @katCertuche @DaniiGarzonn @Estefaniagm07 @nelsyninor @nataliajperezA @JessicaJDiazC

@MarkyMutchler 🎂🎂👏👏👏👏👏👏🤗

Checking email before going to bed and seeing [GRFP 2023] NSF in a subject line

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Me & @MarkyMutchler just hit over 1,000 birds so far this morning! Beautiful day at Bear Divide! FOS Bullock’s Oriole, Wilson’s Warbler, Black-throated Grey, American Goldfinch! Also lots of Swainson’s Hawks! a Golden Eagle! 🔆 follow along —> @BDMCount / beardivide.org

Channeling my inner @enicurus

Estos plumajes, que no se ilustran en las guías ni en obras de arte, que pocos fotografían, los que no están representados en colecciones biológicas, los opacos o manchados, son los que cuentan una historia sobre el ciclo de vida de las aves. @OrnitologiaCol @OrnitologiaNeot

So excited and grateful to share my first-ever publication in @Ecol_Evol with @LAevolving and @Dev_Der! We used museum specimens and @inaturalist photos to assess the Black- and White-throated Magpie-Jay hybrid zone over time: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Pic by @DirtbagDarling

Migration at Bear Divide is heating up! You can follow live data & of course get the t-shirt at beardivide.org

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@jfnacl @ajshultz622 @jl_williamson @betacanton @eamon_corbett @brown_birds Perfectly designed

@enicurus @ajshultz622 @jl_williamson @betacanton @eamon_corbett @brown_birds Only the part that specifically referenced you

One of the myriad joys I'm finding in teaching Avian Biology is tying in research from my amazing friends and colleagues. Today alone my students heard about work from @ajshultz622 @enicurus @jl_williamson @betacanton @eamon_corbett @brown_birds - with many more to come!