Becky MacQueen

We lost a true light.

All our love to the whanau and wider school community at this time ❤️ ❤️ rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

It is time to re-think the scientific publishing model… Just some issues: • Open access is too expensive for authors in most cases • Reviewers and editors provide their time for free • Process is too slow and limits scientific advancement theguardian.com/science/2023/m…

Defended my thesis today & celebrated with a delicious Thai bbq-hotpot dinner! Thank you @ke_cain & @mc_stanley1 Labs for the wonderful and rich 3.5 years 😌 #PhDone @ScienceUoA #vocallearning #titipounamu

@ke_cain Yes I recognised the name Langmore pretty quickly, thought it might be!

@rebmacq It is one of my old field sites and my postdoc advisor.

@rebmacq you would love this.

Sleep loss impairs cognitive performance and alters song output in Australian magpies #Zoology go.nature.com/3kmDYXW

Just want to brag a bit on the two excellent MSc theses just submitted. These students are killing it - WOOT! @rebmacq - myna stress, sex, and song @MFessardi - petrel stress, success, and ocean conditions

It’s done!! Just submitted my masters thesis - my head is spinning ‘Personality and sex: stress physiology effects on vocal performance in the common myna’

Peregrine Falcon (female) yesterday #isleofman #manxmannin #NaturePhotography

@BraydenCreation twitter.com/DrPaulSorrell/…

They’ve made THIS a bottom line for coalition with National? What exactly would the referendum question be?

Watching tīeke just being tīeke is a special thing. Their unique wattles, stunning colouring and deeply melodic calls are perfection. Bushy Park Tarapuruhi has a thriving tīeke population, it’s well worth a visit to see these birds! Bird 25: Saddlebacks at Bushy Park #nzbirds

New paper out now in #ProcB @RSocPublishing With Theo Brown as a first author for the first time! We found that wild hummingbirds can use relational rules to feed from the "larger" or "smaller" of two flowers. @CentreBioDiv @SchoolofBiology @uLethbridge royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Ummm that is a cat. Wiggling before a pounce.

@E_Carlen It's a step up from "egg on branch".

A modest proposal for changing the language around statistical significance and p-values:

So stoked about this, thank you! And many many thanks to the whole #AOC2022 team for making it such an enjoyable online event! The "speed-meetings" and poster presentations were a great way to make some new connections, too! 🥰🦜🐦