Joe Tobias
@ja_tobias
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Biodiversity science, conservation biology, sustainable development, world birding and other stuff. He/him. Find me @ https://t.co/8Qo8wD73fS
Imperial College London
Joined May 2011
A bittersweet sight when they pulse and swerve as one like that. From one viewpoint it looks like beauty, magic, music. From another: death and geometry of the selfish herd. They only do that out of terror. You can see the sparrowhawk going for the kill around 10-14 s
I spent the evening standing in the freezing cold, in a lay-by near Whitehaven #Cumbria. I doubt I'll ever witness anything more remarkable than a #murmuration. Stunning.
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It's a sign! 2025 means Birds 🦉
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@akirschel @evornithology @baldymomx2 @2wsphotography @Au_Erithacus Best time of year varies by location and goals, but as top destinations for newcomers I would agree with South Africa (including Kruger) in Nov-Dec, or N Tanzania (ideally including Serengeti, but $$$), with timing variable depending on what you want to see. Have fun!
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@JLowenWildlife @moffstuff There is. Count me in for Merveille du Jour, Clifden Nonpareil, Emperor Moth, hawk moths, Comet Moth, Luna Moth, etc. I love the rest too but I'm trying not to get into them until I retire!
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@JLowenWildlife @AshBanwell Ya! Good memories of an intrepid night with you in Paraguay successfully netting one with playback, when there were virtually no photographs.
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RT @drschield: I don't use this platform much anymore, but I'm happy to share our work on sexual selection and the genomics of speciation i…
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RT @ra_barber: Big news! 🎉 My first PhD chapter has been published in @PLOSBiology, and it just made the cover! 🐦🌍Perfect time to dive into…
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RT @ian_mcfadden_: 📣 Please RT! I'm (co)advertising 4(!) PhD projects on topics including species interactions, AI, global mapping and tro…
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@Sophia___Yang Not a bad start! Thanks for all your work on it during undergrad/masters. (ps. Anyone seeking PhD students: Chenyue is brilliant!)
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@JLowenWildlife @stubutchart Monster drive from Cambridge via soup and the Cathedral on the Hill. And we even saw the bird. Good times!
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Save longevity! As an old mammal, I endorse this message
A new #ScienceReview details the consequences of the loss of Earth’s old, wise, and large animal species.
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RT @Ana_Maria_BU: 🌎How do some birds reach the world’s most remote islands while others fall short? Our new paper explores how wing trai…
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RT @KevinFPBennett: Out today in @ScienceAdvances. We trace the evolutionary history of a trait under sexual selection in a genus of dancin…
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@Zoologicall @PLOSBiology Very good point! Fieldwork written up in books & ornithological journals, genetic sequencing for 1000s species, DNA parentage analyses, specimens collected & measured in 80+ museums ... this is built on the work of a vast number of zoologists over last 250 years. Respect! 🧪🌍
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Thanks to a superb team of co-authors, especially @ra_barber who worked very hard to get this over the line. Also @jingyi_yang19 @Sophia___Yang @Una_May_Barker @TimJanicke and many others who worked on bits of the dataset in undergrad or masters projects at @imperialcollege 9/9
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