jby

jby, 10 days ago to california

ROI isn't the only value of a university education, but it's nice to see CSU Northridge among the institutions highlighted here for serving low-income students at a cost that's quickly recouped by the increased earning power they have after graduation

#California #HigherEducation

https://collegefutures.org/insights/golden-opportunities-measuring-return-on-investment-in-california-higher-education-for-low-and-moderate-income-learners/

jby, 12 days ago to wildlife

Had a dinosaur encounter this morning at Griffith Park

(That’s a gopher in the heron’s beak, snapped up right out of its burrow)

#bird #wildlife #naturalist #LosAngeles

The blue heron closer and from a better angle, looking well fed and regal, though the effect is offset by picnic tables and a trash can in the background

jby, 1 month ago to wildlife

Fox squirrel on alert in North Hollywood Park

https://flic.kr/p/2pEVKd5

#naturalist #wildlife #photography #LosAngeles

jby, 1 month ago to wildlife

Western side-blotched lizard (I think?) along the Ryan Mountain trail in Joshua Tree National Park :joshua_tree:

https://flic.kr/p/2pAgMaz

#naturalist #wildlife #photography #lizard #California

jby, 1 month ago to california

Scenes from a very quick Spring Break scouting trip this week, driving up the desert side of the Eastern Sierras

https://flic.kr/p/2pFbsV4

#naturalist #JoshuaTree #California #desert #photography

A view from high on a mountainside covered in scrubby vegetation and Joshua trees, down to the desert plain
A disused mining site with a shed and a water tank and, for some reason, a metal sculpture of a Joshua tree on a concrete base
A large Joshua tree with an almost spherical crown, in front of a field of modern windmills

jby, 2 months ago to wildlife

Cactus wren with a beakful of nesting material at Black Rock Canyon Campground, Joshua Tree National Park

https://flic.kr/p/2pAhiRd

#bird #wildlife #naturalist #photography

jby, 2 months ago to photography

Rufous hummingbird guarding my apartment building's courtyard

https://flic.kr/p/2pBuisG

#bird #naturalist #photography #wildlife #LosAngeles

jby, 2 months ago to wildlife

Here's an antelope ground squirrel, Ammospermophilus leucurus, near the summit of Ryan Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park

https://flic.kr/p/2pAijMg

#naturalist #wildlife #photography #California

The same squirrel, standing in full view in profile on another boulder

jby, 2 months ago to wildlife

Desert cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii, at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

(Happy leap day)

https://flic.kr/p/2pAjAFf

#naturalist #wildlife #photography

jby, 2 months ago to wildlife

Bewick's wren by the Ryan Mountain trail, Joshua Tree National Park

https://flic.kr/p/2pAcVzD

#bird #wildlife #photography #naturalist

jby, 2 months ago to climate

Washington, DC’s peak cherry bloom is on track to be 10 days ahead of normal https://wapo.st/49sM4WF

#phenology #ClimateChange

jby, 3 months ago to california

Thought I'd browse the Joshua tree observations posted to iNaturalist so far this year and uh wow, this one from californiaenthusiast, dated to Monday near Hesperia, California

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198652665

#California #weather #JoshuaTree #naturalist

jby, 3 months ago to wildlife

Happy Friday from this glaucous-winged gull, seen at Deception Pass last week

#bird #wildlife #photography #WashingtonState

jby, 4 months ago to washington

Spent the afternoon hiking around Deception Pass State Park, and walked past a madrone full of chestnut-backed chickadees doing adorable gymnastics to glean insects from the leaves

https://flic.kr/p/2psvMUc

#bird #naturalist #WildlifePhotography #Washington

A small bird with white cheeks, black bib, and gray cap, clinging to a madrone leaf with its chestnut shoulders to the viewer

jby, 4 months ago to Birds

Red-whiskered bulbul at the Huntington Gardens last week

https://flic.kr/p/2prcQWk

#naturalist #birds #photography #LosAngeles

The same bird, beak closed

jby, 4 months ago to california

California State University leadership simply walked out of today's bargaining session with the faculty union, so it looks like we're going forward with a statewide strike — across 23 campuses, serving almost half a million students — starting January 22.

https://www.calfac.org/strike

#California #academia #labor #CSUstrike

jby, 4 months ago to Birds

Took my camera to Griffith park on Saturday to finally get some images of the acorn woodpecker colony that lives by the merry-go-round, who have apparently never seen a hole they wouldn't try to use for acorn storage

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbyoder/53450316894

#birds #naturalist #photography #LosAngeles

The same woodpecker, now on the side of the post away from the camera, peaking around with a beakful of acorn

jby, 5 months ago to random

This whole story is infuriating but Harvard saying “we didn’t fire her we said she could adjunct” is … whew

Ousted propaganda scholar Joan Donovan accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta

Gift link: https://wapo.st/3Nb5tm8

jby, 6 months ago to random

“You’ll wish you had gone into botany!” — Captain Benjamin Sisko

jby, 6 months ago to random

This is a very precisely written letter, and as a result, I think, a very strong letter, in support of Michael Eisen's position at eLife. (It also explains the need for such support.)

I'm happy to be able to sign on.

Please consider adding your support, even if anonymously.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdJyIQzIsTypmmZXIi-RfSjbe4Psp1RIvjXz-DxWJKA5hHIQ/viewform?fbzx=6336863653163245046

jby, 7 months ago to evolution

For a new week: I dug into the history of a definition I’ve used my entire career, and discovered… we may not need it?

Don’t ask “When is it coevolution?” — ask “How is it coevolution?”

#evolution #ecology #science

https://www.molecularecologist.com/2023/10/13/when-coevolution-definition-history/

jby, 7 months ago to random

Word clouds based on Google Scholar profile paper lists (titles or journal names), generated from this shiny app by Ryan Morin

https://shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/scholar_googler/

jby, 7 months ago to wildlife

Male calliope hummingbird (Stellula calliope) at a feeder in Moscow, Idaho, 2010

https://flic.kr/p/8491XP

#naturalist #wildlife #bird

The same hummingbird, leaning forward from the perch to stick its beak into the feeder

jby, 7 months ago to photography

Autumn color along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, 2008

https://flic.kr/p/5rM4QP

#photography #nature #NationalPark

jby, 8 months ago to evolution

For @molecologist, I wrote up the huge @EvolLetters synthesis of genetic diversity data that'll be in textbook treatments of genetic drift for years to come

The glaciers of the last ice age left their mark on the genetic diversity of species across the globe

#genetics #biodiversity #evolution

https://www.molecularecologist.com/2023/08/28/the-glaciers-of-the-last-ice-age-left-their-mark-on-the-genetic-diversity-of-species-across-the-globe/