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language changes across space and time & so does it’s impact. the insistence of ppl to ask for hard evidence of [insert harm] when ppl express it in informally should warrant the question - what actually NEEDS to be a paper? and why do we have to wait to be reactive to move? 1/n

We're recruiting a postdoc in conservation biology! Come join us + USGS collaborators to improve our tools for understanding climate change vulnerability across many species at once. 2 years funding, remote work eligible. Review starts 16 June 2023. mimslab.org/join

Y'all remember this, right? Since #BlackBirdersWeek2023 is on the horizon, we think it's time we break it down a bit...

Today is also the launch of our collaboration with BirdNote! Once again, we've teamed up create a weeklong series of BirdNote Daily episodes to share our own joys in birds, so check out their website (birdnote.org) or listen live on-air to hear today's story!

As one of the original members of the #BlackBirdersWeek team, here's my 2 cents on why the movement and creating safe spaces for #BlackJoy in nature is so important. Centering my culture in birding is one of the many ways I fight for Black liberation. I want to be #FreeAsABird

Come on a hike with me to El Toro peak, the highest point in El Yunque National Forest 🌿🌴🍃

Happy #WorldRainforestDay! Rainforests are the most biodiverse ecosystems on land, help regulate the world’s climate & are home to millions of people. I feel lucky that I’ve been able to work in three: the Amazon rainforest, Tongass National Forest & El Yunque National Forest.

Puerto Rican Tody is a tiny green forest bird endemic to Puerto Rico. Related to motmots and kingfishers, it shares the habit of digging nesting burrows in dirt banks. The new species account, updated in partnership with Birds Caribbean, is available now: bit.ly/46djPtP

Encompassing identity, inspiration, ancestry, and stewardship, the essays and poems by these 22 leading Black women and nonbinary scientists explore how experiences in the natural world and life sciences shape the self. Learn more: bit.ly/3PEjGsd

I don’t have words to express the joy I get from engaging with these amazing young scientists. #RepresentationMatters

On our way to Galax, the #MAAV team made a pit stop at one of the former Rosenwald schools. One of almost 5000 schools built in the early 1900s, this was part of a huge, community-driven effort to provide African American students with education during the era of segregation.

"People have all different kinds of identities and you can't separate them. If you only focus on gender, or only focus on race, you can't tell the whole story." -Amber Wendler Telling the whole story to bring more Black, LatinX, & Indigenous students into #STEM. #equity