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Abby (she/her)

@abigailthiemkey.bsky.social

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Carnivore ecologist with interests in population, behavioral, and movement ecology - becoming a quantitative ecologist as a result | PhD student @ University of Maryland | views my own #WomenInSTEM #firstgen #latinxSTEM 🌈

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Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Nov 22

I thought I’d post these here since I’m slowing fading away from X/twitter. I finished my master’s degree this summer. I studied coyotes and it was a rollercoaster. I’m grateful for the friends I made at Ohio State and the lessons that come with my time there.

Woman in her late 20s standing in a black graduation gown holding a black graduation cap and smiling at the camera for graduation photos

Woman in her late 20s standing while grabbing her black graduation cap, in a burgundy dress and smiling at the camera for graduation photos

Woman in her late 20s standing in a burgundy dress wearing a black graduation cap and smiling at the camera for graduation photos

Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · 11d

I think a lot about the time I got up from my tent in Kenya to go outside and I saw an African Hedgehog. That was something I will never erase from my mind. Some day I hope to be back in Kenya as a researcher.

Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Sep 28

I love this game so much. You can also play with friends!

Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Sep 27

This is such a valid question and I have no idea the answer to it. It’s just so strange.

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Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Sep 26

wildlife.org/texas-cracks...

Texas cracks massive deer smuggling ring - The Wildlife Society

A wildlife smuggling bust unveils a statewide black market in captive deer trafficking and regulatory fraud

wildlife.org

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Sep 25

South Texas game cam catches a raccoon riding a javelina (Dicotyles tajacu).

The deer feeder corn attracts a lot of other species, but maybe we should worry about them all teaming up against us?

(📷: Jeff Davis, TAMU-Kingsville alumni forum)

On a black and white game cam, three javelinas are browsing corn while a raccoon sits on one of their backs. The lighting produces laser-eyes in the raccoon, who is secretly one of the X-Men.

A raccoon knight on a javelina steed. "Onward, Pigasus! Let us show them the meaning of haste". Motion blurred, black and white game cam shot.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · Sep 23

#SciArtSeptember Day 23: Scouting
Working dogs use their noses to find target species during conservation projects.
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#beagle #dogs #sketchbook #drawing

An illustration of a beagle, walking with its nose to the ground. The illustration is simple, with blues taking the place of dark colours on the dog. The background is flat beige.

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · Sep 19

TODAY is the deadline to submit public comment on Trump’s proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule, which would expose 45 million acres of national forest to permanent roads and their attendant environmental ills. Register your disapproval here:

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

#roadecology

Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is initiating an environmental impact statement (EIS) and rulemaking concerning management of inventoried roadless areas on approximately 44.7 million acres of Natio...

www.federalregister.gov

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · Sep 19

Today's "everything is bad so let's pause for a second to regard nature and take a breath that isn't poisoned by our fear of a collapsing democracy" pic -- an osprey flying overhead. Photo by me.

In this landscape-oriented photo, an osprey flies overhead -- the sky behind is a denim blue. The bird is majestic, its wing feather's splayed out like fingers reaching for the heavens. It's tail is pointed back straight. The sun comes through its wing feathers, giving them an amber glow. The look on the bird's face is one of abject panic, with total bug eyes that suggests the bird just shit its pants, except birds don't (generally) wear pants, which instead suggests that the bird just read the news and was like, "oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck." Photo by me, Chuck Wendig

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Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Sep 9

Why do we have to have workday when it literally does not help anyone out ever

Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Aug 16

I want to be a great scientist for many many reasons. At this moment, I want to be known to the point that Joe Jonas knows me. Lmfao three things about me: I love dogs, wildlife, and the Jonas brothers.

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Sarah B. Bassing, PhD @sbassing.bsky.social · Aug 16

One last outing this field season with my incoming graduate student. We collected genetic samples from wolf scat and hiked through some beautiful country. Looking forward to the start of the semester and getting this project officially started!

Two people wearing backpacks stand together in a large open meadow with conifer forests and mountains in the background.

Scat from an adult wolf on the forest floor. A black lighter is next to the scat for scale.

Woman holds a broken skull from a long dead bull elk while standing in a forest.

A scat from a wolf pup sits in a matted down patch of grass in a meadow where pups have been playing. Pine trees and willow shrubs in the background.

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Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Jul 23

Diving into the world of genetics and wowowowow it’s pretty incredible what we can do huh

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Sarah B. Bassing, PhD @sbassing.bsky.social · Jun 27

‼️New 🐺 paper‼️We developed models to predict highly suitable den & rendezvous site habitat for Mexican wolves in AZ & NM. These models will be used to guide future monitoring as the population continues to grow. #OpenAccess #JournalOfWildlifeManagement wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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We developed predictive models of pup-rearing habitat (i.e., den and rendezvous sites) that could help guide future population monitoring efforts of Mexican wolves. Mexican wolves selected den sites ...

wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Cole Burton @coleburton.bsky.social · Jul 8

The WildCo Lab @wildco.bsky.social is recruiting 2 postdocs in quantitative ecology to work on mammal population estimation and monitoring from camera trap data. 🐺🐻🦌📷📈
Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada!
wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...

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Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Jul 6

I miss when we could connect and network on Twitter. It’s not the same here. I am grateful for my network I made on there though. It has helped me
More than yall know.

Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Jun 29

I thought I’d share a photo from one of our sites on the MD black bear project. A big male and female pair hanging around our snare. They both were a bit pre occupied to go in, except the female was more curious. Fingers crossed she comes back and goes in. Some younger bears went in though!!

Cam trap photo of a male looking over a female bear who has her ears back in a submissive position. Both in front of a barbed wire hair snare corral.

Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Jun 23

I really love Meidase brand cameras.

Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · Jun 3

Hey! Check out a snippet of our project!! Maryland and DC Bears 👀

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Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · May 27

We started building hair snares yesterday! Black bear hair snares will be used to determine density and movement estimates that will better understand the Maryland black bear population. I have a team of 10 and so far they are dedicated wonderful humans ❤️

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · May 22

HOLY SHIT. The ban on any federal funding gender-affirming care includes stripping ACA plans of covering it as the essential care it is.

I have an ACA plan. I live in a blue state, but I am about to lose access to treatments I need.

We told you this was coming

www.advocate.com/politics/ant...