Andrew Iwaniuk
@evoneuro.bsky.social
neurobiologist, ornithologist, scruffy looking nerfherder, social distancing since 1974, currently at U Lethbridge, Treaty 7 lands
🇨🇦 🇦🇺 stuff
open access link for our book: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6000/Bird-Brains-and-BehaviorA-Synthesis
🇨🇦 🇦🇺 stuff
open access link for our book: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6000/Bird-Brains-and-BehaviorA-Synthesis
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Andrew Iwaniuk
@evoneuro.bsky.social
· Jul 2
In celebration of me avoiding becoming department chair for the next 3 years and receiving a new research chair, please enjoy one of my favourite parrot photos from two years ago.
Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans)
#birds #birding #academicsky #WildOz #parrots 🪶🦜🇨🇦🇦🇺
Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans)
#birds #birding #academicsky #WildOz #parrots 🪶🦜🇨🇦🇦🇺
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Locals say this cheeky pelican has a personality unlike any bird they have ever seen.
'Naughty Boy' pelican munches on seagulls and plays dead for tourists
Locals say this cheeky pelican has a personality unlike any bird they have ever seen.
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Locals say this cheeky pelican has a personality unlike any bird they have ever seen.
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I showed my scientific illustration students this example a few weeks ago. Told them they may yet have jobs. Their confidence grew a bit, they seemed reassured.
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I showed my scientific illustration students this example a few weeks ago. Told them they may yet have jobs. Their confidence grew a bit, they seemed reassured.
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In a study of more than 18,000 live births, 16.3% of babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by age three, compared with 9.7% who were not exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in utero.
Amid Incorrect Vaccine Guidance from the CDC, Study Links COVID-19 Infection During Pregnancy to Autism www.propublica.org/article/covi... @deldeib.bsky.social @propublica.org
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In a study of more than 18,000 live births, 16.3% of babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by age three, compared with 9.7% who were not exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in utero.
My #BirdOfTheDay #Headshots is Sulphur-crested Cockatoo from Lorne, Victoria, Australia
#WildOz #birds #birding #parrots 🪶
#WildOz #birds #birding #parrots 🪶
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My #BirdOfTheDay #Headshots is Sulphur-crested Cockatoo from Lorne, Victoria, Australia
#WildOz #birds #birding #parrots 🪶
#WildOz #birds #birding #parrots 🪶
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We had a new paper out yesterday in @royalsocietypublishing.org Biology Letters. About how the cranial feathers of male Golden and Lady Amherst’s Pheasants affect their visual fields. Nice to see it picked up The New York Times and Science. Paper link below.
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
We had a new paper out yesterday in @royalsocietypublishing.org Biology Letters. About how the cranial feathers of male Golden and Lady Amherst’s Pheasants affect their visual fields. Nice to see it picked up The New York Times and Science. Paper link below.
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4/ I sympathize with the plight of Americans and have posted about my support but like many, many Canadians, would like Americans to step up and support us in large numbers.
If you’re supporting Hoekstra’s and Trump’s inane statements by staying silent - you’re a problem for Canadians.
If you’re supporting Hoekstra’s and Trump’s inane statements by staying silent - you’re a problem for Canadians.
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
4/ I sympathize with the plight of Americans and have posted about my support but like many, many Canadians, would like Americans to step up and support us in large numbers.
If you’re supporting Hoekstra’s and Trump’s inane statements by staying silent - you’re a problem for Canadians.
If you’re supporting Hoekstra’s and Trump’s inane statements by staying silent - you’re a problem for Canadians.
I would like to thank the grad students in our dept for once more selecting an old white dude for our annual Brenda Milner lecture. It’s named after a significant female neuroscientist, but it has been wall to wall old white dudes for 7 years. 😐
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I would like to thank the grad students in our dept for once more selecting an old white dude for our annual Brenda Milner lecture. It’s named after a significant female neuroscientist, but it has been wall to wall old white dudes for 7 years. 😐
Good. What we need is a lot of snow and long deep freeze with a slow melt to replenish water in our forests, grasslands, croplands, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Good. What we need is a lot of snow and long deep freeze with a slow melt to replenish water in our forests, grasslands, croplands, etc.
A Great Auk in the public gallery of the Natural History Museum, Tring. Will hopefully have updates on this symbol of extinction next year as we are about to start working on the anatomy of its sensory systems.
#birds #neuroethology 🪶
#birds #neuroethology 🪶
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A Great Auk in the public gallery of the Natural History Museum, Tring. Will hopefully have updates on this symbol of extinction next year as we are about to start working on the anatomy of its sensory systems.
#birds #neuroethology 🪶
#birds #neuroethology 🪶
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After killing tens of thousands of renewable energy jobs in Lethbridge and area & raising electricity rates for all Albertans, Nathan Neudorf faces a recall petition lethbridgenewsnow.com/2025/11/25/l... #yql #abpoli
Lethbridge MLA among the latest to face recall petition
Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf is among five more Alberta MLAs identified as the subject of a recall petit...
lethbridgenewsnow.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
After killing tens of thousands of renewable energy jobs in Lethbridge and area & raising electricity rates for all Albertans, Nathan Neudorf faces a recall petition lethbridgenewsnow.com/2025/11/25/l... #yql #abpoli
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The Red-headed Woodpecker is such a sharp looking bird. Love the steel blue edging to their black feathers.
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The Red-headed Woodpecker is such a sharp looking bird. Love the steel blue edging to their black feathers.
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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A great day in Lethbridge with @evoneuro.bsky.social and others at the CCBN. Amazing to see the Lethbridge viaduct in real life.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A great day in Lethbridge with @evoneuro.bsky.social and others at the CCBN. Amazing to see the Lethbridge viaduct in real life.
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"In BC’s Great Bear Rainforest, a study by CREST and Stanford University found that bear-viewing tourism generated 12 times more revenue than trophy hunting, supporting 510 jobs compared to just 11 from hunting. Protecting one bear creates a renewable source of income for a community."
Our latest piece, ‘Rewilding the Economy: Can Ecotourism Reconnect People and Planet?’, discusses how shifting even a fraction of public funding away from extraction and toward ecosystem protection would yield enormous social and economic returns.
www.exposedwildlifeconservancy.org/news/rewildi...
www.exposedwildlifeconservancy.org/news/rewildi...
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"In BC’s Great Bear Rainforest, a study by CREST and Stanford University found that bear-viewing tourism generated 12 times more revenue than trophy hunting, supporting 510 jobs compared to just 11 from hunting. Protecting one bear creates a renewable source of income for a community."
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@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #warblers. This one was in galveston, texas - pretty sure its a warbler but have no idea which one. #EastCoastKin #photography #birds
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #warblers. This one was in galveston, texas - pretty sure its a warbler but have no idea which one. #EastCoastKin #photography #birds
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#NewBrunswick
Saint John bird observatory marks 30 years and 1.7 million seabirds
Point Lepreau Bird Observatory provides early warning sign for changes in the Arctic
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Saint John bird observatory marks 30 years and 1.7 million seabirds
Point Lepreau Bird Observatory provides early warning sign for changes in the Arctic
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Saint John birders marking 30 years of monitoring seabird migration | CBC News
The Point Lepreau Bird Observatory is marking 30 years of monitoring the seabird migration in a location perfectly positioned to capture the entire migration pattern of more than 100 different species...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
#NewBrunswick
Saint John bird observatory marks 30 years and 1.7 million seabirds
Point Lepreau Bird Observatory provides early warning sign for changes in the Arctic
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Saint John bird observatory marks 30 years and 1.7 million seabirds
Point Lepreau Bird Observatory provides early warning sign for changes in the Arctic
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Calgary airport: my semi regular reminder that I should give up on checked luggage. Every flight I wait forever for my bag, assuming it even shows up
#yyc
#yyc
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Calgary airport: my semi regular reminder that I should give up on checked luggage. Every flight I wait forever for my bag, assuming it even shows up
#yyc
#yyc
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A new owlet! Even if you think an area looks promising for owls it's always a nice surprise when you follow a creek around a bend and see one. It was a hot day and this one was roosting open and low over the creek catching cool breezes in a conservation park yesterday. #birds #wildoz #brisbane
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Great day giving a talk at Christ’s College for the Cambridgeshire Bird Club as well as checking out specimens collected by Darwin in the Cambridge Museum. Special thanks to Dan Field for organizing everything!
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Great day giving a talk at Christ’s College for the Cambridgeshire Bird Club as well as checking out specimens collected by Darwin in the Cambridge Museum. Special thanks to Dan Field for organizing everything!
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While most songbirds have left the Rocky Mountains for the freezing times ahead - one special exception remains. The antics of American Dippers are so enjoyable, they make up for the lack of many other #birds.
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
While most songbirds have left the Rocky Mountains for the freezing times ahead - one special exception remains. The antics of American Dippers are so enjoyable, they make up for the lack of many other #birds.
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I'm not sure if I'm legally allowed to post two #birdoftheday posts for #birdonawire
But here's a closer view of the male Black-headed Trogon, showing his darker head and iridescent back.
#CostaRica #birds #trogon #nature
But here's a closer view of the male Black-headed Trogon, showing his darker head and iridescent back.
#CostaRica #birds #trogon #nature
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I'm not sure if I'm legally allowed to post two #birdoftheday posts for #birdonawire
But here's a closer view of the male Black-headed Trogon, showing his darker head and iridescent back.
#CostaRica #birds #trogon #nature
But here's a closer view of the male Black-headed Trogon, showing his darker head and iridescent back.
#CostaRica #birds #trogon #nature