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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · Jun 12

A special treat for my birthday girl! Sydney is a blue tongue skink and has been with me since she was a little skinklet! #birthday #skink #lizard

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · Jun 11

When we tag horseshoe crabs, we sometimes have to remove barnacles or slipped snails from their shell I order to place a tag.
We made sure that the slipper snails made good on their sacrifice, as a snack for our Horseshoe crab pals.
They were happy to accept our snack offering!

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · Jun 11

Tonight my daughter tagged her first horseshoe crabs! I’m a very proud mama 🥹
#communityscience #wildlife

Pushing in a tag for a male horseshoe crab

Releasing a tagged crab together with my daughter

We drill the hole to insert the tag into

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · Jun 10

Red knots on the beach in Queens, NYC. An amazing migrating bird, and absolutely handsome. I get so excited to catch them in their spring finery. #birds

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · Jun 10

Piping Plover magic... the big reveal is actually quite small, and very cute. #birds

mama piping plover crouches, seemingly with two extra pairs of legs... this is part of the illusion...

With a little wiggle, she makes a chick appear out of thin air!

Another wiggle and, abracadabra, a second chick!!

HOW DID SHE DO IT?!
A plover never reveals how she performs her magic.

A cute plover chick, stares us down, before another disappearing act... camouflage!

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 29

I see those bird moms and every single time I'm like, "i see you, you're doing great, mama!"
I think us moms like to cheer each other on a bit...

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 29

The bus depot here, I have seen leave out dry ramen for them…

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · May 29

I don't know who needs to hear this, but sharks absolutely do get cancer.

And even if they didn't get cancer, eating shark wouldn't cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at playing basketball.

📷: Andrew Fox

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 28

It’s an honor to be graced by their presence

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 28

Also… why do Egrets make everything beautiful?!

A great egret takes off, wings spread wide to to right. With a fore and background of the Gowanus canal in Brooklyn. The landscape is heavily urban, buildings, bridges and bulkhead!

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 28

A few gems while waiting for my tour group at work today… American black duck, mourning dove, great egret, Canada geese… all at the Gowanus Canal waterfront.
#birds #brooklyn #urbanwildlife

American black duck showing an important field mark- blue on the wings, not bordered by white. Sets it apart from a female mallard.

A mourning dove foraging along the rip rap on the Gowanus shore.

A great egret with the backdrop of the Gowanus Canal, Union street bridge, downtown Brooklyn and in the foreground, the Carroll street bridge (yes, it’s still stuck open)

Canada geese pair with the backdrop of the Gowanus canal looking north toward downtown Brooklyn. And that one hideous residential building that looks like the eye of Sauron should be atop….

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 26

A number of common terns are born and raised New Yorkers! I love these birds and their attitude, I wish more of our beach nesting birds took the tern approach to nesting... dive, defend, and defeat.
#Birds

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 26

Bird Blep.

I love when I catch animals with their tongues out. Extra special when it's a sweet piping plover.
#birds

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 26

I hope it sticks, sounds like no one has spotted it today… that, or it only prefers overcast/rainy days.

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 26

Recent life-bird: Fork-tailed flycatcher on Randall's Island, NYC! Such a great rare #bird, esp for beginners, it's easy to spot, observe, and its flight is easy to follow as it hunts slowly by fluttering and hovering. Big recommend if you are a new birder and want to add a li' spice to your list!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · May 22

If you're in the Washington, DC area, I'm giving a free public talk about shark science and conservation, including why Federal funding for research and conservation is important! Friday 5/30 at 7 p.m. at Silver Branch in Silver Spring. This is through @standupforscience.bsky.social 🧪🌎🦑🦈 #SciComm

Talk flier including QR code for registration

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · May 16

***GIVEAWAY*** This signed/stamped Advance Readers Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, forthcoming Nov 2025 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social! Like=1 entry, Share=1 entry, Like + Share=2 entries. Will randomly select winner on Friday, May 23, 2025. US addresses only.
Preorder info: shorturl.at/OXr0Z
#booksky

the front page of the book Tigers Between Empires, with a large, blue tiger track stamped upon it

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 22

Off to do my water quality monitoring in the Gowanus Canal… and I found myself an urban Canada Goose family on 7th street, just outside the Bell House here in Brooklyn…

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 19

OPPOSE!!!!!! Oppose the rescinding of "harm" under the ESA: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

SUBMIT TODAY!!!!

Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" ...

www.federalregister.gov

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 18

I was like wtf is shrieking?! Oh, that’s your song 😂

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Jen Kepler @jenkepler.bsky.social · May 18

I just had a common nighthawk calling as I put some recycling outside and shut off the yard lights…. I am so fucking jazzed for that yard bird! #birds