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@kuro2091.bsky.social

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The Sleepy Bat Student M.S. in progress (🦇 accoustics) She/Her/They Nature Nerd, Photographer, Vulture Culture, Artist, Volunteer, former Zookeeper 🚫AI Photos posted are mine unless noted. Prints available here: https://link.space/@kuro2091

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Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hello Everyone! I'm a nature nerd, photographer, artist and graduate student from the midwest who is obsessed with pretty much anything animal or nature related. Enjoy the random animal memes, Jujube the vulture content, and scientific studies I'll probably share 🤣

American Bison looking to the left of the image in Yellowstone National Park

Mother Bison feeds a new born Bison calf while keeping watch for predators in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Bright red parrot known as a scarlet macaw looks to the viewer.

A barn owl portrait, close up looking to the left of the image

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Nicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · Sep 28

Thanks to @dmennill.bsky.social & dozens of other fantastic colleagues, the International Master of Bioacoustics MOBI at the Univ of St-Etienne is a very unique training program (and so cheap compared to overseas - 1400 € for the whole year!). Info here: www.masterofbioacoustics.com
#bioacoustics

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animal prattle @animal-prattle.bsky.social · Sep 18

Looks like a good review, h/t @dunnock67.bsky.social

+ interview of ECR author in @jexpbiol.bsky.social

cc #bat folks icymi @amarotuninetti.bsky.social @talking-bat.bsky.social @bat-cesco.bsky.social @berlinbatlab.bsky.social @susannebabl.bsky.social

#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics

Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · Sep 2

In her review, Laura Stidsholt @bioacousticsau.bsky.social discusses how bat-borne acoustic devices are changing echolocation research in wild #bats by recording sensory & foraging behaviour across different species, habitats & levels of disturbance

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

A screen shot of the PDF of the Review, Unlocking the mysteries of biosonar use and foraging behaviour in wild bats with on-board acoustic recording tags, but Laura Stidsholt. The publishing information states: © 2025. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2025) 228, jeb250777. doi:10.1242/jeb.250777. The first sentence of the Abstract states: Since the discovery of biosonar by Griffin in the 1940s, laboratories have conducted detailed experiments on how bats produce and modify their biosonar calls, as well as on how they detect and process self-generated echoes when orienting and hunting in flight rooms

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Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · Jul 23

Love seeing baby turkey vultures. It sucks they are in rehab but still cute.

#birds #wildliferehab

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · Jun 30

A person sitting in front of a wall of books. The caption reads, "reading can seriously damage your ignorance."

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Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · Jun 28

Tuvu in a tower...sorta...
#birds #nature #photography

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Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · Jun 20

I know these feels

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Sol Brennan (3D Rigger/Looking for work) @wuffles.bsky.social · Jun 8

Go get 'em LA and stay safe. Show those fuckers LA is not a city you mess with.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Jun 8

There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

www.whitehouse.gov

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Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · May 31

If you see this, post a dragon.

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The Tower Under the Hill @towerunderthehill.bsky.social · May 31

If you see this, post a dragon.

A yellow and orange whiskered dragon stretches its four wings against a pale blue sky.

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Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · May 31

Trying to decide if I should enter these Egyptian flying foxes into the local photography competition... I hate judging my own shots.
#bats #bat #photography #competition

Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · May 27

#thesisproposal needs to get started officially... very overwhelmed how to do it... 😬

Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · May 17

Last day of the academic year, first day of placing ARUs to record bat activity in new locations. Could be worse things to do on a Friday even if it did involve driving 6hrs.
#bioacoustics #bats #nature

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Abby (she/her) @abigailthiemkey.bsky.social · May 15

Do not forget to submit a comment to the feds to not rescind the definition of “harm” in the ESA!!!

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Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · May 8

Is it normal for anyone else to show their grad advisor class projects and feel giddy when they seem to appreciate the work? ...is this a thing people do? Help a first gen student avoid being awkward lol

Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · May 8

It feels weird to be excluded from something right in front of my face and be the only one in a large group who was, not that anyone noticed. At times, I actually think that maybe I fit in, but clearly, Im more or less on my own. Never realized that didn't end in grade school.

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Acoustic Birder @acousticbirder.bsky.social · May 1

You can now upload soundscapes to eBird! Upload your wetland ambiances full of birdsong.

@xeno-canto.bsky.social has supported this since 2013 — now eBird joins in.

It’s a great way to capture the acoustic atmosphere. Valuable for researchers. When does @observation.org join? #bioacoustics #bird

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Nick Jourjine @nickjourjine.bsky.social · May 2

Hey #bioacoustics folks this is a cool study!

Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · Apr 30

New paper out from our lab today!

@evolsara.bsky.social shows that harriers have expanded their auditory nuclei in a similar way to owls to enable them to calculate the position of prey by sound.

#birds #ornithology #neuroskyence 🧠🧪🇨🇦🇦🇺

doi.org/10.1111/joa....

A male Northern Harrier in quartering flight with its beak pointed towards the ground so that it can listen for prey.

A figure from our paper showing:
left: scatterplots of auditory nuclei size against brainstem volume for 9 species of hawks, including harriers. In both plots, the harriers have much larger volumes than what is expected based on their brainstem volume.
middle: photos of sections taken through auditory brain nuclei of the Northern Harrier
right: photos of sections taken through the auditory brain nuclei of a Cooper's hawk

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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · Apr 30

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Nicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · May 3

Your dog understands you (& vice-versa). But why and how? 👇 New review paper by ENES Bioacoustics Research & Co.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bioacoustics #dog

Vocal communication between humans and animals

In this article, we review the scientific literature examining vocal communication between humans and other animals, with a focus on dog-human interac…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Kristi @kuro2091.bsky.social · Apr 25

Its early for #featheredfriday but I was so excited to find out I got a lifer today! I noticed a few warblers fluttering around near the ground in the invasive honeysuckle, they turned out to be palm warblers from what other birders have told me.
#birds #Nature #wildlife