Four years of hard work has finally paid off! I successfully defended my PhD dissertation yesterday and earned a statistics and college teaching certificate along the way. I am excited to enter the next chapter of my life as Dr. Clarke!!
#PhD #graduation #dissertation #newdocwhodis

When your hound dog wakes you up at 4AM and won’t let you sleep past 5:30, but decides he didn’t get enough sleep last night…
#sleep #bagelhound #lazydog

I'm excited to share our new paper, which uses long-term data to investigate how an obligate forest bird responds to habitat degradation caused by Eastern Hemlock decline from an invasive pest. Check it out on my ResearchGate:

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#conservation #invasivespecies

It’s fire season! We completed fires for our patch-burn grazing (PBG) treatments at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center. Our research shows that PBG can blend conservation and livestock production for a win-win solution in working landscapes.
#conservation #wildlife #prescribedfire

Start your year out right and get inspired to make a difference! We’ve polled Xerces Society staff to compose a list of realistic and measurable new year’s resolution ideas that will benefit invertebrates, other wildlife, and you. We look forward to cheering you on! 🦋
www.xerces.org/blog/new-yea...

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.

All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

Despite the terrible weather, my first bird of the new year was a White-throated Sparrow (followed quickly by a male Northern Cardinal).
#birds #newyear #birding

Two more Christmas Bird Counts in the books. We had 61 for the Fargo count and are still tallying for the Bluestem count. Highlights are: White-crowned Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Song Sparrow, and Spotted Towhee.
#christmasbirdcount #birds #citizenscience

North Dakota winters turn every snowy step into a challenge, yet the snow holds a quiet peace.
#winter #NDSU #snow #photography

I have officially started the job search… if anyone has any tips on how to write your first research statement and extension statement it would be super helpful. #academia

I am officially a PhD candidate!!! 🎉 Time for a celebratory 🍺
#PhD #academia

In about an hour and a half I will be taking my qualifying exams and progressing from a PhD student to a PhD candidate! I am both nervous and excited at the same time…
#PhD #academia

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,022,712!

Added another #Ecology game to our board game collection. Can’t wait to play it with @eggalynn.bsky.social!

Avians! Start. Your. Enginessss!!
Please note that lovely blob on the Tex-Mex border as some of the early neotropical migrants taking the land route are popping in.
#birds #birding #spring #migration

I just discovered there's a new edition of R for Data Science! I guess I know where my week is going to be spent...
#RStats #DataScience

“Birdwatching’s dirty little secret is that in our love and pursuit of nature we are warming the planet.”

#LowCarbonBirding

My girlfriend and I loved putting together this #kingfisher! Keep them coming, I need to expand our #bird collection @lego-group.bksy.social!
#LEGO

Hey everyone! I recently migrated (bird pun intended) to bluer skies and figured I’d introduce myself!

I’m a PhD student at NDSU examining grassland bird responses to prescribed fire and unique grazing practices that balance production and conservation. I look forward to sharing my field work!