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Jeremy Kerr 🇨🇦
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Biology Prof, uOttawa, Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of Biology, American Association for Advancement of Science, and Sigma Xi. I study biodiversity to save more of it. Inclusion. Nature photography, running, sailing. Photos (c) JK.
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Wonderful Royal Society of Canada @src-rsc.bsky.social meeting in @villedemontreal.montreal.ca, with motivated, exceptionally accomplished leaders in all fields of scholarship looking hopefully for ways to support colleagues and Canadians.

Next year’s Celebration is in Ottawa! @uottawa.ca
Vice President Research & Innovation Julie St Pierre introduces @uottawa as the partner institution for 2026 Celebration of Excellence and Engagement. Another chance to wear my family’s ancient kilt :)
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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I never ever get tired of bee eaters, and I trust I never will. A pair of little bee eaters, hanging out in Lake Manyara National Park, #Tanzania.

#democracy #birds #africa #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nikon
A pair of brightly coloured yellow and green birds - Little bee eaters - in a thorn tree, just after having snagged and battered a butterfly for lunch back at their nearby nest.
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Fledgling American robin having just left the nest over my back door, and hanging out on the patio where I found the wee fellow.

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American robin fledgling that has just left the nest. Could fly a little bit, and wasn’t too worried by me. Still with a lively speckled breast.
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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HELLO THERE, from this white-browed coucal in #Serengeti. And happy #flyday.

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October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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This one is not a happy looking sort at all. Other stork species can be a lot more charismatic! Here is a saddle-billed stork as a charisma-cleanser.
Very large wading bird with a large, multi-colored bill and a gleaming black head. This saddle-billed stork was in Tarangire National Park in the Silale wetland.
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Marabou stork, hanging out with the humans in our Serengeti campground. Truly massive #birds and not all that lovely up close. Adapted for digging into carcasses but pretty good at food containers also.

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Very tall bird hanging out on the ground in a public camping area
October 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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African wild dog in Tarangire National Park. One of the world’s rarest species, Tanzania has had success reintroducing this amazing predator to its national parks. There is hope for, and to be found in, conservation.
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African wild dog in Tarangire National park, Tanzania.
October 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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African grey-billed hornbill having a hoot, #tanzania, August 2025. More than 1000 #bird species to discover there. Especially nice seeing birds doing something cool.

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Fairly large grey hornbill bird hooting and flapping wings atop a tree in Tanzania.
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Male ostrich having a morning look around, #Serengeti, August 2025. While flightless, they run faster - at need or when courting - than many other bird species fly.

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Male ostrich standing in an open area in the midst of open woodland.
September 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Male (right) and female red-bellied parrots, _Poicephalus rufiventrus_, perched in a tree overlooking the Tarangire river, #tanzania.

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A pair of red-bellied parrots grooming themselves in a tree.
September 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Tango the Rescue Parrot in part of his native habitat. He has lots of personality and loves hanging with his humans. I am not sure why feet drive him into a velociraptor-like frenzy, but it’s weird and freaky being chased slowly by a 120g bird.
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Tango is a member of the family who occasionally enjoys sitting in bowls.
September 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Red and yellow barbet, showing off wonderful colours. This bird is on the cover of my East African bird book for a good reason! Barbets are woodpecker relatives with spiky feathers.
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A brightly coloured small predatory bird perched on top of a short acacia tree. Tarangire National Park, August 2025.
September 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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African grey hornbill, perched in a relatively green tree in the midst of the #Serengeti dry season. These birds have some serious PERSONALITY!

Hildebrandt’s starling in the background.

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A bird with a weirdly long and diversely coloured bill, perched on a branch. African hornbill.
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Black-headed heron perched on a scary thorn in #Serengeti National park, #tanzania. August, 2025. There were so many herons in Serengeti - some recent rains led to lots of standing water. And a lot of happy herons.

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Black headed heron perched above an unusual bit of standing water in Serengeti. Significant dry season spells of rain led to unusual patches of standing water and the herons totally showed up for this. The unusual little wet areas were surrounded by large expanses of dry grassland. I am not sure what the herons were eating. These little wetland patches couldn’t have had fish. Maybe a few frogs, though I did not see them.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Never get tired of seeing white-browed coucals. They’re a kind of cuckoo with a long claw on a hind toe. These are some seriously handsome, big birds. Serengeti NP, Aug 2025.

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White-browned coucal on an acacia branch in Serengeti
September 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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The world’s heaviest flier, Kori Bustard, who mostly walks around savannahs munching whatever it can find. Males can be very large indeed, almost 20kg. This fellow was strolling around Ngorongoro Crater, August 2025.
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A portrait of a Kori bustard from Ngorongoro crater, phot by Jeremy kerr 2025.
September 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Large numbers of Grey-crowned cranes at Ngorongoro Crater this year. Never seen so many - 200+. Some juveniles too, a lovely sight for this endangered species. The chance to observe social behaviours in this group was wonderful for my students and I.
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A grey-crowned crane in flight in Ngorongoro Crater. Never seen so many of this stunning and highly endangered species in a single place. I’d like to think this is a hopeful sign, but risks for this species in Uganda and Kenya and elsewhere remain serious and urgent.
September 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Moments from Tanzania field course 2025, focusing for a day on breeding & reintroduction programs for wild dogs & black rhinos in Tanzania at Mkomazi NP. Hoping for inspiring, life changing experiences for students to provide lifelong memories.
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Black rhino at Mkomazi NP in Tanzania. Each rhino is guarded and monitored 24/7, enabling reintroduction of individuals in protected areas, like Serengeti, in Tanzania. Breeding lineages are monitored precisely over multiple generations. Female wild dog in reintroduction facility at Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania. 230 wild dogs have been reintroduced to this park and Serengeti. Main threats include canine distemper (most commonly transmitted from domestic dog population to predators, like these wild dogs) and persecution because of human-wildlife conflict.
August 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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American redstart pausing briefly to check out a birder with a big camera. Otherwise, singing up a storm and hoping to defend his territory. Mud lake, #ottawa.

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A very small bird, an American Redstart, perched on a lichen-covered branch. The bird is black and orange on top.
July 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Brilliant wood duck providing some of the only colour to be seen on a very cold winter day in #ottawa, #canada.

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A brightly coloured duck next to a shelf of ice in Ottawa.
July 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Black headed heron, having a majestic moment. This species is common across sub-Saharan Africa and is a master fisher, like herons in general.

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A tall heron perched on a dead branch above a wetland.
July 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Northern white crowned shrike (also known as white rumped shrike) at Silale wetland in Tarangire National Park, #Tanzania. Shrikes are terrifying monsters that impale their prey on thorns for later snacks. Sort of cute though.

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A white and brown predatory bird perched on a branch in a park in Tanzania.
July 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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One of Tango the Rescue Parrot’s perches. Weird when he flies into the shades, but Tango is an innovative little Senegal Parrot.

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Bright green and yellow bird with a grey head perched between the slats of the blinds in the kitchen.
June 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Lions mate frequently over several hours when females are receptive. They are not at all fussy about such public shows of “affection”, and this pair engaged in repeated x-rated behaviour before a group of students from @uottawa.ca

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A mating pair of lions in southern Serengeti.
June 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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A southern yellow billed hornbill in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Hornbills seems like drama birds. Striking and always looking very out of sorts. Happily, this species is doing well.

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June 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM