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Matthew A. Mulvey
@mulveylab.bsky.social
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Matthew A. Mulvey, Ph.D.
Host-Pathogen Interactions + bugs, birds, and other carbon-based lifeforms.
https://www.biology.utah.edu/faculty/matthew-mulvey/
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Scarlett Macaw Johansson
#birds 🪶 #costarica
Bright red, yellow and blue scarlet macaw perched in a cashew tree with a claw in its beak.
January 20, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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Mislabeled kestrel.
#birds 🪶 #utahwildlife #wildlifephotography
American Kestrel perched on a sign for the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area.
January 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Northern harrier skirting the suburbs.
🪶 #birds #wildlife #utahwildlife #birdsofprey #nature
Northern harrier flying low over yellow grass with white house in background.
December 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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A wee American Pygmy Kingfisher looking for breakfast.
🪶 #birds #birdfreak #costarica #wildlifephotography
Tiny kingfisher perched in branches. White belly with orange/tan chest and a green/blue head.
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Green-winged Teal cruising the Jordan River
🦆 💦 🪶
#birds #birdfreak #utahwildlife
#quack #canonr5
Green-winged teal duck, floating down Jordan River
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Finger-licking good 😛
🪶 #birds #birdfreak #utahwildlife #raptor #hawk
Red-tailed hawk with milky nictitating membrane visible, bringing claw to beak while perched on a branch.
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Aurora borealis shining bright over Salt Lake City tonight!
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Mulvey lab alumna Alexis Rousek taking on UTIs with the Student Research Initiative at the U of Utah.
science.utah.edu/sri/sri-stor...

@uofubiology.bsky.social @globaluti.bsky.social #UTIGA
SRI Stories: Mentoring Through Microbes | College of Science
SRI Stories: Mentoring through Microbes October 15, 2025 Above: Alexis Rousek Alexis Rousek didn’t always know she would become a microbiologist — but the signs were there early. In middle school, she...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Can you spot the wee demon face between the wings of this Red-faced Dragonlet?
Happy Halloween!!! 🎃 👻 👿

#costarica #dragonfly #nature
Red dragonfly perched on a leaf. Patter between the sets of wings looks a bit like a devil face.
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Ringed Kingfisher, waiting until after No Kings Day to make an appearance.
🪶 #birds #wildlife #costarica
Small kingfisher (brown, white and blue) sitting on a branch and looking stoic.
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Reposted by Matthew A. Mulvey
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Fighting tyranny helps…BIRDS 🪶#birds
October 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Need something to read on a Sunday afternoon?
'Global Footprint of the Multidrug Resistance Island Ec17R and Resistance Gene Co-Occurrence in Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates'
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#UTIGA #UTIsky #sepsis #uti #UPEC #ExPEC #IDSky #SciSky 🧪
October 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Common Checkered-Skipper dining out at UNC Chapel Hill
🦋
Burnsius communis

#butterflies #macrowildlife #canonr5 #insect #pollinator
Small Black and White butterfly slurping up lunch on a purple flower
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Gray-Cowled Wood-Rail patrolling the muddy banks of the Sierpe River

#birds 🪶
#costarica
#wildlife
#canonR5
#birdfreaks
Yellow beak, red eyes, gray cowl, brown body, pink legs, cool bird
September 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Black-chinned Hummingbird sipping from a stream in the Wasatch Mountains.

#birds #wildlife 🪶
Head-on view of a black-chinned hummingbird, hovering over a stream.
September 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Meow.

#macro #jumpingspider #spider #cutie
Paradise spider (Habronattus festus)
September 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Excited to hear from @bacterialtalk.bsky.social speaking as part of the NIAID T32-sponsored Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series @utah.edu
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September 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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American Kestrel balancing act
#birds 🪶
#wildlife
American Kestrel perched on the tip of a branch with snowy mountains in the background.
September 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Little Blue Heron chillin’ on the banks of the Sierpe River.
#birds 🪶
#costarica #mangroves #wildlife
Little Blue Heron standing cross-legged on a muddy river bank with tangles of mangrove roots in the background.
September 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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First attempt at a Milky Way shot. Taken at Meek’s Cabin Reservoir, WY. Imagine fewer clouds, and happy stars reflected in the water. Maybe next time…

#milkyway #stars
August 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Song Thrush with breakfast, seen with @mgblango.bsky.social (who personally knows every single bird along the Saale River in Jena, Germany)
#birds 🪶
#wildlife #germanwildlife #r5
Brown and white bird in the grass with a black grub in its beak.
August 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Paddle-tailed Darner skimming above the boardwalk at Silver Lake, UT. ⛰️

#dragonfly #nature #canonr5 #insect #wasatch
Blue dragonfly with tellow-green stripes in flight
August 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Common wood-pigeons barely tolerate the bird paparazzi in Jena, Germany.
🪶
#birds
Closeup of a wood pigeon with purple, green and blue hues on a window sill in Jena, Germany.
August 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Grey heron taking flight from the Saale river in Jena, Germany. Thanks to @mgblango.bsky.social and @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social for a fantastic visit with great science and wonderful birds.
🪶 #birds 🧬 🔬 🇩🇪
Grey heron taking off from shallow water with wings up and water trailing from its legs.
August 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Reposted by Matthew A. Mulvey
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Last week we enjoyed a lovely day of socialising and networking with the groups of @mgblango.bsky.social and @slavi-jan.bsky.social. We broke into teams for a scavenger hunt and visited a palace outside Weimar. We were even joined by special guest @mulveylab.bsky.social while he was visiting!
Two rows of people wearing active or outdoors clothing stand in a lush green forest. One person in the front row holds a map of the area.
July 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM