Scott Haulton 🦇🐦🌳
@myotissodalis.bsky.social
Disturbance ecology, forests, wildlife, especially 🦇&🐦, dabbling in🦎🐝🦋. Central Hardwoods (most recently). https://heeforeststudy.org. Personal account, views are my own.
Proud native New Yorker (Upstate edition). Team McLaren 🏎️🧡🇬🇧
Proud native New Yorker (Upstate edition). Team McLaren 🏎️🧡🇬🇧
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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🦇A new episode of our podcast, BatChat, is out now - The Hoffman Kiln: Where Bats Reclaim the Dales.
North of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales lies the Hoffman Kiln, a relic of the industrial revolution. It's now an important site for bats of the Dales all year round.
North of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales lies the Hoffman Kiln, a relic of the industrial revolution. It's now an important site for bats of the Dales all year round.
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🦇A new episode of our podcast, BatChat, is out now - The Hoffman Kiln: Where Bats Reclaim the Dales.
North of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales lies the Hoffman Kiln, a relic of the industrial revolution. It's now an important site for bats of the Dales all year round.
North of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales lies the Hoffman Kiln, a relic of the industrial revolution. It's now an important site for bats of the Dales all year round.
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Loggers affect the foraging behaviour and fitness of European shags | doi.org/10.1002/jav.... | Journal of Avian Biology | #ornithology 🪶
Loggers affect the foraging behaviour and fitness of European shags
Biologgers enable real-time collection of detailed behavioural and physiological data from wide-ranging animals, including seabirds inhabiting remote regions. However, the number of studies using tra...
doi.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Loggers affect the foraging behaviour and fitness of European shags | doi.org/10.1002/jav.... | Journal of Avian Biology | #ornithology 🪶
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Single bin QPAD (SQPAD) approach for robust analysis of point-count data with detection error | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology 🪶
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Single bin QPAD (SQPAD) approach for robust analysis of point-count data with detection error | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology 🪶
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Bat fact: Bats eat their body weight in insects every night. That’s the equivalent of a 180-lb guy crushing 180 lbs of chicken wings before sunrise. Respect the efficiency.
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Bat fact: Bats eat their body weight in insects every night. That’s the equivalent of a 180-lb guy crushing 180 lbs of chicken wings before sunrise. Respect the efficiency.
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Burning the candle at both ends: two sympatric thrushes are equally detectable and sing at similar rates at dawn and dusk | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
Burning the candle at both ends: two sympatric thrushes are equally detectable and sing at similar rates at dawn and dusk
Journal of Ornithology - Many birds sing prolifically during the dawn chorus and a subset of these species also sing at dusk. How vocal activity varies between these two periods has not been...
link.springer.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Burning the candle at both ends: two sympatric thrushes are equally detectable and sing at similar rates at dawn and dusk | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
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🚨New study led by @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social calls for urgent systematic #insects monitoring.
🐞 Over 36 years of data reveal alarming declines in German #groundbeetles: 52% of species decreased in #occupancy, including many key #predators vital for #ecosystem balance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
🐞 Over 36 years of data reveal alarming declines in German #groundbeetles: 52% of species decreased in #occupancy, including many key #predators vital for #ecosystem balance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
November 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🚨New study led by @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social calls for urgent systematic #insects monitoring.
🐞 Over 36 years of data reveal alarming declines in German #groundbeetles: 52% of species decreased in #occupancy, including many key #predators vital for #ecosystem balance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
🐞 Over 36 years of data reveal alarming declines in German #groundbeetles: 52% of species decreased in #occupancy, including many key #predators vital for #ecosystem balance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
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An AP investigation found that more than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses this year, part of a campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. https://to.pbs.org/43dxCkD
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, attacking longstanding public health protections
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
to.pbs.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
An AP investigation found that more than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses this year, part of a campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. https://to.pbs.org/43dxCkD
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Today we appreciate one of Illinois’ native bats, the little brown bat. They eat lots of insects. Sadly, due to the spread of white-nose syndrome the population has decreased by over 90% putting them at risk. Read about some cool research at Illinois to save these cuties. tinyurl.com/lilbrownbat
October 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Today we appreciate one of Illinois’ native bats, the little brown bat. They eat lots of insects. Sadly, due to the spread of white-nose syndrome the population has decreased by over 90% putting them at risk. Read about some cool research at Illinois to save these cuties. tinyurl.com/lilbrownbat
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Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
![Graphic with a photo of a Henslow's Sparrow singing by Kenneth Cole Schneider and a cartoon showing a table of judges holding up signs showing low scores. Text on the graphic says: "Unsolicited Bird Fact: Henslow's Sparrow may be North America's most disparaged singer. Early ornithologists, & even some current ones have described their short, insect-like song like this:
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"a feeble hiccup," "one of the poorest of vocal efforts of any
bird," and "Il can't hear a Henslow's Sparrow sing] without a feeling of pity for a creature so constituted that he can be satisfied with such a performance."
But Herkert et al, 2020 note that sonograms of the song reveal that it is quite complex but very fast- there's a lot packed into a very short song. Maybe our ears/brain are just too slow to appreciate the artistry."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vfvwo2nueil4b7bnqdgxeo4o/bafkreigbww72u2ceupmjkbf6qwbgngi5rigu5shq3g2mcay7uhm4a2jyo4@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
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🗺️📍 For the first time, bird habitats across the U.S. & Canada are ranked by risk.
ABC’s Habitats WatchList shows which habitats are most threatened.
Explore the map:
bit.ly/4gQ7TEr
Special thanks to Nature Serve + Iain Campbell & Phil Chaon, authors of 'Habitats of North America.'
ABC’s Habitats WatchList shows which habitats are most threatened.
Explore the map:
bit.ly/4gQ7TEr
Special thanks to Nature Serve + Iain Campbell & Phil Chaon, authors of 'Habitats of North America.'
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🗺️📍 For the first time, bird habitats across the U.S. & Canada are ranked by risk.
ABC’s Habitats WatchList shows which habitats are most threatened.
Explore the map:
bit.ly/4gQ7TEr
Special thanks to Nature Serve + Iain Campbell & Phil Chaon, authors of 'Habitats of North America.'
ABC’s Habitats WatchList shows which habitats are most threatened.
Explore the map:
bit.ly/4gQ7TEr
Special thanks to Nature Serve + Iain Campbell & Phil Chaon, authors of 'Habitats of North America.'
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September 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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7-Day Bird Migration Forecast
We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far — over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight.
We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far — over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight.
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
7-Day Bird Migration Forecast
We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far — over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight.
We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far — over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight.
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New OA 🦇 research 📄
Current frontiers in the passive acoustic monitoring of bats
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @bat-cesco.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Current frontiers in the passive acoustic monitoring of bats
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @bat-cesco.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Current frontiers in the passive acoustic monitoring of bats
Passive acoustic monitoring of bats is used in a growing number of studies in applied and basic research, from local to global scales. Despite the publication of good-practice recommendations, sev...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
New OA 🦇 research 📄
Current frontiers in the passive acoustic monitoring of bats
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @bat-cesco.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Current frontiers in the passive acoustic monitoring of bats
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @bat-cesco.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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From the current WJO issue - Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) nesting ecology: behavior of nesting adults and chick growth. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
September 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
From the current WJO issue - Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) nesting ecology: behavior of nesting adults and chick growth. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
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Not sure this [gestures everywhere] was such a great idea
September 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Not sure this [gestures everywhere] was such a great idea
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Gnat to be overlooked, the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is this week’s #BirdoftheWeek!
🎶 Nicknamed the “Springtime Sprite,” this songbird is heard before seen w/ their squeaky calls.
🕷️ Their ping-pong ball–sized nests are camouflaged w/ bark & spiderwebs.
More:
bit.ly/4gl8Owi
🎶 Nicknamed the “Springtime Sprite,” this songbird is heard before seen w/ their squeaky calls.
🕷️ Their ping-pong ball–sized nests are camouflaged w/ bark & spiderwebs.
More:
bit.ly/4gl8Owi
September 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Gnat to be overlooked, the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is this week’s #BirdoftheWeek!
🎶 Nicknamed the “Springtime Sprite,” this songbird is heard before seen w/ their squeaky calls.
🕷️ Their ping-pong ball–sized nests are camouflaged w/ bark & spiderwebs.
More:
bit.ly/4gl8Owi
🎶 Nicknamed the “Springtime Sprite,” this songbird is heard before seen w/ their squeaky calls.
🕷️ Their ping-pong ball–sized nests are camouflaged w/ bark & spiderwebs.
More:
bit.ly/4gl8Owi
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Home Depot Garden Center Offering 1.5 Cubic Feet Of Squirrels
September 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Home Depot Garden Center Offering 1.5 Cubic Feet Of Squirrels
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Anyway, here’s a Magnolia Warbler
September 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Anyway, here’s a Magnolia Warbler
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Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
September 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
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Social media undercuts public health and institutional trust
A new study finds causal evidence that morally charged attacks generate anger and social media engagement which exacerbates the political polarization of public health
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
A new study finds causal evidence that morally charged attacks generate anger and social media engagement which exacerbates the political polarization of public health
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
September 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Social media undercuts public health and institutional trust
A new study finds causal evidence that morally charged attacks generate anger and social media engagement which exacerbates the political polarization of public health
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
A new study finds causal evidence that morally charged attacks generate anger and social media engagement which exacerbates the political polarization of public health
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
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“Maybe, in an era when seemingly everything—including thought itself—is mechanized, people will feel compelled to fight for the humanistic tradition because they can more clearly see its value.” thelocal.to/humanities-i...
The Humanities Aren't Dead Yet | The Local
Enrollment in the liberal arts has been in freefall for years. But despite apocalyptic declarations about the end of the humanities, in my own classroom I see signs of life.
thelocal.to
September 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Maybe, in an era when seemingly everything—including thought itself—is mechanized, people will feel compelled to fight for the humanistic tradition because they can more clearly see its value.” thelocal.to/humanities-i...