SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️
@skwinnicki.bsky.social
Evolutionary ecologist & ornithologist, postdoc Ohio State | PhD UIUC, MSc Kansas State | SciComm, birding, and nature photography | certified Lawn Hater, Cowbird Apologist, Stress Physiology Enthusiast, Typo Lover | they/them 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | skwinnicki.com
Aw they’re adorable!
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Aw they’re adorable!
We are so far!
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We are so far!
Here’s some closeups, I’ll post more later because I sure took enough haha bsky.app/profile/skwi...
I should wait until I get my photos* onto my computer but I’m too excited so here’s some I pulled onto my phone quickly
Black Skimmers are one of my favorite #birds in the entire world, I’ll never tire of them.
(*I took a mere 1800 wildlife photos today haha)
Black Skimmers are one of my favorite #birds in the entire world, I’ll never tire of them.
(*I took a mere 1800 wildlife photos today haha)
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Here’s some closeups, I’ll post more later because I sure took enough haha bsky.app/profile/skwi...
Yeah, and even just any poisonous bug, of which there are many (like monarchs!)
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yeah, and even just any poisonous bug, of which there are many (like monarchs!)
Not sure unfortunately, I just remember seeing the press release
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Not sure unfortunately, I just remember seeing the press release
I’m sure there are other ways to alter spider behavior (stress, eating a toxic bug) than human drugs!
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m sure there are other ways to alter spider behavior (stress, eating a toxic bug) than human drugs!
I remember that study!
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I remember that study!
I had a few recluses at least! They scared me a bit haha
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I had a few recluses at least! They scared me a bit haha
I couldn’t afford them at the time, I invested better ones since and the rest of my dry goods stay in my fridge just in case.
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I couldn’t afford them at the time, I invested better ones since and the rest of my dry goods stay in my fridge just in case.
About 6 months of wasted groceries and larvae in my food and losing my mind
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
About 6 months of wasted groceries and larvae in my food and losing my mind
Mine were in the wheat paste under the wallpaper inside of my kitchen cabinets 🤮
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Mine were in the wheat paste under the wallpaper inside of my kitchen cabinets 🤮
Ahhh it sounds like pantry moths, the only living things I truly despise
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ahhh it sounds like pantry moths, the only living things I truly despise
Oh that’s fun!
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Oh that’s fun!
I physically shuddered just reading that
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I physically shuddered just reading that
Yeah my 7 year old iphone takes shit photos
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Yeah my 7 year old iphone takes shit photos
I’m lucky there were no ledges, but I was trying to avoid stepping on these!
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I’m lucky there were no ledges, but I was trying to avoid stepping on these!
I do get swallows occasionally, just not fritillaries!
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I do get swallows occasionally, just not fritillaries!
I’m in South Carolina visiting with family by the way, we’re pretty butterfly- and flower-free in Ohio at the moment!
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I’m in South Carolina visiting with family by the way, we’re pretty butterfly- and flower-free in Ohio at the moment!
Jealous, they’re so pretty!
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Jealous, they’re so pretty!
Nah I’m in South Carolina visiting with family!
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Nah I’m in South Carolina visiting with family!
My family just sat on a bench as I stared at a garden
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My family just sat on a bench as I stared at a garden