Scenes from the sandhill today. Gopher Tortoise burrow, Balduina angustifoila (Yellow Buttons), and Polygonella fimbriata (Sandhill Jointweed).

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Cooper's Hawk lounging in my birdbath. #birds

Time to relax!

Grant money for graduate research on #reptile or #amphibian conservation or management in the Southeast. Several awards of $2500 each. Please share widely.

High water on the Ogeechee River. #wetlands

I got this nice poster in 2008. Only took 17 years to get it framed.

Went back to the kite hootenanny in Tattnall County and found about 120 Swallow-tailed Kites. My friend Steve Vives got a nice shot of one of the #birds. They are feasting on dragonflies and something they are snatching directly off the weeds (junebugs?).

Found a nice congregation of Swallow-tailed Kites today in Tattnall Co.,GA. At least 80 Swallow-tails and a few Mississippi. #birds

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Big Diamondback that @thesnakedude.bsky.social and I relocated to a nice sandhill from near a house with 3 kids. A solid 4-footer.

Found this nice youngster on the family farm. Making progress on habitat restoration. #gophertortoise

Fascinating reading about the botanists that saved the world largest seed collection during the siege of Leningrad.

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My native cycad (Zamia integrifolia) was hit hard by the snow and cold temps this winter. It’s finally putting up new leaves. #nativeplants

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We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We recently published a paper in the Journal for Nature Conservation. Working alongside partners from the National Genomics Center, Central Florida Zoo, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Illinois Natural History Survey, and Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, we examined the effectiveness...

Leafcutter bees (Megachile) love my redbud tree. These bees are excellent pollinators. #insects

The big compound leaves of Aralia spinosa and its well-armed stem. The thorns give it its common name, Devil's Walking Stick. I usually find in on banks or slopes above wet areas. #nativeplants

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Found this youngster on the sandhill today. About 6 inches carapace length.

Fledglings everywhere. This one is a House Finch. #birds

Hybrid Salamanders Blurring the Lines Between Species Blue-spotted and Jefferson Salamanders are distinct species, but an all-female line of hybrids breeds with males of both species, sort of...

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Thirty years ago Chinese Tallow was scarce around Statesboro. It’s ubiquitous now.

A Swainson’s Warbler was belting out his song today in this thicket along a slow stream. Candler County, GA.

More spring #wildflowers. This is Lupinus diffusus.

Old rural churches are usually on sandhills around here. They are good places to see sandhill #wildflowers: Pinewoods Milkweed (Asclepias humistrata) and Sundial Lupine (Lupinus perennis). The ubiquitous child graves are a reminder that hard times are not that far in the past.

Poor cellphone pic, but this is 1 of 2 Bald Eagles that recently fledged from a nest on the family farm. I came across them in the woods near the nest (they stick around for awhile), but they started soaring before I could get the phone out. #birds

A tiny Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus) in my yard today. Small snake, but big odor.

I needed these for my transmitter attachment on juncos. Always got odd looks from the cashier.