After hearing this, my grandfather would’ve taken a bullet for this man. Just a crazy skill of making great speechwriting (written by and with others, I’m sure) sound conversational.

(PDF) Plant litter as a cornerstone of grassland ecosystem services PDF | Grasslands cover more than one-third of the world's terrestrial surface and provide many important ecosystem services, and yet, are one of the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...

Plant litter isn’t just debris, it’s the unsung hero of grassland ecosystem services! If you want to know more about this MVP, check out our new paper “Plant Litter as a Cornerstone of Grassland Ecosystem Services”.

#grassland #conservation #ecology

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Four years of hard work has finally paid off! I successfully defended my PhD dissertation yesterday and earned a statistics and college teaching certificate along the way. I am excited to enter the next chapter of my life as Dr. Clarke!!
#PhD #graduation #dissertation #newdocwhodis

When your hound dog wakes you up at 4AM and won’t let you sleep past 5:30, but decides he didn’t get enough sleep last night…
#sleep #bagelhound #lazydog

(PDF) Long-term Response of Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) to Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) Deterioration PDF | Few studies have investigated multifaceted responses of individual bird species to forest pest infestations over the long term. Here we document... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

I'm excited to share our new paper, which uses long-term data to investigate how an obligate forest bird responds to habitat degradation caused by Eastern Hemlock decline from an invasive pest. Check it out on my ResearchGate:

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#conservation #invasivespecies

It’s fire season! We completed fires for our patch-burn grazing (PBG) treatments at the Central Grasslands Research Extension Center. Our research shows that PBG can blend conservation and livestock production for a win-win solution in working landscapes.
#conservation #wildlife #prescribedfire

New Year’s Resolutions That Will Benefit Nature, Wildlife, and Invertebrates Start your year out right with a resolution that will make you feel inspired, empowered, and joyful! We’ve compiled a list of realistic and measurable new year’s resolution ideas that will benefit inv...

Start your year out right and get inspired to make a difference! We’ve polled Xerces Society staff to compose a list of realistic and measurable new year’s resolution ideas that will benefit invertebrates, other wildlife, and you. We look forward to cheering you on! 🦋
www.xerces.org/blog/new-yea...

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.

All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

Despite the terrible weather, my first bird of the new year was a White-throated Sparrow (followed quickly by a male Northern Cardinal).
#birds #newyear #birding

Two more Christmas Bird Counts in the books. We had 61 for the Fargo count and are still tallying for the Bluestem count. Highlights are: White-crowned Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Song Sparrow, and Spotted Towhee.
#christmasbirdcount #birds #citizenscience

North Dakota winters turn every snowy step into a challenge, yet the snow holds a quiet peace.
#winter #NDSU #snow #photography

I have officially started the job search… if anyone has any tips on how to write your first research statement and extension statement it would be super helpful. #academia

I am officially a PhD candidate!!! 🎉 Time for a celebratory 🍺
#PhD #academia

In about an hour and a half I will be taking my qualifying exams and progressing from a PhD student to a PhD candidate! I am both nervous and excited at the same time…
#PhD #academia

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #5,022,712, Justin Clarke ‪@meadowclarke.bsky.social‬, joined on Feb 28, 2024"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,022,712!

Added another #Ecology game to our board game collection. Can’t wait to play it with @eggalynn.bsky.social!

It… it feels feels like it threatened you to add that last part… not that they aren’t beautiful (looks around for crows)

This happened to me a few months ago... brought the camera but forgot the battery and saw my first male Snowy Owl...

NEXRAD radar map showing some bird migration, centered mostly in Texas through the Midwest.

BirdCast interpretation of the radar data, showing 34.8 million birds in flight at 11:30pm EDT, moving in a northerly direction.

Avians! Start. Your. Enginessss!!
Please note that lovely blob on the Tex-Mex border as some of the early neotropical migrants taking the land route are popping in.
#birds #birding #spring #migration

I just discovered there's a new edition of R for Data Science! I guess I know where my week is going to be spent...
#RStats #DataScience

“Birdwatching’s dirty little secret is that in our love and pursuit of nature we are warming the planet.”

#LowCarbonBirding

My girlfriend and I loved putting together this #kingfisher! Keep them coming, I need to expand our #bird collection @lego-group.bksy.social!
#LEGO

Hey everyone! I recently migrated (bird pun intended) to bluer skies and figured I’d introduce myself!

I’m a PhD student at NDSU examining grassland bird responses to prescribed fire and unique grazing practices that balance production and conservation. I look forward to sharing my field work!

I think ESU needs to open up a new tenure-track avian ecology position in 2025 🥸