A screenshot showing the publishing date for the article as April 1st, 1975

But are we just the April fools?

Does this mean you are now eBird stalk-able?

If you've got feedback or something you'd like to see, just let me know! I built this because I want it to exist for me, but if you've got a good idea or find something that doesn't work, let me know!

Everything should work offline and you can manage your datasets to make sure you're not using up too much storage. You can also sync it with your iNaturalist to see which species you've seen (and which species you haven't). Click the app logo for my favorite feature (and have your sound on!!)

To download, just go to the google drive folder and download the .apk on your phone. Then from your files app you can open it and install the app. Maybe someday it'll be on the app store but for now, I'll just keep the google drive updated with the latest version drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Home page of manakin app showing some butterflies found in connecticut

A species page for Spring Azure, photo at the top, then the phenology plotted as a histogram, and some information about the species.

The dataset loading page, you can request a location, taxa, and the minimum observations

An organism of the day page showing a Four-toed Salamander

I made a little android app to better explore what species are around! It's called Manakin (play on the Merlin app) and it lets you download and explore iNat data. It can also help you plan out trips and remind you when your target species is active.

Study Report: Can astrologers truly gain insights about people from entire astrological charts? Astrology is very popular — both Gallup and YouGov report that about 25% of Americans believe that the position of the stars and planets can affect people's lives, with an additional 20% of people rep...

This is a pretty fun read

A crescent earth showing just above the globe of a crescent moon.

Obsessed with the photos coming from Artemis II but haven't seen this one shared too widely yet, it might be my favorite! (Tons of other cool pics here: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna...)

Not only is this language disgusting, but so are their actions. I'm really not enjoying answering every question from friends and family about my future with "hopefully I'll have more job prospects during the next administration..."

This is one of the most unhinged things I've ever read but also invents the field of gravitational ornithology so net positive I guess? arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29064

Excited to share a new paper doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

We suggest that tradeoffs between infection costs and the benefits of sociality are dynamic, context-dependent, and likely asymmetric within dyads. We then propose hypotheses about how these tradeoffs might shape social responses to parasites...

THE UNSUCCESSFUL SELF‐TREATMENT OF A CASE OF “WRITER'S BLOCK”1 Click on the article title to read more.

My new favorite paper: doi.org/10.1901/jaba...

I only have two science notes for the Project Hail Mary movie. 1) he doesn't balance the centrifuge and 2) the Hail Mary doesn't need solar panels, it's got astrophage for energy and is mostly flying in interstellar space. Other than that, it's a perfect film

For the past few years, I've been playing with the idea of creating a "naturalist calendar" which reminds you when its the best time of year to look for certain animals. I made a little test using iNat data today; codylimber.github.io/ct-butterfli...

Anna's hummingbird hovering. Facing to the right. With a small ant on the tip of its bill.

Sometimes you just get that shot. Anna's hummingbird with a little friend, in my yard. Davis, CA. #birds #ants

Social Environment and the Evolution of Delayed Reproduction in Birds Abstract. One puzzling feature of avian life histories is that individuals in many different lineages delay reproduction for several years after they finis

Now with pages @systbiol.bsky.social !

"Social Environment and the Evolution of Delayed Reproduction in Birds" with @pseudacris.bsky.social and Rick Prum

Some comparative support for the hypothesis that the evolution of complex social contexts restructure life histories

doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

Anyone know a way to search my eBird photos for passeriformes? I know I could sort taxonomically and scroll all the way down but there has to be a better way right?

A spotted salamander among the leaves

A Four-toed Salamander crossing a road

A nice hybrid mole salamander posing, looking very gray and bland

A pickerel frog

Warm weather and rain produced a pretty epic night of salamanders and frogs last night! Highlights were several huge Spotted Salamanders, 10 Four-toed Salamanders, and a single A. unisexual hybrid!

eBird Checklist - 11 Mar 2026 - East Rock Walk - 16 species Submitted by Cody Limber.

Submitted my 4000th complete checklist to eBird today! ebird.org/checklist/S3... Pretty wild to think of all the birds I've seen in that time. The birds today were nothing too remarkable, plenty of singing cardinals, some flyover geese, and the invasive trio!

I don't have my own photos of predefinitive gannets, albatross, etc., and storm-petrels don't have DPM, so you'll have to settle for the all time classic (wrestling intro music) third cycle American Herring Guulllllll

Accepted at ESA's Front. Ecol. Env.!

Prebreeding populations and the importance of life history for conserving imperiled seabirds

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@ejgnam2.bsky.social

Or, why juveniles, subadults, immatures (whatever you call them) are important even when critters have a """slow""" life history!

Figure demonstrating how the ordering of temperatures through time determines whether an ectothermic population experiencing those temperatures will go extinct

Thrilled to share that my first dissertation chapter is now published at Ecology! dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

We embed TPCs into population dynamics to show how changing temperatures' ordering — not just its distribution — increases extinction risk (i.e. heatwaves matter!)

@esajournals.bsky.social

A thermal image showing a glowing core of a skunk cabbage flower

A normal image of the same skunk cabbage showing that it's melted a little hole in the snow

Eastern Skunk Cabbage actually heats up to melt its way through snow and attract pollinators! I've always wanted to see this in action so I borrowed a thermal camera to photograph some plants this weekend. Sure enough, the spadix is glowing hot and plant was able to melt its way out of the snow

Some lovely snow around Yale University today!

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Photograph examples of plumage maturation in manakins, a family of colorful, tropical lekking birds.

Title page for a scientific article titled: "Evolutionary history of delayed plumage maturation in manakins," including abstract and keyword information.

Phylogenetic tree of delayed plumage maturation in manakins.

Evolution of manakin plumage maturation now out early look @sse-evolution.bsky.social

(Phylo-)Devo-evo, plumage, and social signaling

Bonkers system that reshaped how I think about both development and evolution.

doi.org/10.1093/evol...

I'm officially coining the term "cell type natural history" where the goal is to describe what cell types are out there, what they're up to, and how did they evolve

Come see me talk about feather coloration tomorrow at 11:30 at #SICB2026 Plus, you might learn the punchline to this joke!

Logo for the Sex Across Origins symposium. A round cell looks like it’s about to divide, with spindle fibers. In the middle there are two rainbow-colored phylogenies. Outside the cell, it says “Sexes Across Origins” on top, and “SICB 2026” on the bottom

It’s happening!!

#SICB2026 Tomorrow, from 8AM to 3:30PM come to C120/121/122 for ✨Sex Across Origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions and developing integrative frameworks.✨

Also! 3 fantastic complimentary sessions Tuesday in B113, with a special focus on education in the morning.

List of 8 species names and observation dates next to a small thumbnail of my photograph. Here are the species: Deuteragenia sayi, Phytoplasma asteris, Chionea scita, Caenolampis robertsi, Anaptomecus longiventris, Galapaganus conwayensis, Nesocastolus, and Eumicrota socia.

List of another 8 species with pics: Eurythrips, Ischnodemus variegatus, Philodromus barrowsi, Aprostocetus fidius, Colaspis pseudofavosa, Mycosphaerella impatientis, Cymindis planipennis, and Heinrichiessa sanpetella.

If you're bored and use iNaturalist, here's a link to a tool that displays which of your observations were the first recorded for a taxon. I apparently have 16 (out of 3,395). I need to get out more. 🌿 #inaturalist #nature #insects #spiders glauberramos.github.io/inat/first-o...

As a mere feather biologist, it was such a privilege to get to see these books!! 10/10 can recommend tracing back your science to the oldest citation you can find