Evading a warlord on a birding trip...
Are birds actually monogamous?...
Is birdwatching the original Pokémon?...
These are just a few of the topics discussed on INSTAAR fellow Scott Taylor's new podcast, "Okay, But... Birds." Read our Q&A with Scott out today: www.colorado.edu/instaar/2026...
Nine people, many holding butterfly nets, stand shoulder to shoulder in a grassy summer meadow surrounded by conifer trees. Accompanying text says CU Boulder Mountain Research Station summer field courses
Flyer for the Summer 2026 field courses at the CU Mountain Research Station. Images and illustrations of mountains, students in the field, birds, tundra, forests, and moose. Field courses span a range of topics and emphasize learning through experiential work in a natural setting. Students from ANY institution can register. Natural history of the southern rockies, Field ornithology, Flora of the mountains, Feeding ecology of animals, Lake and stream ecology, Forest and fire ecology
2026 UNDERGRAD SUMMER FIELD COURSES at CU Boulder's Mountain Research Station @colorado.edu
📓 Natural history
🦅 Birds
🌱 Flora
🦌 Animals
🚣♀️ Lakes+streams
🌲 Forests+fire
Each ecology focused, ~2 wks, 3 transferable credits, 15 students, lodging&food included w tuition
www.colorado.edu/mrs/2026/01/...
I had a blast talking with @drscottataylor.bsky.social on the most recent episode of Okay, but...birds. Tune in for my hot take on why Hudsonian Godwits are far superior to Arctic Terns as migratory birds! (I welcome any & all angry comments from tern supporters 😉)
okaybutbirds.com/episodes/e5
"I don’t know why my fellowship was terminated. I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary of what we expect to see in nature, with completely different males and females."
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
Highly recommend. It really is a life changing experience. Amazing people and talent and so much care with your creative ideas. All of that in an inspirational place where you can snorkel in kelp 🐙
Just in time for the holidays, I had a fun chat with @drscottataylor.bsky.social about splits and lumps… and some of the other controversies roiling avian taxonomy 🤓
🦉🧪
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"Okay, but is bird monogamy just PR?" 🐦🦆🐣 🦉🦜🦩
Listen/watch the first episode of the Okay, But… Birds podcast, hosted by @drscottataylor.bsky.social (INSTAAR & EBIO, CU Boulder) and featuring Carrie Branch (Western University, Canada) www.okaybutbirds.com
Just a PSA that @drscottataylor.bsky.social, who is an excellent science communicator and hilarious human being as well as an ornithologist, is starting a new podcast called "Okay, But... Birds" and you should definitely check it out. www.okaybutbirds.com
Aww thanks! Excited to share this with folks!!!
@drscottataylor.bsky.social is an Assoc Professor at INSTAAR & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU Boulder. He's also the Director of our Mountain Research Station. Learn more about his new podcast at www.okaybutbirds.com
"Okay, But… Birds" 🐦🦆🐣 🦉🦜🦩
Listen/watch this science-meets-storytelling podcast about the weird, brilliant, & surprisingly dramatic lives of birds. Hosted by evolutionary biologist Scott Taylor. Premiers Dec 4th www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUV...
🦜🐣🦢🦉🦃🦤🦩🪶 Can’t wait to share this with everyone!
Orit Peleg
Fireflies. Photo by Mac Stone
Decoding 🌟 firefly communication & conservation in Colorado
Join us for a *free* evening talk by @oritpeleg.bsky.social at the Mountain Research Station (run by @colorado.edu + INSTAAR):
🗓 Wed Jun 18th
🕖 7:00 pm
📍 Near Ward CO
🔗 calendar.colorado.edu/event/orit-p...
A banner of 4 photos showing a bumble bee, mouse, firefly lights, and an inflatable boat on a high alpine lake
🗓️ In the Boulder area this summer? Mark your calendar for Wednesdays 7pm starting June 11th
11 SUMMER SEMINARS at the @colorado.edu 🏔️ Mountain Research Station: Carnivorous plants, fireflies, avalanches, trout, water quality, bison, & more! Free & open to the public. See bit.ly/mrs-summer-s...
Nine people, many holding butterfly nets, stand shoulder to shoulder in a grassy summer meadow surrounded by conifer trees. Accompanying text says CU Boulder Mountain Research Station summer field courses
Poster for the Summer 2025 field courses at the CU Mountain Research Station. Images of mountains, alpine flowers, birds, tundra, forests, and streams. Interested in taking a field course? Join us in the mountains next summer (near Nederland CO about 1 hour from Boulder). Housing and food are included in tuition. Classes are Field methods in vegetation ecology, Field ornithology, Bioinformatics in the mountains, Microbial ecology, Forest and fire ecology, and Lake and stream ecology
UNDERGRAD SUMMER FIELD COURSES at CU Boulder's Mountain Research Station
🌱 Vegetation
🦅 Birds
🧬 Bioinformatics
🦠 Microbes
🚣♀️ Lakes+streams
🌲 Forests+fire
Each 2-3 wks, 3 transferable credits, 15 students/class, lodging&food included w tuition
More info: www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025...
A year ago @drscottataylor.bsky.social and I got obsessed with a very fuzzy hummingbird chick that hatched on top of a leaf in the Panamanian forest.
We wrote a paper about how it might be mimicking toxic caterpillars!
Read about it here, or Carl's link below! stri.si.edu/story/caterp...
When @jjinsing.bsky.social & @drscottataylor.bsky.social first saw the hummingbird chick in Panama’s rainforest, the biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. They later realized that it was potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten
www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...
Join us at the Mountain Research Station this summer!