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Calista McRae

@stuffedowl

mainly off twitter, but around by email: mcrae at njit dot edu

 barrens & swamps
Joined June 2013
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unfortunate that the nyt & guardian have picked up "building" as what killed flaco, depressing to see the tweets blaming "skyscrapers." in collisions, it's untreated glass that kills birds-- and the lowest few floors of glass usually do more damage than any glass higher up
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1) "building," for many people, will suggest there's no way to stop collisions-- when in fact there are solutions 2) "skyscrapers" makes tall buildings/urban density seem dangerous-- whereas the massive threat to birds is suburban sprawl (habitat loss, cars, climate change)
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a few of the more than dozen stunned or dead birds at Ironside Newark this morning: this is *not* a skyscraper, it's a midrise with glass railings, floor-to-ceiling glass on the lowest floors, and some appealing plants.
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behind that poor confused junco are about eight other stunned birds (including a hermit thrush also hunkered down by the glass). the railing is so unnecessarily deadly
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Em Casey (@emcaseyturf) profile pictureEm Casey@emcaseyturf22 Oct 2023
Come along with me on my carnage (I mean course) check this morning. What should be one of the most beautiful golf courses in the country is being destroyed by herds of javelina. If anyone has a contact in AZ state govt that can help us find a solution please pass it along.
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i am going to turn into
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If you catch him, hold up a flashlight to his eye. It’s all dark pupil, an entire night itself, whose haired horizon tightens as he stares back, and closes up the eye.
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PS readings of "The Man-Moth" may change drastically depending on what species of moth you picture
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One concussed northern waterthrush would appreciate it if someone told Rutgers's Dana Library that: -the extremely reflective glass on their first floor kills a ton of songbirds -raptor decals don't work -birds can't read -collisions are preventable: abcbirds.org/glass-collision…
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noticing that the word "rage" is tucked into "storage space," which i am running out of. (if you live or work in a building that kills birds, document it and start asking management to fix it: abcbirds.org/blog/truth-abou…)
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hello! why, hello hello! and . . . hello! (from a respectful distance)
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For #WMBD2023, here are some of the 300+ birds whose trips were stopped by big sheets of glass in Newark, just this past week. There were over 100 ovenbirds. If you know anyone in city gov't who might support a bird-safe materials ordinance, DM me. #WorldMigratoryBirdDay2023
male common yellowthroat, being taken to rehabilitator

ALT male common yellowthroat, being taken to rehabilitator

two male common yellowthroats on the ground, very near each other

ALT two male common yellowthroats on the ground, very near each other

nineteen of the several hundred birds that died by colliding with glass in newark (this past week alone), including: savannah sparrow, wilson's warbler, norther parula, ruby-throated hummingbird, nashville warbler, rose-breasted grosbeak, black-throated blue warbler, magnolia warbler, indigo bunting, hairy woodpecker, white-throated sparrow, and one of those hundred+ ovenbirds

ALT nineteen of the several hundred birds that died by colliding with glass in newark (this past week alone), including: savannah sparrow, wilson's warbler, norther parula, ruby-throated hummingbird, nashville warbler, rose-breasted grosbeak, black-throated blue warbler, magnolia warbler, indigo bunting, hairy woodpecker, white-throated sparrow, and one of those hundred+ ovenbirds

ovenbird, bleeding from beak

ALT ovenbird, bleeding from beak

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the next few weeks are peak migration: if you see a motionless warbler, get it into a little bag & to @wildbirdfund. if you can't transport right away, secure it somewhere quiet & contact nyc audubon. these birds are tiny and at risk of getting stepped on/run over
adult male common yellowthroat, just before being put into a small paper bag

ALT adult male common yellowthroat, just before being put into a small paper bag

that same common yellowthroat 20 second earlier (tiny brown lump blending in with cobblestones)

ALT that same common yellowthroat 20 second earlier (tiny brown lump blending in with cobblestones)

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Replying to @shang_sx
@shang_sx your postcard is now brightening my office door--thank you for the roundbirds!
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this guy would also be happy to show you fear in a handful of dust
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... we stopped in the colonnade, And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten, And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
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i teach across the street from a lot of brilliant & hardworking people at @RutgersU. can't get over the fact that many of them have to reapply for a job *every term.* gothamist.com/news/as-rutger…
As Rutgers faculty strike looms, more pressure on university president to reach a deal

As Rutgers faculty strike looms, more pressure on university president to reach a deal

The University Senate voted on Friday to ask Holloway to avert a strike. Unions say they've got major decisions to make on Sunday.

gothamist.com
Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union (@ruaaup_ptl) profile pictureRutgers Adjunct Faculty Union@ruaaup_ptl7 Mar 2023
“Imagine working at a university for 5 or 10 or 15 years or longer and having to reapply for your job every term,” says Bird Jackson (PTL) at Rutgers-Newark. “[…] We are overloaded with unpaid work that follows us home.” truthout.org/articles/one-of…
One of US’s Largest Public Universities Could See First Strike in 257-Year History

One of US’s Largest Public Universities Could See First Strike in 257-Year History

Unionized academic workers at Rutgers University have organized across hierarchies and are preparing to go on strike.

truthout.org
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Ben Goldfarb (@ben_a_goldfarb) profile pictureBen Goldfarb@ben_a_goldfarb4 Apr 2023
For @hakaimagazine, I wrote about beach dogs, which are both shockingly harmful to coastal ecosystems *and* a wildly contentious political issue. Note: I am not w/out sin when it comes to letting my little killer roam free! Let the angry emails commence. hakaimagazine.com/features/g…
Gone to the Dogs | Hakai Magazine

Gone to the Dogs | Hakai Magazine

Man’s best friend is a shorebird’s worst enemy. What will it take to control beach dogs—and, more importantly, their owners?

hakaimagazine.com
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good morning
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i had forgotten walter sobchak's (correct) assertions about the private possession of wild animals, thank you @excitedstoat for the reminder
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raindrops on three birds that died by hitting glass on campus this morning. two were 10 feet away from each other under a building (just finished this past fall) where the university considered & rejected bird-safe materials
closeup of woodcock feathers, covered in raindrops

ALT closeup of woodcock feathers, covered in raindrops

another woodcock, also covered in raindrops, which magnify the feathers

ALT another woodcock, also covered in raindrops, which magnify the feathers

closeup of mourning dove, again covered in raindrops

ALT closeup of mourning dove, again covered in raindrops

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this is a really beautiful book
title page of ed roberson's /aquarium works/, including a glued-in silhouette of an orange and yellow fish

ALT title page of ed roberson's /aquarium works/, including a glued-in silhouette of an orange and yellow fish

poem beginning "these are work / poems about work / the animals are the work / on display"

ALT poem beginning "these are work / poems about work / the animals are the work / on display"

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innovation
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