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Got bit by a new bird species today!

Red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus)

This guy doesn't even go here! Recent high winds blew him over to Iceland from his typical American homeland. Awww, kinda like me!

(I am a licensed bird ringer for the country of Iceland and all animals are captured and handled according to regulations under the authority of the Natural Science Institute of Iceland)

#not lichens #bird #birb #bird ringing #bird banding #ornithology #field work #red eyed vireo

Y'all, I just won €400 in a Science Slam competition that is going toward my research, and I want to thank all of you for being my audience for the last few years. Without this space where I can practice my science communication and my bad lichen jokes, I wouldn't have done nearly as well. Much love to you!

See me here looking extremely uncomfortable to be perceived by others

#not lichens #kinda lichens #science slam #i am so discomfort

Sometimes while you are trying to take a walk in the woods to relax from your PhD, you find a mysterious slime and decide you are gonna solve the decades long mystery of "Star Jelly." Because, you know, you have so much free time.

#star jelly #fungus #fungi #not lichens #mycology #ecology #look I am pretty sure it is a weird fungus

When I was a little girl I dreamed of one day being nasty, off-putting, and insane, and I am so glad I have found a career that allows for that. This morning my boss asked me to go into the forest and collect slime molds and so I did. Just crawling through the dirt, cutting bits of rotting bark off of logs with my knife, hanging with the toads and bugs and slugs on the forest floor. And I get paid to do this. I am your local cryptid and I could not be happier about it.

#not lichens #but lichen related #academia isn't all stuffy #slime mold

It's the most wonderful time of the year . . . For slime molds!