McClure 🦉🦅🦤
Ornithologist, Conservation Biologist, and Raptor Researcher. Executive VP of @theperegrinefund.bsky.social
- Look what just came in the mail! Go on and preorder your copy today. press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
- This is the perfect time to order my new book! How to Count Birds launches in February, but you can preorder it today. press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
- Five more chapters of State of the World's Raptors have been published. Check them out! science.peregrinefund.org/state-of-wor...
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- We teamed up with @hawkwatch and @hawk_mountain to rank the priority raptor species for conservation action in North American countries. Check out the results in Chapter 5 of State of the World's Raptors. science.peregrinefund.org/state-of-wor...
- Species should be prioritized for conservation based on their evolutionary history and extinction risk. In Chapter 4 of State of the World's Raptors we outline our methods for ranking raptor species for conservation action. Check it out! science.peregrinefund.org/state-of-wor...
- In Chapter 3 of State of the World's Raptors. We created Raptor Conservation Regions by grouping countries with similar raptor species. These regions can be used to study, monitor, and conserve the world's raptors. Big thanks to @mbzraptorfund for collaboration. Check it out! bit.ly/43IwFzQ
- In Chapter 2 of State of the World's Raptors we examine the evolution of carnivory and its implications for being a raptor. Check it out! science.peregrinefund.org/state-of-wor...
- In Chapter 1 of State of the World's Raptors, I review the importance of birds of prey, their plight, and the philosophy of the book. Check it out! science.peregrinefund.org/state-of-wor...
- And the award for best R package name goes to... besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- We recently developed Raptor Conservation Regions by combining countries with similar raptor communities. Read all about it for FREE! assets.peregrinefund.org/docs/project...
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- NEW BOOK JUST DROPPED. All chapters are free! science.peregrinefund.org/state-of-wor...
- Finally someone says what I've been thinking about preprints.
- Who’s with me? #PeerReview ensures the integrity of scientific knowledge. Science isn’t social media, and it’s dangerous to treat it as such. For this reason, I believe preprints serve an anti-science agenda & threaten our fields. Check out my editorial in @ScholarlyKitchen.bsky.social. 🧪 #SciPub
- Ten quick tips to get you started with Bayesian statistics journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
- @theperegrinefund.bsky.social is hiring a Social Scientist. Come help us save raptors from extinction! peregrinefund.org/sites/defaul...
- Raptor Poisoning in Europe between 1996 and 2016: A Continental Assessment of the Most Affected Species and the Most Used Poisons meridian.allenpress.com/rapt/article...
- Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Please stop publishing in mdpi and frontiers journals.
- The best thing you can do for the environment is donate to NGOs that take direct action and vote for candidates that actually care about conservation.
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- Houbaras are crazy
- Let’s go!
- Birding is booming in Colombia! www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
- No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- The vast majority of mammal biomass on Earth is either humans or our livestock.
- Live photo of me celebrating Christmas
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- New analysis confirms Snowy Owls are threatened with extinction. Great work led by Hawk Mountain Sanctuary with analysis conducted by @brols.bsky.social of @theperegrinefund.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Rediscovering this masterpiece.
- Can anyone name some nonprofits who are directly working to prevent extinction?
- California Condor being released into the wild after being treated for lead poisoning.
- Frosty day at the World Center for Birds of Prey
- Four California Condors.
- These birds don’t exist.
- On this #givingtuesday I suggest donating to @theperegrinefund.bsky.social. They are the most effective conservation organization I know of.
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