James Dale
@jamesdale68
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bird guy & naturalist. Zoology Prof at Massey University
Auckland, NZ
Joined June 2009
Super excited that we will move into this new building tomorrow after three years of planning and construction. A new home for @NatSciMassey Auckland.
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A lifetime ago, began an excellent collaboration with @666brunno999 @BrettScheffers @jamesdale68 @UF. Now at @CEGDurham @DurBiol & our paper is finally out in @CurrentBiology. Distribution of songbird plumage colour & its association w wildlife trade: https://t.co/ScnLx8HQVg
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@Massey @NatSciMassey are all geared up and excited for Open Day at our Auckland Albany Campus on Saturday! Please come along, explore our courses in Ecology/Zoology/Plants; Molecular/Microbiology; Chemistry/Physics - share our passion for Science! 🙂 https://t.co/wcAe0rfVo4
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Looking to recruit a part-time research fellow and two PhD students interested in population genomics of Aotearoa’s marine species and related initiatives in data stewardship, macrogenetics, restoration. Get in touch for more info about the projects and joining the crew!
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Do I know you? I recently participated to the italian paleoart contest putting together two extinct flightless birds from New Zealand, the Chatham penguin and the north Island moa. #paleoart
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Fascinating details about the famous GPS-tagged bar-tailed godwit 4BWRB from @masseyuni ornithologist @BattleyPhil.
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An unlucky godwit halfway through his migration from Alaska to New Zealand has turned back after hitting strong winds over the Pacific Ocean.
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Discovery of a new fossil penguin species: amazing artwork and science!
Have you heard? There is a new penguin in town me @NZfauna and @KsepkaLab we describe a new fossil penguin, it’s called Kairuku warwaeroa and I had the huge privililege to work for this as part of my PhD here at @albany_biology! Scroll the post to see the comic abstract !
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The only adult godwit with an operating transmitter has now left Alaska and is making good progress on his journey directly to NZ, he should arrive back at Miranda next weekend, hopefully he can negotiate the storms in the pacific
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NZ lockdown 5 - Day 11 Hope the tauhou are enjoying all their lockdown oranges. 😃 #birds #NewZealand
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Female hummingbirds tend to have muted feathers. But researchers found that about 20% of female White-necked Jacobins have bright feathers like their male counterparts, which saves them from being socially harassed, according to a new study.
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For those of you interested in #LEGO #kakapo, you’ve got until the end of the month to pre-order…. https://t.co/Ncc7MhMLwY
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Reconstruction of Kaiika maxwelli, one of the many early penguins from new zealand.
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Kōtare (sacred kingfisher) caught a small crab - their main diet in estuarine habitats. She’ll swallow the crab whole, then later spit out a pellet of the indigestible bits. #birds #NewZealand
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Royal spoonbill catching a little flounder in the Long Bay - Okura Marine Reserve. #birds #NewZealand
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No, dear neighbour, this is not an unkempt and unloved lawn. It is a meadow. And I love it so much more than those detestable ecological deserts of manicured monoculture that everyone seems to obsess over
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