Christopher M. Heckscher
@madthrush
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Ornithologist/Entomologist/natural history explorer @DelStateUniv Research featured in Smithsonian Magazine/National Geographic/Netflix docuseries Connected
Joined December 2011
I became aware today that this @NatGeo article was published in July. It highlights the work of my lab with Veeries and their relationship with tropical weather. Thanks to @GregKahn & @Sarah_Gibbens. Enjoy. 🪺🌀 https://t.co/9PKBGKDcZC
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The veery thrush will time its migrations months in advance to avoid dangerous storms in the Atlantic Ocean. How are these birds so attuned to the climate?
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Our latest paper on the Veery - hurricane relationship. Over a 23-year period, tropical storms and hurricanes were a predictor of the morphology and body condition of Veeries returning to #Delaware. @SciReports #Ornithology
https://t.co/6UkNmbNJR7
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Scientific Reports - Severe en route tropical weather is a predictor of morphological variation and body condition of a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory songbird
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Severe en route tropical weather is a predictor of morphological variation and body condition of a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory songbird [Veeries (Catharus fuscescens)] https://t.co/fbSHggOENM
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Scientific Reports - Tropical storms and hurricanes pose a significant impediment to southbound Nearctic-Neotropical migratory songbirds. The effects of severe weather on transient songbirds may be...
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Latest publication from @eaglehillmaine Neotropical Naturalist: https://t.co/uBUSkiBkmc
#Ornithology #Naturalhistory
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Incredible video here from Violet Wu. Apparently this is @MacaulayLibrary’s top-rated video of 2024. Featuring the GOAT duck- Torrent Duck.
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Barred Owls in Louisiana: learn how owls move through urban areas by night AND day, their energetics, and how this relates to human affluence (spoiler: they prefer richer areas). https://t.co/MwASSDHXWc,
@AmOrnith @OrnithApplic
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Photuris mysticalampas, also called the mysterious lantern firefly, gives an eerie green glow from dark silent swamp forests #SaveOurPlanet
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A rare wild jade vine (Strongylodon elmeri) I saw deep in the Philippine rainforest in 2022. Unlike the jade vine commonly grown in botanic gardens, this species produces terminal clusters of flowers that hang from long, cable-like vines. Finding it was magical: it lit up the
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Two major hurricanes in the Gulf during peak #birdmigration could be devastating for some #songbird populations. 😧
#Hurricane #Milton has reintensified to a Category 5 hurricane with max winds of 165 mph. Milton is the strongest Atlantic hurricane this late in the calendar year since Wilma (2005).
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"UC San Diego begins requiring climate-change course to graduate in 2028" -- Bravo to @UCSanDiego for raising the bar for the rest of us: https://t.co/hgoYfhTyo8
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"UC San Diego begins requiring climate-change course to graduate in 2028" -- Bravo to @UCSanDiego for raising the bar for the rest of us: https://t.co/hgoYfhTyo8
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Approximately 7,000 students in the class of ’28 will need to take one of 40 courses available to satisfy the requirement.
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I love being a Philly fan😆
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Today at #AOS24 poster session
Happy anniversary, @MichelleObama! 32 years together, and I couldn’t have asked for a better partner and friend to go through life with.
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Scientific proof...
The fable of the rabbit and the tortoise has been tested in real life. 😂
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Just a scientist, standing above a boreal floodplain filled with boglands, asking you to respect and admire bogs. Keepers of carbon, cleaners of water, springboards of unique biodiversity - peatlands globally need our attention and protection.
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Excited to report that our paper on the 2023 Atlantic #hurricane season has been accepted for publication in the Bulletin of the AMS. We examine both observationally and using models why the season was above normal despite strong El Nino conditions: https://t.co/HKv7MamxJU
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World Firefly Day is tonight (Jul 6-7th)! Ready to celebrate? 🌌Visit a special firefly-viewing site! 💡Let the fireflies talk to each other--turn off outdoor lights at night! 🔎Join Firefly Atlas to help track the firefly species around you! Learn more at https://t.co/dnMHdJbuwl
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One reason why #Hurricane #Beryl intensified to a Category 5 hurricane over two weeks earlier than any other Atlantic Cat. 5 on record is due to extremely high ocean heat content levels. Caribbean ocean heat content today is normally what we get in the middle of September.
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