Tim O'Connell ecology, birding, & natural history
Tim O'Connell ecology, birding, & natural history
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Red-tailed Hawk overhead
Nellie remains underwhelmed by such things, but I maintain that a #redtailedhawk riding a #thermal in a cloudless sky is one of the most beautiful things I've ever been privileged to experience on this, my favorite planet.
#Oklahoma #wildlife #biodiversity
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Mixed flocks of blackbirds are my bane
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On any other day I could drive by and remark, "Wow, that's a lot of blackbirds." But on the #ChristmasBirdCount, it's my job to actually count 'em! Despite my initial reaction in the clip that these were mostly #Brewer'sBlackbird, I had it reversed: My final count was just 230 Brewer's and a whopping 2020 #BrownHeadedCowbirds. #Audubon #CBC #wildlife #Oklahoma #birds #birding #ornithology
Northern Harrier on the wing
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Enjoy these 37 seconds of a Northern Harrier coursing over an Oklahoma field in December 2023. Note the behavior - rarely do any other North American raptors fly like this (Short-eared Owl comes closest), the shape with its wings held above horizontal and its long tail, and of course that big, bold white patch on the rump. #NOHA #NorthernHarrier #wildlife #birds #biodiversity #Oklahoma #birding...
Black-billed Magpies in Estes Park, CO.
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There are no uninteresting #corvids. Here I'm enjoying a stroll at the #YMCA of the #Rockies in #EstesPark, #Colorado whilst on campus for the 2024 annual meeting of the #AmericanOrnithologicalSociety. Autumn visitors are attended all day long by mixed flocks of #AmericanCrow and, featured here, #BlackBilledMagpie. They're bold, intelligent, crafty, and gorgeous, and folks in the eastern US are...
Rainy morning sounds
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Something weird happened here in #Stillwater, #Oklahoma on Sunday, 11 August, 2024: It was cool and rainy! Stillwater received nearly 2" of rain. It felt heaven-sent. Here's about 44 minutes of #ambient #rainsoundsforsleeping , occasional peals of #thunder, my cat, and birds outside including #CarolinaChickadee, #tuftedtitmouse, #AmericanCrow, #MourningDove, and #NorthernCardinal. Oh, and there...
Pecan cache revealed by spring Rx fire
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All told, I've got about an acre of lawn here in Stillwater, OK, but each year I let about half of that go unmown in a series of pollinator patches. Come spring, I'll burn some of those patches. This year (2024) in one of those patches, burning off the 2023 vegetation revealed a bunch of pecans. This wouldn't be remarkable if the patch was beneath a pecan tree, but it was because it wasn't: tho...
So, you got a PhD: Doctoral careers *outside* academia
Просмотров 558 месяцев назад
In April 2024, I hosted a webinar for our grad student seminar in Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University. Guest speakers were doctors Cassie Freund (www.frostscience.org/team_member/cassie-freund-phd/), Ben Padilla (benpadilla.weebly.com/), and Andrea Wishart (aewishart.wordpress.com/). In this webinar, Cassie, Ben, and Andrea discuss their paths to building career...
An abundance of wild food for birds
Просмотров 5410 месяцев назад
So many folks ask me why there are "no birds" at their feeders. The answer is almost always the same: they don't need your food. In autumn, the abundance of fruits, nuts, seeds, and whatever insects might still be about means that birds won't really start coming into your feeders until the first really cold weather sets in. Those natural foods are usually depleted by spring and that can be when...
Double #rainbow in #Stillwater, #Oklahoma!
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Double #rainbow in #Stillwater, #Oklahoma!
Red-tailed Hawk on gentle thermals
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Red-tailed Hawk on gentle thermals
Broad-winged Hawks on my morning walk: #Fall #Migration #Oklahoma
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Broad-winged Hawks on my morning walk: #Fall #Migration #Oklahoma
Seed Ticks: Tiny Nightmare Fuel
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Seed Ticks: Tiny Nightmare Fuel
Pearl Crescents nectaring on Butterfly Milkweed
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Pearl Crescents nectaring on Butterfly Milkweed
An armadillo's morning rounds
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An armadillo's morning rounds
Panorama of an Oklahoma sunset, Cimarron Hills WMA.
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Panorama of an Oklahoma sunset, Cimarron Hills WMA.
Lights out at Cimarron Hills WMA.
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Lights out at Cimarron Hills WMA.
Cicada Killer wasps on the hunt
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Cicada Killer wasps on the hunt
Eastern Hemlock regeneration in canopy gap
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Eastern Hemlock regeneration in canopy gap
Eastern Hemlock canopy gap dynamics at R.B. Winter State Park, Pennsylvania.
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Eastern Hemlock canopy gap dynamics at R.B. Winter State Park, Pennsylvania.
Forested wetland biodiversity - death begets life
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Forested wetland biodiversity - death begets life
Solitary Sandpipers playing tag
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Solitary Sandpipers playing tag
#Ash grove felled by #beavers in #Oklahoma.
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#Ash grove felled by #beavers in #Oklahoma.
Our two Tom turkeys strolling through a gentle spring rain. #Oklahoma #WildTurkey
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Our two Tom turkeys strolling through a gentle spring rain. #Oklahoma #WildTurkey
Yellow-rumped Warbler and Poison Ivy
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Yellow-rumped Warbler and Poison Ivy
How to find General Education courses in Banner Self Service, Oklahoma state University. (no audio)
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How to find General Education courses in Banner Self Service, Oklahoma state University. (no audio)
How to find Degree Program Sheets in NREM (no audio)
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How to find Degree Program Sheets in NREM (no audio)
Three little (cow)birds, 2 April 2022
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Three little (cow)birds, 2 April 2022
Mockingbird and Killdeer, 2 April 2022
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Mockingbird and Killdeer, 2 April 2022
Dawn foraging Northern Mockingbirds
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Dawn foraging Northern Mockingbirds
Summarizing data using a pivot table in MS Excel.
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Summarizing data using a pivot table in MS Excel.

Комментарии

  • @dragicmagic9870
    @dragicmagic9870 5 дней назад

    Hawk tuah

  • @TheSuperCommentGuy
    @TheSuperCommentGuy 20 дней назад

    Any rusties in there? 👀

  • @saranyasweet
    @saranyasweet 2 месяца назад

    How you got thus input data ? For eg amy pipeline u used

  • @queenofswords8888
    @queenofswords8888 3 месяца назад

    😍OOH, SO VERY BEAUTIFUL OWL!!!!😇💚💖💜

  • @Thebeekeeper568
    @Thebeekeeper568 3 месяца назад

    GMO

  • @sueholzmer7415
    @sueholzmer7415 4 месяца назад

    Not nymphal ticks. These are larval ticks!

  • @JCS1964-i7w
    @JCS1964-i7w 4 месяца назад

    My dog recently wandered into a nest of seed ticks. He literally had hundreds upon hundreds of them on him.

  • @variapog
    @variapog 4 месяца назад

    just had this happen to me today and boy oh boy this shit sucks lol

  • @loydchristmas9487
    @loydchristmas9487 5 месяцев назад

    Hello, I do not know where you are but it is happening here in East Texas as well. Picked a couple 5 gal buckets last week. Very early to me as well.

  • @dolomedestenebrosus9564
    @dolomedestenebrosus9564 5 месяцев назад

    I heard one doing this once too!

  • @Physicsguru103
    @Physicsguru103 6 месяцев назад

    How to draw bar graph of Shanon -wiener diversity index

  • @smirkinatu5512
    @smirkinatu5512 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you for recording and posting.

  • @Elmore_Ecology
    @Elmore_Ecology 8 месяцев назад

    Hey, that's me on the first slide! That rain jacket got stolen while birding in Puerto Rico a few years later...

  • @naturelover7040
    @naturelover7040 9 месяцев назад

    Sir i need guidance regarding spatial structure of forest by nearest neighbor method

  • @mariacamilavelezgonzalez621
    @mariacamilavelezgonzalez621 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much!!!!!!!!❤

  • @happyvibes.888
    @happyvibes.888 11 месяцев назад

    so pretty

  • @aprilphann
    @aprilphann Год назад

    it's pretty

  • @Minimaglite12
    @Minimaglite12 Год назад

    big bois

  • @shinobusalto6672
    @shinobusalto6672 Год назад

    死んでるの⁈😰💦

  • @SomeBody-z3t
    @SomeBody-z3t Год назад

    *Little cutie barred owl is dead???*

    • @timoconnell2206
      @timoconnell2206 Год назад

      Yes, sadly. I found this bird as a roadkill. : <

  • @xavierhinojosa4698
    @xavierhinojosa4698 Год назад

    Awesome video thank you!

  • @ShadyKet
    @ShadyKet Год назад

    Hes da biggest bord! 🤑🤑🤑

  • @cpurrin1
    @cpurrin1 Год назад

    Can you feel them, or is this just a visual thing?

    • @timoconnell2206
      @timoconnell2206 Год назад

      You can feel them, but it's really easy to not notice them until it's too late.

  • @zoekassoff6003
    @zoekassoff6003 Год назад

    Thank you. Now I can model a barred owl wing

  • @john_winslow
    @john_winslow Год назад

    Awesome

  • @pipilchocolate8654
    @pipilchocolate8654 Год назад

    Are those the eyes that we see inside the ear or giant ear drums?

    • @timoconnell2206
      @timoconnell2206 Год назад

      Indeed they are!

    • @annaritaranalli1791
      @annaritaranalli1791 Год назад

      Interesting clip

    • @iprot00
      @iprot00 4 месяца назад

      ​@@timoconnell2206 Indeed what?

    • @timoconnell2206
      @timoconnell2206 4 месяца назад

      @@iprot00 In the video, I move the flap of skin that is the external ear on a Barred Owl. Within that space is some kind of membrane stretched over something that looks fairly rigid, best seen ~1:25 mark. That is the back of the owl's eyeball. An owl's eye isn't just a big ball; it's kind of bell shaped. It's more of an eye-tube that flares out into the skull. So to clarify: those are eyes that can be seen inside the ear.

    • @iprot00
      @iprot00 4 месяца назад

      @@timoconnell2206 Ah, clarification, it's a beautiful thing.

  • @SunflowerSunflower101
    @SunflowerSunflower101 Год назад

    My grandson & I were out walking near a business that had a big gravel area & field behind it & they all came sitting on the fence griping at us as we walked by. I guess defending their nests. I didn't know what kind of bird they were - had to research - but was surprised they don't nest on the ground like the Killdeer. Nothing else nearby except for the building for them to get so protective of. No idea where their nests were, but they sure did gather up to chirp at us as we walked by.

    • @timoconnell2206
      @timoconnell2206 Год назад

      Many of the New World Flycatchers - e.g., kingbirds, phoebes - have adapted well to nesting on and around human infrastructure. Some of our busiest, multi-lane intersections here in Oklahoma have their own nesting pairs of Western Kingbirds or Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. A little ledge on a tower or utility pole, one scraggly tree -- that's all they need!

    • @SunflowerSunflower101
      @SunflowerSunflower101 Год назад

      @@timoconnell2206 wow! I will keep a lookout!

  • @Abhisheksinghwii
    @Abhisheksinghwii Год назад

    Interesting 😍

  • @walterakeyo9828
    @walterakeyo9828 Год назад

    WONDERFUL!!! You have helped me a lot

  • @PurplePartyParasaur
    @PurplePartyParasaur Год назад

    fascinating behavior

  • @KD-ug4jp
    @KD-ug4jp Год назад

    I love it when they do that! Watch them out my kitchen window, funny little birds!

  • @colecoleman1499
    @colecoleman1499 2 года назад

    The comb structure just mutes the noise or also slice through the air with less drag?

    • @timoconnell2206
      @timoconnell2206 2 года назад

      I think both - the drag reduction isn't needed for more efficient flight, but it is what's leading to the quieter flight.

  • @MaiDove3
    @MaiDove3 2 года назад

    I don’t like weed wacking either. 🦉 Took me a few to realize that inside joke…”who cooks for you? “.

  • @lynnresler8588
    @lynnresler8588 2 года назад

    Can this be used with percent cover of each species instead of total abundance?

    • @timoconnell2206
      @timoconnell2206 2 года назад

      Mathematically it should work so long as the individual per cent covers sum to 100 - be sure you're clear about percent (100) vs proportion (1.00) in calculations. BUT, be very clear in your application that you're not specifically comparing the same thing with percent cover as you are with abundance of individuals. One big leaf could cover a lot of area in a small plot. Conversely, entire individuals of various seedlings might occupy a really small area. I'd say percent cover is at best analogous to abundance. With those caveats, why not?!

  • @gasfals
    @gasfals 2 года назад

    I LOVE YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!! YOU SAVED MY LIFE

    • @timoconnell2206
      @timoconnell2206 2 года назад

      Hahaha -- YES, this is why I've put this out to RUclips. I want people to find it and see how easy it can be. Congratulations!

  • @kerrykestrowl6785
    @kerrykestrowl6785 2 года назад

    So sad to see a dead owl😢

  • @mabelleora556
    @mabelleora556 2 года назад

    Good day sir Tim 😊 Can I ask a question about determining the number of birds during sampling, like how would you determine that you are not counting the same bird since they tend to fly or move from one place to another without even noticing?

    • @timoconnell2206
      @timoconnell2206 2 года назад

      Great question! For something like the Breeding Bird Survey, it's actually pretty easy to keep track of different individuals because each count is only 3 minutes long. Plus, most birds are specifically singing on their territory during the season that we do the counts, so birds often sit tight during the count rather than fly all round. More generally, I think the answer is just that we are conservative in our counts. For example, imagine I hear one American Robin to my right that then goes silent. Then I hear an American Robin to my left. If I never hear the one to my right again during the count, I assume that I detected ONE individual that moved during the count. I wouldn't interpret this scenario as two robins unless I heard the birds to my right and my left at the same time.

  • @_gtom
    @_gtom 2 года назад

    Thanks for uploading this. While discussing this with my friend, he pointed out that instead of average, SUMPRODUCT involving the number of checklists in each week will be the right operation.

    • @timoconnell2206
      @timoconnell2206 2 года назад

      For sure, taking the average as I've illustrated is just one of many ways one could compile the data. There are also all kinds of data cleaning operations that would be important to do first before really digging into analysis.

  • @robertjauron7027
    @robertjauron7027 2 года назад

    hopefully this helps out with painting the barred owl in watercolor tomorrow night in class.

  • @sangeetasunar5502
    @sangeetasunar5502 2 года назад

    Well explained

  • @kennethschroeder2789
    @kennethschroeder2789 2 года назад

    Thanks for a great video. We found an owl skeleton and partial carcass on our property in Auburn, WA last month. We tried to key out the skull using a site, "Avian Osteology" from the Royal Museum in British Columbia. The "Barred Owl" and "Spotted Owl" skulls are very similar but we think it leans toward a "Spotted Owl" which would be extremely rare for our area. We are going to carefully check the feather patterns using your helpful video. Thanks for the great presentation.

  • @rebeccafurunas
    @rebeccafurunas 2 года назад

    Great video with good information! Thank you! 🦉

  • @hm2hatori189
    @hm2hatori189 2 года назад

    🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨⛟⛟⛟🚛🚛🚚

  • @roniguttmann6633
    @roniguttmann6633 2 года назад

    It's sad to watch this dead bird.. Even tho we have learned more information it's still very sad and hard to watch this full grown bird just not moving.

  • @albertegg8225
    @albertegg8225 2 года назад

    What a beautiful little guy. Thanks for posting.

  • @finomans
    @finomans 2 года назад

    I think you just helped me with a major hurdle in my thesis, thank you so much!

  • @sasasur
    @sasasur 2 года назад

    Thanks a lot for sharing this on RUclips, it si really helpfull. Regards from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷❤️

  • @pierrebeaurang8955
    @pierrebeaurang8955 2 года назад

    Thanks for explaining this! Excel is my least favorite part of any study but it's so important nowadays, and you made this very simple and easy to understand. I wish you had been the one to teach my environmental statistics course!

  • @katherine1304
    @katherine1304 2 года назад

    guys this video isn’t disrespectful. it’s educational. he didn’t kill this animal nor would he want to.

  • @colleenzeigler1461
    @colleenzeigler1461 2 года назад

    how bout clean up your language...willnot watch any more of your videos