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ornithomancer.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist, Ornithologist, occasional illustrator. Currently a PhD candidate at LSU. BSc Honours in Evolutionary Biology from UBC, BFA in Illustration from ECUAD. He/him quinnmccallum.com
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More details coming soon, but mark your calendars ... Breakout meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social‬ The Society of Systematic Biologists - will be Jan 9-11 in Baton Rouge! Topic is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections' @jembrown.bsky.social is primary host/organizer ssb2026.github.io

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

Less than two weeks left to order one of the shirts I designed for this year's LSUMNS Big Day, featuring the most magnificent bird, Fregata magnificens! lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/ Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

My dissertation work would not have been possible without access to original species descriptions from the #BHL #ILOVEBHL

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Today four @lsumns.bsky.social Ornithology graduate students are treking across Louisiana trying to see as many bird species as possible for our annual Big Day Birdathon Fundraiser! Donate to support our research here: bbis32491p.sky.blackbaud.com/big-day-fund... #ornithology #birding

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.

submitted 62 days ago • 12 comments

This morning I passed my general exam!! Thanks so much to my awesome committee for taking the time to talk about my project and how it relates to all aspects of evolution

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

This was a great event! Thanks to @lsulagniappe.bsky.social for organizing and @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for hosting. It's incredible how talented folks in our department are!

submitted 125 days ago • 1 comment

Hello Blue Sky! I'm excited to connect with fellow biologists and those interested in evolution and birds on a platform not run by a fascist! I haven't been very active on any social media these past couple of years, but what I'm seeing here looks promising.

submitted 139 days ago • 1 comment