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Jenny McKee

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Research Scientist @ University of Wyoming | PhD @ Wake Forest University with #seabirds | freelance science journalist | she/her

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Looking for a new book to read this summer? Check out Holly Hogan's "Message in a Bottle"! You'll learn about the effects of plastic pollution on seabirds, and travel to seabird islands through the wonderful descriptive imagery.

Check out my review for @amornith.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/orni...

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Inspired by several recent publications, I updated my website! And I even added a publications page, so you can easily find publications by myself and coauthors! Check it out—and feel free to let me know if you spot any errors 🙃

www.jennylynnmckee.com

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Many thanks to editor Andrew Del-Colle for the helpful edits and Janelle Ward, Dan Howie, Tāne Davis, and @digs.bsky.social for the many conversations we had about Kākāpō since September 2023! I really appreciate the amazing work they and others are doing to support Kākāpō!👏

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I fucking love this. It was only a couple of nights ago that I had the oomph to walk to the end of my block to see the two neighborhood owls who hang out there (they oddly only want to visit during my most painful times of day). Big @edyong209.bsky.social superfan, he deserves all the good.

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In 2023, 10 critically endangered Kākāpō were reintroduced to mainland New Zealand—the first time in nearly four decades. But it hasn't gone quite as planned.

Read my latest for Audubon magazine about the early challenges and what's next for the flightless parrot:
www.audubon.org/magazine/mai...

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Really grateful to Jenny for writing this great piece about the Spoonbill Club - our little venture to run birding trips for Bay Area folks with long COVID and other energy-limiting chronic illnesses. (And I hope someone fulfils Molly Adams's wish of starting a NY chapter.)

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Really great article featuring ungulate #migrations in Wyoming! Mule deer, pronghorn, and elk face increasing obstacles, such as roads, fences, and expanding human development, as they make their seasonal movements to find more/better food. Definitely give this one a read!

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Climate change is unleashing new threats for breeding centers where the world's most vulnerable species are safeguarded. Learn about several species, like Kauai's 'Akikiki, and how centers are preparing for new extreme weather events in my latest for Audubon magazine: www.audubon.org/news/how-ext...

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CONGRATS! 🎉 I'm pumped to read it!

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I built the new Lego set, the Azure Kingfisher! I've never seen it in real life, but the Lego bird is absolutely gorgeous, with incredible details! So much fun 😍

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Very cool #seabird postdoc at Bowdoin College working with Leach's storm petrels on Kent Island! Sounds like the perfect position for someone who wants to do research, teach, and live in #Maine for a bit!!

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I really enjoyed these great tips for interviewing, like letting sources know at the start of the interview that they don't have to answer questions they don't feel comfortable answering! #SciComm

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Have any #ecologists on here applied for ESA's Professional Ecologist Certification? Given the cost to apply ($100+ if already an ESA member), I wondered if it was useful or worth it, and for what career paths it might make sense to get the certification? 🧪

www.esa.org/certification/

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Happy birthday to the one and only Charles Darwin. "There is grandeur in this view of life—that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." 🧪

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Come work with me at New Scientist! Our NY newsroom is hiring an assistant editor to work on news stories across all science and tech subjects. Ping me if you have any questions about the job, newsroom culture, or anything else!

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Join us at the USGS Cooperative Research Unit at Clemson University!

Excited to post this Fall 2024 PhD position buchholtzlab.weebly.com/join-us.html, using GIS and ABMs to help us understand how red wolves navigate the socio-environmental landscape. Priority deadline 25 Feb.

#EcoECRcareer 🌎🧪

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In 2024, I'm hoping to do more freelancing and try to engage more on this site (aka figure it out). But I'm also really looking forward to getting outside more with friends and family! Cheers to the new year!

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I published the 2nd chapter from my PhD in June! We tracked > 800 Nazca boobies in #Galapagos and found that foraging changes with age: Old females spend more time and travel farther to find food compared to prime-aged females and males.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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I love to bake and this year my husband, probably overwhelmed with the sheer quantity of baked goods, encouraged me to start tracking recipes I've made. So, I started a Google sheet where I rate them and make notes, and apparently I made 75 recipes in 2023 (18 different cookies in Dec)!

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Besides the usual news & climate change doom, 2023 was a ROLLER COASTER for me: We left Maine because my husband's job had no work-life balance, my Mom had emergency heart surgery (she's now doing great), & my Grandpa died. But there were positives that I'm trying to focus on. We got a pup, Elly! 😍

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Well, I've been laid off from The Messenger. If you're looking for an experienced reporter eager to take on complicated stories that explore the intersections of science, health and policy, please get in touch!

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My little pup, Elly, was oh so supportive in writing the captions for this gallery...she only tried to nibble on my laptop a few times 😂

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The news has been especially overwhelming recently, so maybe you need some cute chick pics?! I wrote the captions for these 15 photos, all submitted to the 2023 Audubon Photography Awards, depicting baby birds in all their adorable and awkward glory 😍
www.audubon.org/news/cuddle-...

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BREAKING: AOS will change all English bird names currently named after people within its geographic jurisdiction—one step in an effort to address past wrongs and engage more people in the enjoyment, protection and study of birds. americanornithology.org/about/englis... #BirdNames

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I am happy to share our new monograph on redlining, birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles just out in Ornithological Applications (see link - please DM if you're unable to access it)

Please see the infographic below (by KAPdesign) for further details.

academic.oup.com/condor/advan...

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Some halloween costume ideas. 🪶🧪

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Boost your mood with these gorgeous photos of birds and native plants! I had so much fun writing the captions for the 10 images submitted to the Plants for Birds category in the 2023 Audubon Photography Awards. Feel inspired? Start planting and photographing!
www.audubon.org/news/10-gorg...

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Come work WITH ME!

American Bird Conservancy is now hiring a writer/editor and I'll be their supervisor.

Bird knowledge isn't required, but interest in learning would be great since we'll talk birds all the time.

Salary =$75-85k/year

More info: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

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Debuting here with my latest Audubon Magazine story! I interviewed the delightful Alexis Nikole Nelson, known as "Black Forager" to her followers, about foraging for wild plants. Check out her tips on how to get started, and even try cooking her tasty acorn pancakes! www.audubon.org/news/foragin...

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