Pelicanology (PELICANS) with Juita Martinez
Professional pelicanologist Juita Martinez tags and collects data on a brown pelican (with permits, of course.)
Spine mysteries, saggy sacs, limericks, flim flam, flags, sandals, divebombs, porcupine espionage, ice cream sandwiches and more! The warm and wonderful pelicanologist Juita Martinez studies these glorious dinosaurs and shares fieldwork stories, what it’s like to hold a floofy baby sea bird, what she loves about being in nature and resources for undergrads interested in becoming scientists. We also chat about birding and the amazing visibility campaign #BirdingWhileBlack, launched by BlackAFinSTEM, which is hosting online events this week to open the discussion about how racism affects Black naturalists, scientists, hikers and any other people of color who want to enjoy the outdoors. Oh also: how not to lose a boat.
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Follow Juita Martinez at www.instagram.com/juitamartinez and twitter.com/JuitaMartinez
Juita’s website: https://juitamartinez.com
Follow BlackAFinSTEM at Twitter.com/BlackAFinSTEM and Instagram.com/BlackAFinSTEM
A donation went to BackyardBasecamp.org
#BlackBirdersWeek Events:
Sunday, May 31 — #BlackInNature: Celebrating Black nature enthusiasts everywhere
Monday, June 1 — #PostABird Challenge: Post any bird you find or bird fact with the hashtag
Tuesday, June 2 — #AskABlackBirder: 2-hr Q&A with Black Birders on Twitter, 7pm-9pm EST
Thursday, June 4 — #BirdingWhileBlack Livestream Discussion: tinyurl.com/BlackBirders, 7pm-8:30pm EST, moderated by Twitter.com/itsafronomics
Friday, June 5 — #BlackWomenWhoBird: Follow all the amazing #BlackWomenWhoBird
Also check out #AskABlackBirder, #PostABird, #BlackInNature, #BlackAFInSTEM
More links you may enjoy:
NSF REU: Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Juita’s first paper, “Exposure of the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, to antimicrobial compounds affects associated Vibrio bacterial density and development of antibiotic resistance”
Louisiana land & brown pelicans
Photo of halibut in a pelican pouch
Pelicans don’t breast feed with blood
Lakers vs. Pelicans clip from early March 2020, another time and dimension
Reward for info on Pink the pelican’s assault
Flag of Louisiana: a work of fiction
Amy Cooper launched racially motivated threats of violence to a birder
Pelicans change eye color depending on their dating life
On the Gular Sac Tissue of the Brown Pelican: Structural Characterization and Mechanical Properties
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Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris
Theme song by Nick Thorburn