@EcologistAmanda

(not so) recent Master's grad from @CUNY studying bird diversity along the Bronx River • she/her

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Joined May 2020
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A true NYC showdown on the streets of Astoria—here we have an American kestrel taking on a hawk!! The hawk was like nah bro go away and the kestrel had no choice but to listen 😂
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About a year ago, I left my job as an arborist working on an Alley Pond restoration project to pursue a career in science education. I visited the site today, and I am amazed at how the park looks! Hopefully NYC Parks can get more funding to restore the rest of the park!
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I wish I still had before photos in my phone, but this area was essentially covered in multi flora rose and craaaazy vines! Now the native plants have space to grow. 🥲
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An incredibly kind person and a phenomenal birder, César Castillo, passed away earlier this week. César was the person who opened my world up to birds. Please consider donating to a gofundme to help his wife and kids with medical and living costs: gofundme.com/f/support-wendy…
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(This photo was taken on our first birding outing 7 years ago. Thank you for everything, César. 😔)
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Amanda Goldstein retweeted
NYC Parks
@NYCParks19 Jan 2023
It’s true—dolphins were spotted in the Bronx River this week! This is great news—it shows that the decades-long effort to restore the river as a healthy habitat is working. We believe these dolphins naturally found their way to the river in search of fish. (Video: Nick Banco)
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My favorite part of this time of year is seeing how desperate my school gets with soliciting evaluations A) They made the email subject "grade" to get me to open it B) They're trying to gaslight me by saying that my professors are grading me, so I should grade them 😂
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the joke is on them tho because I've only received 1 grade this entire semester, despite turning in several assignments... luv it when profs procrastinate
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Professors be like “I’m making the due date before the end of the semester so that there isn’t a mad rush to finish everything” Yes but now you’re moving the mad rush INTO THE SEMESTER which is when we still have classes & we have less time for schoolwork! make it make sense 🤡
Wow, this is appalling. As scientists, conferences should be upholding at the very least mandatory masking. #AOS_BC_22 had mandatory masking and I am very thankful for it!
Johanna@JohannaJantzen29 Jun 2022
I will not be attending #Botany2022 in person mainly due to the lack of COVID protections. Recommending hand washing for an airborne virus, not requiring masks, and requiring attendees to sign a waiver that you accept the risk of spreading (and contracting) COVID??
Screenshot of policy reading: "Please read and understand the following. • Botany 2022 highly recommends getting fully vaccinated against COVID 19 before attending the Conference. • Once on site, Botany 2022 requests that all Conference attendees practice good hygiene, regularly and thoroughly washing their hands throughout the day, and observe social distancing guidelines where applicable. • All attendees may choose to wear a mask at any time, regardless of whether others around them are masked. The CDC guidance recommends masking for safety."

ALT Screenshot of policy reading: "Please read and understand the following. • Botany 2022 highly recommends getting fully vaccinated against COVID 19 before attending the Conference. • Once on site, Botany 2022 requests that all Conference attendees practice good hygiene, regularly and thoroughly washing their hands throughout the day, and observe social distancing guidelines where applicable. • All attendees may choose to wear a mask at any time, regardless of whether others around them are masked. The CDC guidance recommends masking for safety."

Screenshot of waiver reading: "ASSUMPTION OF RISK: I have read and understood the above warning concerning COVID-19. I hereby choose to accept the risk of contracting COVID-19 for myself in order to attend the Botany 2022 and enter the Conference premises. The Conference is of such value to me that I accept the risk of being exposed to, contracting, and/or spreading COVID-19 in order to attend in person."

ALT Screenshot of waiver reading: "ASSUMPTION OF RISK: I have read and understood the above warning concerning COVID-19. I hereby choose to accept the risk of contracting COVID-19 for myself in order to attend the Botany 2022 and enter the Conference premises. The Conference is of such value to me that I accept the risk of being exposed to, contracting, and/or spreading COVID-19 in order to attend in person."

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Such an amazing bird walk this morning in San Juan! Pictured here is a lovely Puerto Rican woodpecker that was posing for us—but my favorite bird by far was the frigatebird!
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Do you like birds? Do you like rivers? Do you like exploring how land cover affects bird diversity along a major urban river? Well then you’ll love my talk in the Urban Ecology session at 4pm in 208B today at #AOS_BC_22 !
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Can't believe I'm going to be in Puerto Rico in a week for #AOS_BC_22!! 🤩
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Amanda Goldstein retweeted
Bobby Habig@bobby_habig19 Mar 2022
Check out our new study in Urban Naturalist! Avian diversity and land use along the Bronx River by @EcologistAmanda @davidclahti & @bobby_habig: tinyurl.com/2p832x3f #UrbanEcology @eaglehillmaine #Bronx #BronxRiver
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Obviously an owl in a very obvious location in nyc is going to be surrounded by people regardless, but there is still something to be said for not broadcasting the location? 👀
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While doing my job today (taking site measurements) I flushed not one but 3 !!!! Woodcocks. I feel terrible. But also this gif is a pretty accurate depiction of me stumbling through rose
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A freshly cut white mulberry stump in Queens from today. #WildflowerHourNYC
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Ok. We need to talk about the media doing spiders dirty again. Strap in. We’re talking about these GIANT SPIDERS THAT ARE PARACHUTING IN & TAKING OVER THE USA!! *gasp* Nonsense. Calm down. Here’s what’s up.🧵
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It almost feels surreal, but I am officially a published author! My study is in Urban Naturalist! You can read Avian Diversity and Land Use Along the Bronx River here: eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/acc…
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one of my coworkers emailed all of the women on our team for international women's day and ngl it is kind of disturbing that our team of ~33 people (we keep getting more) only has 8 women. just under 25%.
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