The Walters Lab at Old Dominion University. We study cooperatively breeding acorn woodpeckers, functional rarity, living shorelines, longleaf pine, & more...
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Chi is speaking this Friday!
2 Oct 2025
Please join us Friday, October 3 at 3 pm in MGB 101 for our research seminar to hear from graduate students Chi and Ferris on βDispersal Decisions in the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn WoodpeckerβΒ andΒ βSplitting Hairs: the Biomechanics of Gray Whale Baleenβ.
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The Marsh Mistress (aka @EllaOutdoors) outside the @ElizRiverProj Ryan Resilience Lab. Ella serves as the Environmental Project Manager and was giving @ODUSCI @BIOLOGYatODU @ODU Biology Professor Eric Walters, her PhD Advisor, a behind-the-scenes tour of this incredible facility.
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Our @BIOLOGYatODU Social Vertebrates of California class was out at AΓ±o Nuevo State Park today. We had great looks at elephant seals, harbor seals, California sea lions, pigeon guillemots, western grebes, pelagic cormorants, and a host of other species.
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Our lab is leading a @BIOLOGYatODU study away @oduabroad class on the Social Vertebrates of California. Todayβs field trip to Point Lobos State Natural Reserve included a chance to view sea otters, seals, sea lions, Brandtβs cormorants, and a host of other species.
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Very honored to have been recognized by the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Thank you so much. π
10 May 2025
Dr. Eric Walters was awarded the Virginia Society of Ornithology's 2025 Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding scientific achievement in the field of ornithology, recognizing the research he has done on birds in Virginia. Congratulations to Dr. Walters!
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Congratulations to @Wei_Chii and @OleksiiDubovyk, who were awarded conference awards from @ODUSCI and @BIOLOGYatODU to attend the @AmOrnith annual conference in St Louis and the @ESA_org annual conference in Baltimore, respectively.
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Congratulations to @Wei_Chii who has been awarded the Harold G. and Vivian J. Marshall Scholarship in Biology (awarded to a full-time graduate student who demonstrates scholarship and/or service in the area of Biological Science with a specific concentration in ecology)!!!
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Congratulations to Irosh & @OleksiiDubovyk who received Bob Ake Scholarship Awards from @cvwobservatory; Irosh won the Virginia Society of Ornithology Murray Award; @EllaOutdoors received Best Grad Student Oral Presentation at the 2025 Atlantic Estuarine Research Society meeting!
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Our woodpeckers are featured on @nbc The Americas Sunday March 2nd at 8:00 pm. Episode 3 βThe Wild Westβ, narrated by Tom Hanks with music by Hans Zimmer.
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Itβs the end of an era at @HastingsReserve . Jaime del Valle has retired after 20 years π’ We are looking for a new steward. Please spread the word. ucnrs.org/jobs/#reserve-stewβ¦
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7 Dec 2024
Faculty Spotlight - Dr. Eric Walters, a behavioral #ecologist who studies cooperatively breeding acorn #woodpeckers. His woodpeckers are featured in an upcoming nature docuseries, The Americas, airing this spring on NBC & narrated by Tom Hanks.
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We are hiring 2 quantitative biologists at @BIOLOGYatODU. I am on the search committee. DM me if you have any questions. Applications due 31 Oct. jobs.odu.edu/postings/21792
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Very excited to see @ladybiologist dissertation work out. She documents active facilitation of helper dispersal by parents and siblings in acorn woodpeckers, an unrecognized pathway to increased direct fitness. link.springer.com/article/10β¦
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Not sure what to make of a statement like this: βno applicant fulfills the requirements for the position as stated in the job descriptionβ. Maybe itβs just me but this seems like a problemβ¦ π€·
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Channeling my inner Huffaker.
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We are devastated to let the world know that we lost Dr. Vicki Garcia on June 9th. She had an amazing spirit and a kind heart and is someone who will never be forgotten. Thank you for enriching our lives and making the world better. You are missed and loved. π
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Congratulations to @EllaOutdoors for being selected as one of six 2024 @vaseagrant Graduate Fellows! vaseagrant.org/2024-graduateβ¦
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