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Dan Mennill
about 4 hours ago
BIRDS & BEERS V is one week from tonight, Thurs Nov 20, in Windsor! 🐦🍺🐦🍺 An evening of fun with UWindsor researchers including bird trivia, ornithology talks, student posters, and a short film screening. All are welcome!
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
Tickets:
tinyurl.com/BirdsBeers5
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Dan Mennill
1 day ago
Congratulations to Dr. Jaclyn Aubin, a Mitacs Postdoctoral Researcher on our team, for submitting a manuscript describing her research on bioacoustic variation in endangered St. Lawrence beluga whales. Way to go
@jaclynaubin.bsky.social
! With our collaborators
@raincoast.org
and
gremm.org
. 🐋🎶🇨🇦
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Congratulations!
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10 days ago
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
13 days ago
It was a Halloween treat 🎃 to have Dr. Carly Ziter deliver our Integrative Biology Departmental Seminar today: Understanding biodiversity and ecosystem services across urban landscapes. Thank you
@carlyziter.bsky.social
! And thank you for hosting our guest
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
.
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Dan Mennill
13 days ago
A spooky Piping Plover... Madison and Natalie carved an ornithological jack-o-lantern for our departmental Halloween contest. Inspired by a Birds Canada template, with pumpkin-seed-feather embellishments, they won second place! 🎃🥈 Congratulations!
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
@birdscanada.bsky.social
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Ontario Nature
14 days ago
🦇 It’s
#BatWeek
! Ontario is home to 8 bat species and heartbreakingly, 7 are now endangered. From pest control to pollination, bats keep our ecosystems in balance. Let’s protect the night’s unsung heroes. 🌙 Learn more here:
onnaturemagazine.com/bat-guide.html
#bats
#OntarioNature
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
24 days ago
"Exploring Bird Sounds with Dan Mennill." My episode of The Warblers podcast is now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrUX...
Andrea Gress and I discuss migratory flight calls, the twin voices of thrushes, and the spectacular song of the Musician Wren.
@birdscanada.bsky.social
🎙️🎶🐦
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Congratulations Connor!
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28 days ago
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Dan Mennill
about 1 month ago
Double brooding improves lifetime fitness. Our paper "Multigenerational fitness outcomes of double-brooding: a 30-year study of a migratory songbird" appears in the latest Behavioral Ecology:
tinyurl.com/3hsyd42m
. By
@hayleyspina.bsky.social
@ryannorrissci.bsky.social
and our collaborative team.
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
about 1 month ago
Dr. Natalie Sánchez has just been appointed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in our Department of Integrative Biology at University of Windsor. Congratulations
@natingui.bsky.social
! I am so excited about the collaborations and research projects that lie ahead.
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
about 1 month ago
With a little help from friends and family, Natalie has launched two new Motus Audio recorders in Essex County. Our migration monitoring network continues to grow!
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
about 1 month ago
Thanks to friendly Motus collaborators, we've got a new Motus Audio flight call recorder sampling the night skies over Kitchener. Our network of Motus Audio recorders continues to expand across Ontario, through the dedicated work of Madison and Natalie.
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Dan Mennill
about 1 month ago
Motus Audio recorders are now set up at Birds Canada headquarters in Port Rowan and at Old Cut Research Station at Longpoint Bird Observatory. Which bird species will we record flying southwards this fall?
@birdscanada.bsky.social
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
[📷 N. Emerick & M. Bygrove]
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Great to see the work of our own Dr. Nigel Hussey at the Tancook Field Station in Nova Scotia!
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about 1 month ago
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Dan Mennill
about 1 month ago
Today is my favourite lecture of the year in our Introductory Ecology course: my research lecture. I share results from our laboratory and talk to the students about what it’s like to be an ecologist.
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
about 2 months ago
Vocal learning in wild birds! Today I spoke about our collaborative studies of Savannah Sparrows. Followed by great talks by Alex Kirschel, David Wheatcroft, Julie Elie, and Frédéric Theunissen. An information-rich day in Ste. Etienne. Thank you
@nicolasmathevon.bsky.social
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
about 2 months ago
Sarah Dobney presented her doctoral studies at the International Bioacoustics Congress
#ibac2025
in Kerteminde, Denmark. Way to go
@sdobney.bsky.social
!
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
2 months ago
The Voices of Nature! In our first Mennill Lab meeting of the new academic year, we started our reading of
@nicolasmathevon.bsky.social
’s great book of bioacoustics. Highly recommended reading for those interested in animal sounds.
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Sarah Dobney
2 months ago
I've been loving the talks and posters being presented at
#IBAC2025
! Come see my poster today to learn about the "Songs of the studs" 🎤🐦🪺
@dmennill.bsky.social
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
2 months ago
We've launched a Motus Audio Recorder on Pelee Island! Natalie, Madison, and Nelsy launched our 10th recorder, which will survey migratory birds passing over Pelee Island this fall.
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
@birdscanada.bsky.social
@peleeislandbird.bsky.social
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Dan Mennill
2 months ago
Assisting the outstanding bird banders at Holiday Beach Migration Observatory, Nelsy, Natalie, and Madison have been helping to band fall warblers at Holiday Beach.
@nelsyninor.bsky.social
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
2 months ago
This week we're launching our first Motus Audio units: flight-call microphones that stream data for real-time acoustic analysis of nocturnal bird migration. Natalie, Madison, and I ran successful on-campus trials today. 🎤🎵🕊️🌒
@birdscanada.bsky.social
#bioacoustics
#ornithology
[📷: N. Niño]
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Congratulations Connor!
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2 months ago
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
3 months ago
Congratulations to
@natingui.bsky.social
who presented our collaborative wren and owl study at
#AOS2025
. Way to go Natalie!
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Jaclyn Aubin
3 months ago
So thrilled to be back in Churchill, learning about beluga vocal and social behaviour. Marie-Ana and I are here for the first field season of my postdoc project in collaboration with
@raincoast.org
, Frontiers North Adventures, Oceans North,
@uwindsor.bsky.social
, and
@dmennill.bsky.social
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Jaclyn Aubin
3 months ago
Out on the
@explore.org
@polarbearsinternational.org
beluga boat with Captain Tera yesterday! Really challenging conditions but crystal-clear waters allowed for some amazing observations. Thanks to Frontiers North Adventures,
@raincoast.org
and Oceans North!
#BelugaResearch
#adayinthefield
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
4 months ago
"UWindsor students co-author scientific paper after immersive Paris field course." Today's campus newsletter has a write-up about our new paper, arising from our field course on Bird Song and Anthropogenic Noise. 🇫🇷🎶🐦 Check it out:
www.uwindsor.ca/news/2025-07...
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UWindsor students co-author scientific paper after immersive Paris field course
<p><em>By Sara Elliott</em></p> <p>“The field course was a pivotal point in my academic journey because if not for my study abroad experience, I genuinely would not be in this lab and I wouldn’t be d...
https://www.uwindsor.ca/news/2025-07-25/uwindsor-students-co-author-scientific-paper-after-immersive-paris-field-course
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
4 months ago
We're starting to build our first 50 Motus Audio flight call recorders. Natalie and Madison are in Port Rowan this week working with
@birdscanada.bsky.social
and the
#Motus
team. Thank you Birds Canada for your collaboration and hospitality.
#bioacoustics
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Raincoast Conservation Foundation
4 months ago
Join
@erin-wall.bsky.social
at the Animal Behavior Society Virtual Conference to learn about her postdoc project on humpback whale vocalizations in collaboration with us,
@bcwhales.bsky.social
,
@marine-valeria.bsky.social
, and
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
!
www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/2025/
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4 months ago
Congratulations to Sophia Costa for winning 2nd place at the Western Conference for Science Education for her poster on integrating socio-ethical perspectives in the introductory genetics curriculum! So proud of her hard work and achievement!
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
4 months ago
Congratulations to PhD student Michelle Bondy for delivering a great talk yesterday at the Western Conference for Science Education, with our co-author and collaborator Dr. Isabelle Barrette-Ng. Way to go Michelle!
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4 months ago
Please come join Sophia Costa for her poster entitled "Beyond Punnett Squares: Revising the Canadian genetics curriculum to meaningfully introduce social and ethical perspectives" at 4 PM today at the Western Conference for Science Education
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4 months ago
Please come join Angelina Medved for her presentation at 3:30 PM in PAB 148 for her presentation on misalignments between student and instructor expectations in genetics assessments
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4 months ago
Amazing day today with our team made up of Michelle Bondy, Angelina Medved and Sophia Costa at the 2025 WCSE conference at Western University. Privileged to work with such amazing
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
colleagues who do outstanding work in biology education research.
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Dan Mennill
4 months ago
"Experiential environmental education in urban parks: building sustainable connections to the nature around us." Today at 3:30 at the Western Conference on Science Education, Michelle Bondy will present her doctoral research project. Good luck Michelle!
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
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4 months ago
Come join Michelle Bondy for her presentation tomorrow at the 2025 Western Conference for Science Education for her presentation on experiential environmental education
@dmennill.bsky.social
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
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Congratulations to the team! Amazing work and undergraduate student research experience!
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4 months ago
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Well done Michelle and Maia!
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4 months ago
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
4 months ago
This afternoon at
#ABS2025
join Dr. Erin Wall as she describes our collaborative research on "Humpback whale song development in the North Pacific feeding grounds". Today at 2:45 in the Vocal Variance session.
@bcwhales.bsky.social
@marine-valeria.bsky.social
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
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Pitcher Lab
4 months ago
Former
@uwindsor.bsky.social
post-doc Dr. Britney Firth presenting our labs work on preserving genetic diversity for endangered Atlantic salmon on the east coast of Canada - great collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
4 months ago
I had a great time attending
#CSEE2025
in Sherbrooke this week. I'm very proud of the scientists on our team that presented our research. Thank you to
@csee-scee.bsky.social
and
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
for organizing this meeting of Canadian ecology and evolution researchers.
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Pitcher Lab
4 months ago
Look forward to giving a seminar on our lab’s efforts to increase the fitness of animals for conservation reintroduction efforts -
@sebiology.bsky.social
#sebconference
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Pitcher Lab
4 months ago
Made it to the
@sebiology.bsky.social
conference in Antwerp - look forward to sharing some of our lab’s research regarding the improvement of captive breeding for conservation efforts using evolutionary & ecological principles with physiological/genetic tools
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Dan Mennill
4 months ago
What's all the buzz about? Today at 10:30 in the Avian Ecology session of
#CSEE2025
, our newest team member, Natalie Emerick, will present her research on bat and aerial insectivore acoustics (coauthors Hannah ter Hofstede and Liam O'Leary).
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
4 months ago
It's a big day for our team at
#CSEE2025
: At 14:00 join
@jaclynaubin.bsky.social
in room Sherbrooke C for her talk on St. Lawrence Beluga bioacoustics. At 16:30 join me in room Lac Memphrémagog for my talk on a global horizon scan of bioacoustics.
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
4 months ago
Our team has prepared four talks for the upcoming
#CSEE2025
meeting in Sherbrooke next week. I'm excited about the new projects we're going to share. See you in Quebec! 🎤🎶🐦🐋🇨🇦
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
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reposted by
CSEE SCEE Meetings
5 months ago
🗓️ L’horaire complet de la
#SCEE2025
est maintenant disponible en ligne ! 🔗 Consultez-le ici :
event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/sch...
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2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
Fourwaves - 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
https://event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/schedule
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Dan Mennill
5 months ago
After deploying Song Meters to record Leach's Storm-Petrels on South Green Island, Sarah Dobney and I scrambled over rockweed-covered boulders to meet our pickup boat. This collaborative research is supported by New Brunswick Wildlife Trust. [📷 I. Kyle]
@sdobney.bsky.social
@ingridpollet.bsky.social
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reposted by
Dan Mennill
5 months ago
Tonight I had fun speaking to lab alum Sam Blackwell's NESTigators community science group about bird song and urban noise. Thank you for the invitation
@samblackwell.bsky.social
!
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Dan Mennill
5 months ago
Three different views of the Motus Wildlife Tracking Tower at Bowdoin Scientific Station. This tower lets ornithologists track the movement of migratory birds through the Bay of Fundy.
@birdscanada.bsky.social
@ryannorrissci.bsky.social
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