A fluffy Red-tailed Tropicbird chick, Norfolk Island, Australia. #BirdOfTheDay #birds

In Defence of Bird Conservation in a Broken World theornithologist.org/in-defence-o... "Bird conservation is...the structural underpinning of planetary health....[but] We do not protect birds merely because they are useful, but because they belong – because they are co-inhabitants of this Earth."

This study reveals less than 10% of 1,500 Canadian 🇨🇦 species have 30% of their range protected. Meeting Canada's #30x30 target requires a strategic 16%-17% #protectedarea expansion 🌍 #BiodiversityLoss www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....

Kelp Gull on a rock bluff, Antarctic Peninsula. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #gulls #lichens

New in this week's issue of Science - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #birds #cuckoos #broodparasitism

A beautiful #Kananaskis day, with some White-tailed Ptarmigan in the alpine. They're hard to spot against the snow but we eventually found some. #birds #nature

"She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world." #ConservationScience🌍

The surprising recovery of once-rare birds. #ConservationScience🌎

King Penguin chick, South Georgia. #SuperSeabirdSunday #birds #seabirds

Our new #WindowCollisions paper is now out, with Viviane Zulian, Krista de Groot, @adam-birdstats.bsky.social, et al. peerj.com/articles/199... British Columbia forest birds are highly vulnerable to collisions @uvic.ca #conservationscience🌎 #ornithology #WindowStrike 📷M Strickland

Mid-August, and Glaucous-winged Gull chicks are starting to leave their island and rooftop nests. #SuperSeabirdSunday #gulls #SalishSea #birds #seabirds

A new coalition-based initiative to address the major threat of bird window collisions. Partners currently from Canada, Costa Rica, USA. www.stopbirdcollisions.org #windowstrike #windowcollisions #conservation

This Western Gull has taken a novel approach to some of her foraging trips. www.axios.com/local/san-fr... #gulls #seabirds

www.bbc.com/news/article... #gulls #birds

New data paper out today on bird-window collisions in the Neotropics esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #WindowStrike #WindowCollisions #ornithology

Congo to create world’s largest tropical forest reserve cosmosmagazine.com/earth/congo-...

Gull survey season is nearly here again.... #seabirds #SuperSeabirdSunday #gulls 📷 no. 2, Thor Veen

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ConservationScience🌎

Red-tailed Tropicbird, chick and nesting adult, Norfolk Island, Australia. #SuperSeabirdSunday #birds #nature

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada just met to assess 16 species. Snowy Owl was among those we assessed as Threatened. cosewic.ca/index.php/en... #COSEWIC #birds #conservation #wildlife #GreenlandShark 📷: #SnowyOwl in Sidney, Canada, 2021

Black-footed Albatross, far off the west coast of Canada. #birds #seabirds #SuperSeabirdSunday

Gentoo Penguins ashore during the breeding season, Antarctic Peninsula. #birds #seabirds

Waiting for the fish market to open. Glaucous-winged Gull pair. #SuperSeabirdSunday #birds #gulls

Glaucous-winged Gulls: normal view, and from below. Skylight 📷 K. Nabeta. #gulls #SuperSeabirdSunday #birds

Innovative nest location by the local pair of American Robins. Beautifully constructed with a base of lichens. #birds #aves #nature #lichens

"You can help birds [and #pollinators] while making your garden more beautiful and eco-friendly." #birds #NativePlants #NativePlantGardening birdgardens.ca

Black-headed Trogon / Coa Cabeza Negra / Trogón Cabecinegro, Yucatán. #birds #nature

Really good stuff in here if you're an academic who wants to engage in the public discourse more.

#frogs #amphibians

Keith was a brilliant scientist and wonderful human being. I was lucky to have him on my MSc and PhD advisory committees. And to collaborate with him on a handful of papers, something he excelled at doing with dozens of the scientists he mentored. "Much-missed" indeed. #ornithology #stableisotopes

Avian influenza #H5N1 now widespread on Antarctic Peninsula. From today's issue of Science @science.org www.science.org/content/arti... #ornithology #Antarctica

Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:

Wrapping up #WaderWednesday with a portrait of this handsome Australian White Ibis. #birds #waders #BinChicken

Adélie Penguins, Ross Island, Antarctica. #SuperSeabirdSunday #birds #seabirds

New study in today's issue of Science www.science.org/content/arti...

Any photos of gulls eating stuff? Submit them to the project database at citsci.org/projects/gul...

A Tasmanian trio of Silver Gulls. #SuperSeabirdSunday #gulls #birds

Status and trends of all of Canada's #birds here, and some beautiful artwork.

Please follow and share this starter pack if you like and/or study gulls or skuas! 🪶 go.bsky.app/Vd8zWBU

In today's issue of Science. #biodiversity #conservation

Chinstrap Penguin, sleeping. #SuperSeabirdSunday

A reminder that nature needs us - and we need nature. "A handful of Canada’s at-risk species have made a comeback. Here’s what they can teach us."

The paper below was also featured in today's Guardian. www.theguardian.com/environment/... Also, from the article (and paper), "research on pristine regions can also reveal potential solutions: early data suggests some forests are bucking the declines" #ornithology

Reposting for #WaderWednesday. Updated Canadian status assessments for Least Bittern, Long-billed Curlew, Short-billed Dowitcher. #conservationscience🌍 📷 Mike Poole

Pete Davidson and I recently wrote this blog for Birds Canada: an update on conservation assessments of Canadian birds in 2024. #COSEWIC #birds #conservation www.birdscanada.org/recent-updat... 📷 Ian Routley

Gray Noddy (Norfolk Island, Australia). #SuperSeabirdSunday #birds #aves

#ornithology #HaidaGwaii "LBCS monitors seabirds [mostly Ancient Murrelets], shorebirds, songbirds, marine mammals, cavity nesting birds, vegetation and invasive species."

We have finally joined y'all here just in time to start getting everyone stoked for the International Urban Wildlife Conference in Atlanta this June #IUWC2025. Peep our conference website--we'll be announcing our plenary speakers, field trips, workshops, and more soon! 👀 www.urban-wildlife.org

Some yellowlegs for #WaderWednesday, on fall migration at the important migratory stopover site of #Tofino. #shorebirds #birds #aves