Spot of fieldwork with @bardseyben.bsky.social and @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social

What are the effects of tagging on fishes? 🐟 Our review + meta-analysis explores intracoelomic tagging effects in fishes. We summarize the existing literature and examine the 2% rule using evidence from a broad representation of all published studies. Preprint link below! 🧵

The fluffiest European Storm Petrel Chick being weighed a few months ago in September on Nolsoy, Faroe Islands. 😍 #Seabirdsunday #StormPetrel #Seabirds

Think #stormpetrels just wing it to find a meal? 🍽️ Think again! Finally, our study is out: these tiny #seabirds use ocean dynamics to find #foraging grounds in the #WestMed. And guess what? Well-placed #MPAs help keep their ‘favorite restaurants’ open.🧑‍🍳 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The ABA is thrilled to be able to announce a full slate of recipients for the ABA's awards this year. Thanks to all who have contributed so much to birding. It means so much to celebrate your accomplishments and to share this community with you. www.aba.org/2024-aba-awa...

The Onion should buy Elsevier next

To me, this is such an important message, as so many ecologists seem (paradoxically) to lose their connection with nature as they get promoted up the career ladder. Time spent in nature, especially if together with the next generation of ecologists, is time very well spent.

Banner day birding #ChincoteagueNWR including a very late Piping Plover, a Ross’s Goose, a Greater White-fronted Goose (first for the county since 2017!), and a Glaucous Gull.

Excited to be back in Virginia for the upcoming American Oystercatcher Working Group meeting!

Have you ever wondered how a #shearwater fledgling flies from its nest to the places where they are grounded by #LightPollution? We've used GPSs with remote download to track their flights & published this paper doi.org/10.3389/fevo... #seabirds #seabirdersaturday

Amazing to receive updates from Jens-kjeld on our Storm-petrels in their nestboxes on Nólsoy (Faroe Islands). Amidst the snow and blizzards, the parents keep visiting to feed these fluff balls, and we now only have two chicks left to fledge! I really hope they make it... #seabirds #stormpetrels

Check out our latest issue go.nature.com/3Warkij #genetics #genomics #quantgen #arabidopsis #transcriptomics #microbiome 📸 Joëlle Taillon, Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte aux Changements Climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec)]

In case you missed it: Abstract submissions for #AFOSCOWOS24 are now open! Get yours in by March 15 to be part of this summer's meeting in Peoria, Illinois. afoscowos2024.org/call-for-abs...

🦉🪶 Beautiful in red, white and black. And quite noisy when they're nesting just overhead on your office roof. But I love the sound. Reminds me of the beach, even 120km inland. (scholekster, Haematopus ostralegus)

Backpack satellite transmitters reduce survival but not nesting propensity or success of greater sage-grouse | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology

Go read my lab mates recent publication on Black Oystercatchers in BC!

In case you missed it, I wrote a story for @hakaimagazine.bsky.social about why seabird couples break up. Sometimes it's incompatible personalities; sometimes it's climate change. 🪶🧪🌎 hakaimagazine.com/news/these-b...

In the latest issue of IBIS Reduced breeding success in Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus) due to harness-mounted GPS device | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Samuel Langlois Lopez, Gary D. Clewley, Daniel T. Johnston, Francis Daunt, Jared M. Wilson, Nina J. O'Hanlon, Elizabeth Masden | #ornithology

📢 WOS Research Grant applications are now open! These small grants, in amounts ranging up to $5,000, primarily support #ornithology research by students, early-career researchers, & those without access to major funding. The deadline is February 1! wilsonsociety.org/awards/resea...

"In recent decades, oystercatchers nesting in the center of their breeding range, from North Carolina to Virginia, have experienced significant declines in their reproductive success." wilsonsociety.org/2023/12/05/g...