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Graham Appleton
8 days ago
Shortest day. For an Oystercatcher that winters in Iceland it was only 4 hours between sunrise and sunset today. A bird that migrates to Dublin will have experienced 7.5 hours. Thoughts about the two strategies:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/m...
#ornithology
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SEAPOP.bsky.social
18 days ago
New large-scale study based on SEAPOP data shows that
#ocean
#warming
threatens
#seabirds
in the North Atlantic
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
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Ocean warming threatens seabirds in the North Atlantic
Climate change is causing ocean warming, acidification and loss of sea ice. This, in turn, is leading to shifting biogeographic distribution and in some cases species extinction.
https://seapop.no/en/2025/12/ocean-warming-threatens-seabirds-in-the-north-atlantic/
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme
18 days ago
Where to now?! A number of seabirds covered by the SMP are migratory, spending the winter away from the UK. Storm Petrels are a great example, wintering off the coast of southern Africa in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans!
#seabirds
@btobirds.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
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Richard McElreath 🐈⬛
20 days ago
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link:
github.com/rmcelreath/s...
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Graham Raby
24 days ago
This new paper was a team effort among students in my lab, led by
@mitchellshorgan.bsky.social
. Please share with your fish tracking colleagues!
@oceantracking.bsky.social
@glatos-fish.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Effects of surgical implantation of electronic tags in fishes: a review and meta-analysis - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Electronic tags have been used to track fishes for decades and continue to gain popularity. Tags are often implanted in the coelom of fishes, with a substantial body of experimental evidence now asses...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11160-025-10020-5
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Rob Thomas
27 days ago
The perfect Christmas gift for the seabird-nerd in your life.
www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781472...
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The Storm-petrels (New) | Rob Thomas | 9781472985828 | Awesome Books
The Storm-petrels by Rob Thomas. Buy new & second-hand books online with Free UK Delivery at Awesome Books.
https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781472985828/the-storm-petrels
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EOU Fledglings
about 1 month ago
🎤 We’re thrilled to announce our first plenary speaker for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk (27–29 March 2026)! 🌊 Jérôme Fort (
@umrlienss.bsky.social
) will discuss how seabirds respond to challenges shaping marine ecosystems — and what they reveal about ocean health.
#EOU26
#Ornithology
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SEAPOP.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
#biologging
#research
is booming - but do
#loggers
actually impact the birds? Yes, they do - depending on the mass and attachment location. If you work with biologging, you should read our latest publication
seapop.no/en/2025/11/l...
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
#seabirds
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Loggers attached to birds can affect foraging behaviour
Loggers have become a central part of research on seabirds and other groups of animals over the past 20 years. In seabird research, loggers provide very useful documentation of diving behaviour…
https://seapop.no/en/2025/11/loggers-attached-to-birds-can-affect-foraging-behaviour/
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Rob Thomas
about 2 months ago
Our latest introductory and advanced courses on Data Analysis with R Statistical Software are now live -all welcome, whatever your current level of skills or experience :)
www.ecoexplore.co.uk
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Eco-Explore
https://www.ecoexplore.co.uk/
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EOU Fledglings
about 2 months ago
The date is set for the next EOU Fledglings Meeting 🐥 in Gdansk, Poland! Share the news with your peers! 🦆
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Dr Sjúrður Hammer
2 months ago
Please check out this interesting presentation on
#stormpetrels
and
#lightpollution
in the Faroes by collaborator and PhD student
@bardseyben.bsky.social
#seabirds
🧪🌍
kvf.fo/sjon/sending...
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Vísindavøka '25 - Ben Porter, Umhvørvisstovan
Ben Porter: Ávirkan av ljósdálking á drunnhvíta
https://kvf.fo/sjon/sending/visindavoka-fyrilestrar?sid=199105
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Rob Thomas
3 months ago
Spot of fieldwork with
@bardseyben.bsky.social
and
@trevormaclaurin.bsky.social
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Mitchell Shorgan
10 months ago
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! 🧵
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Rebecca Cheape
about 1 year ago
The fluffiest European Storm Petrel Chick being weighed a few months ago in September on Nolsoy, Faroe Islands. 😍
#Seabirdsunday
#StormPetrel
#Seabirds
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Sofia Bolumar
about 1 year ago
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...
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American Birding Association
about 1 year ago
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...
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2024 ABA Awards - American Birding Association
https://www.aba.org/2024-aba-awards/
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MadScientist
about 1 year ago
The Onion should buy Elsevier next
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Rob Thomas
about 1 year ago
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.
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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.
about 1 year ago
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Excited to be back in Virginia for the upcoming American Oystercatcher Working Group meeting!
about 1 year ago
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Airam Rodríguez
about 1 year ago
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
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Ben Porter
about 1 year ago
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
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@HeredityJournal
over 1 year ago
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)]
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Wilson Ornithological Society
almost 2 years ago
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...
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JJ Millibeter
almost 2 years ago
🦉🪶 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)
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BOU
almost 2 years ago
Backpack satellite transmitters reduce survival but not nesting propensity or success of greater sage-grouse |
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
| Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology
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Go read my lab mates recent publication on Black Oystercatchers in BC!
add a skeleton here at some point
almost 2 years ago
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Rebecca Heisman
almost 2 years ago
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...
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These Birds Are Never, Ever, Ever Getting Back Together | Hakai Magazine
Personalities play a role in whether seabirds “divorce”—but sometimes climate change does, too.
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/these-birds-are-never-ever-ever-getting-back-together/
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BOU
almost 2 years ago
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
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Wilson Ornithological Society
almost 2 years ago
📢 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...
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Wilson Ornithological Society
about 2 years ago
"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...
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Guest Post: Do American Oystercatchers Avoid Beaches With Dense Vegetation?
On a breezy beach day along the Eastern Seaboard, there's a good chance you'll run into a somewhat particular shorebird—the American Oystercatcher.
https://wilsonsociety.org/2023/12/05/guest-post-do-american-oystercatchers-avoid-beaches-with-dense-vegetation/
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