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Anne Ausems
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Nov 26
Since many more people have come to #Bluesky lately, I though it might be fun to share my publications on here, as well! (And as I'm still ECR, it's a reasonable number). Most are on #StormPetrels, but I do have some cool ones on #Whimbrel as well, and even a co-authorship on #PiedFlycatcher. #bird
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · 10h
Fun is the most important part, tho
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · 14h
We only have 5 days left before the last of our team leaves the #FaroeIslands, but these chicks still have some growing to do!
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · 2d
One of the challenges of working with European #stormpetrels on the #FaroeIslands is that they don't really synchronise anything... These two chicks were weighed 5 minutes apart! @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social
Young European storm petrel in the hand Older European storm petrel chick in the hand Young European storm petrel chick in a silicone muffin tin, weighing exactly 7g. An older European storm petrel chick in the same silicone muffin tin (mostly obscured) weighing 38.50g.
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · 2d
Neither of these chicks will likely fledge before we have to head out, after having spent almost 90 days in the Faroe Islands! The young chick on these photos is 5 - 7 days old (we don't check daily) while the older one is 45 - 46 days old. We also still have two eggs remaining!
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · 2d
One of the challenges of working with European #stormpetrels on the #FaroeIslands is that they don't really synchronise anything... These two chicks were weighed 5 minutes apart! @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social
Young European storm petrel in the hand Older European storm petrel chick in the hand Young European storm petrel chick in a silicone muffin tin, weighing exactly 7g. An older European storm petrel chick in the same silicone muffin tin (mostly obscured) weighing 38.50g.
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · 16d
Seems like our ScienceBricks to monitor attendance of burrow nesting seabirds should help with at least some of these challenges! @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
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Alice Edney @aliceedney.bsky.social · 17d
🚨 New #seabirds paper 🚨

Following a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference 2024 & led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, we review opportunities & challenges for new technologies in seabird monitoring 🎥💻🐣

Link below! ⬇️ #ornithology
doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Opportunities and challenges for new technologies in seabird population monitoring
Abstract. Monitoring of seabird population size and demography has for decades relied on observer-based methods. While such methods have allowed the accumu
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · 18d
You could be here enjoying the drizzle.
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Jonathan A. Green @jon-seabirds.bsky.social · 25d
Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · 26d
A recent #linocut of a cupcake #stormpetrel chick! #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · 27d
We are well supervised by the local sheep while weighing our cupcake chicks! #SeabirdSeptember @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Sep 9
That's a much more intricate version of The Stick that we use here (until @jasonwalczak.bsky.social's Science Bricks are perfected and deployed across the colony, ofc.)!
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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · Sep 6
New post at ecolightsforseabirds website!
Pufflings navigating the lit night
About a recent study by @tbrownbirds.bsky.social on the Atlantic Puffin
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Pufflings navigating the lit night
Each year in Newfoundland, Canada, fledgling Atlantic Puffins (“pufflings”; Fratercula arctica ) become stranded in coastal towns during their nocturnal first flights from breeding colonies on...
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Sep 3
Yes!
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Sep 3
Easy to weigh them in, easy to pack (they fold!), and easy to wipe clean. And very, very cute.
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Sep 2
You're a fashion icon, @robthomasbirds.bsky.social!
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Sep 2
Although most breeding #seabird fieldwork in the North Atlantic has come to an end, we're still in the thick of it with 12/56 eggs hatched! #SeabirdSeptember @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social @felixazurawska.bsky.social @bardseyben.bsky.social
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Aug 31
I'd like to say I made a new friend today but this -very fat- #fulmar chick didn't really love being picked up from the road and released back to the ocean where it belongs... My hands will forever smell. @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @annaznoj.bsky.social
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · May 7
A few things cooler than AI by Andy J. Pizza
Drawings of a few things cooler than AI such as owls, clouds, Stars, dreams, birds, snails, a child's drawing, peanut butter and jelly a hug, the ocean and a cool rock
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Aug 16
My current lab at #Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia is looking for a new master student to look at Leach's #stormpetrel #geolocation data and #carryover effects. And 🌟I🌟 will be a co-supervisor!
Advertisement for a Graduate student assistantship: the phyiological and movement ecology of Storm Petrels at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia - please message me to share the pdf file with the whole description.
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Aug 27
We've got some strong legged #stormpetrel chicks this year! Photo by @jasonwalczak.bsky.social. @bardseyben.bsky.social @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social
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Gavin Simpson @gsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 18
🚀 gratia 0.11.0 is out!

Now has a paper in JOSS — please cite 📄 doi.org/10.21105/jos...

Experimental parallel processing ⚡

New assemble() for building plots 🎨

Better support for complex families + new diagnostics 🧪

Lots of bug fixes + polish ✨

👉 gavinsimpson.github.io/gratia/

#Rstats
An R package for working with generalized additive models
Graceful 'ggplot'-based graphics and utility functions for working with generalized additive models (GAMs) fitted using the 'mgcv' package.
gavinsimpson.github.io
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Aug 16
My current lab at #Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia is looking for a new master student to look at Leach's #stormpetrel #geolocation data and #carryover effects. And 🌟I🌟 will be a co-supervisor!
Advertisement for a Graduate student assistantship: the phyiological and movement ecology of Storm Petrels at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia - please message me to share the pdf file with the whole description.
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Aug 15
If you really want to spend more time than necessary, @kasiawojczulanis.bsky.social can introduce you to the concept of building your CV in R.
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Aug 14
It did try to nom @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social
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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · Aug 14
Our not-a- #stormpetrel chick is getting suspicious of us. #puffin @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social @bardseyben.bsky.social
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Sophie Bennett @bennett-sophie.bsky.social · Aug 13
The BOU being so on it they beat me to posting about our own paper!

Any folk interested in using bioacoustics to monitor petrels/ #seabirds do get in touch- we're continuing this work at @btoscotland.bsky.social and always keen for more collaborations in this emerging field
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Aug 13
Bioacoustics as a Measure of Population Size and Breeding Success of European Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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