Nathan Senner
@drgodwit.bsky.social
Mass Audubon Bertrand Chair for Ornithology in Dept. Environmental Conservation at UMass Amherst. Fan of all things godwits. Oh, and other birds, and ecology, and evolution, and just cool science generally.
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Tracking has revolutionized the study of migratory birds - shorebirds included! 🐦
In this paper, we explore the global and historical patterns of tracking effort on these birds, and suggests some species that would benefit from future tracking efforts
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In this paper, we explore the global and historical patterns of tracking effort on these birds, and suggests some species that would benefit from future tracking efforts
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global review of shorebird tracking data to identify research gaps and conservation priorities
Tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behavior and habitat use of shorebirds and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, realizing the full po...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Tracking has revolutionized the study of migratory birds - shorebirds included! 🐦
In this paper, we explore the global and historical patterns of tracking effort on these birds, and suggests some species that would benefit from future tracking efforts
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In this paper, we explore the global and historical patterns of tracking effort on these birds, and suggests some species that would benefit from future tracking efforts
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A new article in Ecology and Evolution on apparent survival rates for two populations of Golden Eagles in Scotland. Shed feathers were collected at nest sites for genotyping and sexing. Mark-recapture models used to estimate demographic rates.🪶https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.72912
January 14, 2026 at 2:14 PM
A new article in Ecology and Evolution on apparent survival rates for two populations of Golden Eagles in Scotland. Shed feathers were collected at nest sites for genotyping and sexing. Mark-recapture models used to estimate demographic rates.🪶https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.72912
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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
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Translocation of Raso Larks to the island of Santa Luzia in 2018 after eradication of invasive cats has been spectacularly successful, with nearly 1000 individuals now. Great work by @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social partner Biosfera, and long-championed by Mike Brooke www.birdguides.com/news/raso-la...
Raso Lark reintroduction proves a triumph
After a small number of Raso Larks were translocated to Santa Luzia in 2018, the population has grown to as many as 1,000 individuals.
www.birdguides.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Translocation of Raso Larks to the island of Santa Luzia in 2018 after eradication of invasive cats has been spectacularly successful, with nearly 1000 individuals now. Great work by @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social partner Biosfera, and long-championed by Mike Brooke www.birdguides.com/news/raso-la...
I had a blast talking with @drscottataylor.bsky.social on the most recent episode of Okay, but...birds. Tune in for my hot take on why Hudsonian Godwits are far superior to Arctic Terns as migratory birds! (I welcome any & all angry comments from tern supporters 😉)
okaybutbirds.com/episodes/e5
okaybutbirds.com/episodes/e5
E5: Okay, but why fly from the Arctic to Antarctica and back every year? — Okay, But... Birds
okaybutbirds.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I had a blast talking with @drscottataylor.bsky.social on the most recent episode of Okay, but...birds. Tune in for my hot take on why Hudsonian Godwits are far superior to Arctic Terns as migratory birds! (I welcome any & all angry comments from tern supporters 😉)
okaybutbirds.com/episodes/e5
okaybutbirds.com/episodes/e5
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After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
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LSU Museum of Natural Sciences is hiring a postdoc! Come join our very active and supportive museum community. Applicants can work with any of the major divisions: 🐀🦜🦎🐸🐠
Review begins February 15th, please share!
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
Review begins February 15th, please share!
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
Postdoctoral Researcher
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
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January 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
LSU Museum of Natural Sciences is hiring a postdoc! Come join our very active and supportive museum community. Applicants can work with any of the major divisions: 🐀🦜🦎🐸🐠
Review begins February 15th, please share!
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
Review begins February 15th, please share!
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
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We're hiring! The Dept. of Environmental Conservation @umassamherst.bsky.social is looking for an Extension Professor in Biodiversity Conservation. Reviews start Feb 1. I am on the SC and absolutely love working in the ECo Dept. Come join us! DM me with questions. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Extension Assistant Professor - Biodiversity Conservation | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We're hiring! The Dept. of Environmental Conservation @umassamherst.bsky.social is looking for an Extension Professor in Biodiversity Conservation. Reviews start Feb 1. I am on the SC and absolutely love working in the ECo Dept. Come join us! DM me with questions. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Biologist kidnapped in Mexico news.mongabay.com/short-articl... 🧪🌎
Biologist kidnapped in Mexico
In the mountains of central Veracruz, scientific work is rarely abstract. It means walking narrow paths through cloud forest, speaking patiently with communities, and learning to read landscapes that…
news.mongabay.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Biologist kidnapped in Mexico news.mongabay.com/short-articl... 🧪🌎
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A bit of serendipity this morning - didn’t feel safe going out in the car so went to the canal instead and saw this. My comedy moment for the year 🦢🤪
[Vertical video so needs a click]
#sillyswan #iphone15pro
[Vertical video so needs a click]
#sillyswan #iphone15pro
January 3, 2026 at 11:31 AM
A bit of serendipity this morning - didn’t feel safe going out in the car so went to the canal instead and saw this. My comedy moment for the year 🦢🤪
[Vertical video so needs a click]
#sillyswan #iphone15pro
[Vertical video so needs a click]
#sillyswan #iphone15pro
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On the other Dutch radar it is very clear birds are fleeing away from fireworks towards quiet places like the Wadden Sea and IJsselmeer (a huge inland lake). See the patterns of reflectivity moving towards the East/ESE.
More, including GIFs of Belgian radars, here: horizon.science.uva.nl/fireworks/
More, including GIFs of Belgian radars, here: horizon.science.uva.nl/fireworks/
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
On the other Dutch radar it is very clear birds are fleeing away from fireworks towards quiet places like the Wadden Sea and IJsselmeer (a huge inland lake). See the patterns of reflectivity moving towards the East/ESE.
More, including GIFs of Belgian radars, here: horizon.science.uva.nl/fireworks/
More, including GIFs of Belgian radars, here: horizon.science.uva.nl/fireworks/
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From 2004–2011, ~62,000 African Penguin died near Cape Town because of sardine collapse caused by climate change and overfishing. That’s ~95% of the breeding penguins! In 2024, African Penguins were uplisted to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
High adult mortality of African Penguins Spheniscus demersus in South Africa after 2004 was likely caused by starvation
From 2004–2011, following the collapse of sardine Sardinops sagax, a main food for African Penguins Spheniscus demersus, to < 25% of its maximum recorded abundance, survival of penguins breeding at...
www.tandfonline.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
From 2004–2011, ~62,000 African Penguin died near Cape Town because of sardine collapse caused by climate change and overfishing. That’s ~95% of the breeding penguins! In 2024, African Penguins were uplisted to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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Need funding to help with a small #wader #shorebird project? This might be the answer. Deadline for applications now 31st December 2025
💰 IWSG Small Grant applications
www.waderstudygroup.org/projects/sma...
💰 IWSG Small Grant applications
www.waderstudygroup.org/projects/sma...
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Need funding to help with a small #wader #shorebird project? This might be the answer. Deadline for applications now 31st December 2025
💰 IWSG Small Grant applications
www.waderstudygroup.org/projects/sma...
💰 IWSG Small Grant applications
www.waderstudygroup.org/projects/sma...
We're hiring! The Dept. of Environmental Conservation @umassamherst.bsky.social is looking for an Extension Professor in Biodiversity Conservation. Reviews start Feb 1. I am on the SC and absolutely love working in the ECo Dept. Come join us! DM me with questions. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Extension Assistant Professor - Biodiversity Conservation | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We're hiring! The Dept. of Environmental Conservation @umassamherst.bsky.social is looking for an Extension Professor in Biodiversity Conservation. Reviews start Feb 1. I am on the SC and absolutely love working in the ECo Dept. Come join us! DM me with questions. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Just in time for the holidays, I had a fun chat with @drscottataylor.bsky.social about splits and lumps… and some of the other controversies roiling avian taxonomy 🤓
🦉🧪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
🦉🧪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Okay, but why did my life list just shrink?
Podcast Episode · Okay, But... Birds · S1 E3 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Just in time for the holidays, I had a fun chat with @drscottataylor.bsky.social about splits and lumps… and some of the other controversies roiling avian taxonomy 🤓
🦉🧪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
🦉🧪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Nice write-up of our efforts to document and prevent bird collisions with windows on the UGA campus. ecology.uga.edu/project-maca...
Project MACAW aims to reduce bird-building collisions on UGA’s campus - Odum School of Ecology
Richard Hall leads a team of students identifying hotspots for lethal bird collisions.
ecology.uga.edu
December 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Nice write-up of our efforts to document and prevent bird collisions with windows on the UGA campus. ecology.uga.edu/project-maca...
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Latest articles from the WJO - Integrating historical records and citizen science data to understand bird responses to climate change in Concord, Massachusetts: Thoreau to eBird. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Latest articles from the WJO - Integrating historical records and citizen science data to understand bird responses to climate change in Concord, Massachusetts: Thoreau to eBird. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
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📣 PhD opportunity in my lab 📣
We're looking for a motivated student interested in the effects of thermal stress on animal survival and reproduction: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Project is open-ended to allow student to define its direction depending on their interests
Please share widely!
We're looking for a motivated student interested in the effects of thermal stress on animal survival and reproduction: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Project is open-ended to allow student to define its direction depending on their interests
Please share widely!
December 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
📣 PhD opportunity in my lab 📣
We're looking for a motivated student interested in the effects of thermal stress on animal survival and reproduction: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Project is open-ended to allow student to define its direction depending on their interests
Please share widely!
We're looking for a motivated student interested in the effects of thermal stress on animal survival and reproduction: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Project is open-ended to allow student to define its direction depending on their interests
Please share widely!
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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Introgression between species can shape #evolution. Study of the colorful American #warblers (Parulidae) by @kevinfpbennett.bsky.social @davetoews.bsky.social &co reveals intergeneric & interspecific introgression of genes related to carotenoid #plumage color @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/48MyfU2
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Introgression between species can shape #evolution. Study of the colorful American #warblers (Parulidae) by @kevinfpbennett.bsky.social @davetoews.bsky.social &co reveals intergeneric & interspecific introgression of genes related to carotenoid #plumage color @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/48MyfU2
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WTAF:
@cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social considering removing bylaw for bird-friendly windows.
Bylaw only applies to new builds along major corridors & near malls!
But industry doesn’t like it. So nature takes the hit, literally.
Winnipeggers, you gotta write to council.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
@cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social considering removing bylaw for bird-friendly windows.
Bylaw only applies to new builds along major corridors & near malls!
But industry doesn’t like it. So nature takes the hit, literally.
Winnipeggers, you gotta write to council.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Researcher 'shocked' as Winnipeg considers scrapping recent bird-friendly window bylaw
The City of Winnipeg is considering 'deleting' its bird-friendly window requirements for a mix of new builds along major corridors and near malls based on industry feedback that suggested the rule was...
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
WTAF:
@cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social considering removing bylaw for bird-friendly windows.
Bylaw only applies to new builds along major corridors & near malls!
But industry doesn’t like it. So nature takes the hit, literally.
Winnipeggers, you gotta write to council.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
@cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social considering removing bylaw for bird-friendly windows.
Bylaw only applies to new builds along major corridors & near malls!
But industry doesn’t like it. So nature takes the hit, literally.
Winnipeggers, you gotta write to council.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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🚨 Supersuckling Alert! 🚨 Galápagos sea lion moms are rewriting the rules of weaning! 🦭📢 Childs et al. reveal that mothers nurse their adult (5+ years!) offspring—even when those offspring are already reproducing! 🤯
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🚨 Supersuckling Alert! 🚨 Galápagos sea lion moms are rewriting the rules of weaning! 🦭📢 Childs et al. reveal that mothers nurse their adult (5+ years!) offspring—even when those offspring are already reproducing! 🤯
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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A small, but effective USAID program has played a leading role in driving down the burden of neglected tropical diseases around the world.
The Trump administration cut the program, and countries are scrambling to prevent these debilitating diseases from roaring back.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The Trump administration cut the program, and countries are scrambling to prevent these debilitating diseases from roaring back.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The fight to beat neglected tropical diseases was going well. 2025 could change that
The campaign to prevent and treat these diseases has seen great success thanks to a USAID program. Now that program is gone.
www.npr.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A small, but effective USAID program has played a leading role in driving down the burden of neglected tropical diseases around the world.
The Trump administration cut the program, and countries are scrambling to prevent these debilitating diseases from roaring back.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The Trump administration cut the program, and countries are scrambling to prevent these debilitating diseases from roaring back.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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A resurrection study of scarlet monkeyflower populations across the species' range finds relatively little adaptive response to a seven-year drought event, showing that evolutionary rescue is not as predictable as we might hope 🌿
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December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A resurrection study of scarlet monkeyflower populations across the species' range finds relatively little adaptive response to a seven-year drought event, showing that evolutionary rescue is not as predictable as we might hope 🌿
buff.ly/L8o4hhr
buff.ly/L8o4hhr
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In memory of Dr. Keith Hobson, the Society of Canadian Ornithologists is collecting donations to support the Keith Hobson Early Career Research Award. If you have the means, join me in supporting this initiative:
www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Details: www.sco-soc.ca/early-career...
www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Details: www.sco-soc.ca/early-career...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
In memory of Dr. Keith Hobson, the Society of Canadian Ornithologists is collecting donations to support the Keith Hobson Early Career Research Award. If you have the means, join me in supporting this initiative:
www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Details: www.sco-soc.ca/early-career...
www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
Details: www.sco-soc.ca/early-career...