Sarah Gutowsky
@halibirdnerd.bsky.social
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#Wildlife #Biologist with Canadian Wildlife Service #CWS, Environment and Climate Change Canada #ECCC focused on #seabird and #waterbird #conservation status and #trends. Views are my own. She/Her.
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I guess it's time to introduce myself! I'm Sarah Gutowsky, a #Quantitative #Wildlife #Biologist with #Environment and #ClimateChange Canada, based in #Halifax, #NovaScotia.

My specialty is #seabird and #waterbird #ecology - I help to monitor and assess the status and trends of #birds in #Canada!
halibirdnerd.bsky.social
#motmot

Need I say more?

My fav group from #costarica, we managed to find 3 species: turquoise-browed, lesson's & broad-billed.
halibirdnerd.bsky.social
1st time on a non-work #birding trip and 1st time in #CostaRica has been a dream come true, including delivering this mega #lifer today along with >100 others so far! the thriving #ecotourism here gives me hope for the world...
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patnad.bsky.social
naturecounts.ca/nc/socb-epoc... In case you missed it last Fall when this was released. I'd never posted it here before. Super informative: pick your fave species and see how it has been trending.
The State of Canada’s Birds Report
Canada’s birds have stories to tell. See how they are doing, how their populations have changed, and what you can do to help.
naturecounts.ca
Reposted by Sarah Gutowsky
ellycknight.bsky.social
Hey bird people! Join us in Saskatoon for SCO-SOC 2025 Conference in Aug 13-16. Symposia and workshop submissions are open now until Jan 31!

conferences.usask.ca/sco-2025/ind...
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How does one join the pack?
halibirdnerd.bsky.social
Ok #superseabirdsunday, I'll play! Here are some northern #fulmars doing what they do best at the flow edge of Admiralty Inlet in #Nunavut #Arctic #Canada
halibirdnerd.bsky.social
Agreed on a grey blue! Like a heathered blue? But I'll buy whatever you choose... This is an awesome t-shirt idea!
halibirdnerd.bsky.social
Yah! I've guided New Brunswick and the flow edge for them 🙂
Reposted by Sarah Gutowsky
ecostanley.bsky.social
Really important read about the extinction of experience among ecologists - and the barriers to doing fieldwork - both in teaching & research. @kevinjgaston.bsky.social Likely to hinder our efforts to address the biodiversity crisis doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🌏🧪
halibirdnerd.bsky.social
Not for this project, but I love that platform!
halibirdnerd.bsky.social
Looking for a #bird related volunteer opportunity to kick off 2025? Help us count our #fulmar survey photos to update our population estimates! Email me if you're interested.
#seabirds
#conservation
#arctic
Reposted by Sarah Gutowsky
bou.org.uk
BOU @bou.org.uk · Jan 13
EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Using model-based distance sampling to estimate decadal population change in Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) across periods spanned by different at-sea survey methods | onlinelibrary.wiley....

T.J. Clark-Wolf et al | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
Reposted by Sarah Gutowsky
richardkbroughton.bsky.social
New in #BirdStudy
#Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu.

Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#ornithology
Great Skua in Shetland
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonxie_aka_Great_Skua_(Stercorarius_skua),_Hermaness_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6509392.jpg
halibirdnerd.bsky.social
I guess it's time to introduce myself! I'm Sarah Gutowsky, a #Quantitative #Wildlife #Biologist with #Environment and #ClimateChange Canada, based in #Halifax, #NovaScotia.

My specialty is #seabird and #waterbird #ecology - I help to monitor and assess the status and trends of #birds in #Canada!