Kamya Patel
@kamyabio.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland.
Special interests include animal behaviour and conservation.
Special interests include animal behaviour and conservation.
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🚨SAVE THE DATE ASSAB 2026🚨
The ASSAB 2026 conference will be held in Adelaide in 2026!
Keep an eye out on the ASSAB website and social media for more information! We will see you there!
The ASSAB 2026 conference will be held in Adelaide in 2026!
Keep an eye out on the ASSAB website and social media for more information! We will see you there!
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
🚨SAVE THE DATE ASSAB 2026🚨
The ASSAB 2026 conference will be held in Adelaide in 2026!
Keep an eye out on the ASSAB website and social media for more information! We will see you there!
The ASSAB 2026 conference will be held in Adelaide in 2026!
Keep an eye out on the ASSAB website and social media for more information! We will see you there!
My first paper woohoo!!! Read about the knowns and unknowns of avian sleep!
@kamyabio.bsky.social's first article from her PhD is out!
@aucklanduni.bsky.social @kecain.bsky.social
@aucklanduni.bsky.social @kecain.bsky.social
The impacts of sleep disturbance on birds: a review of the knowledge gaps | doi.org/10.1002/jav.... | Journal of Avian Biology | #ornithology 🪶
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My first paper woohoo!!! Read about the knowns and unknowns of avian sleep!
Reposted by Kamya Patel
Back from the holidays with a splash, the latest episode of Fieldnotes is out. We think you'll find this episode all about seabirds is well worth the wait. Ariel-Micaiah Heswall shed light on why our city lights make rough nights for seabirds.
Listen now on Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/3k85...
Listen now on Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/3k85...
February 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Back from the holidays with a splash, the latest episode of Fieldnotes is out. We think you'll find this episode all about seabirds is well worth the wait. Ariel-Micaiah Heswall shed light on why our city lights make rough nights for seabirds.
Listen now on Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/3k85...
Listen now on Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/3k85...
Reposted by Kamya Patel
Absolutely loving the first year PhD Lightening talks at our annual Dept. research & teaching celebration. @kamyabio.bsky.social tells us about her project on sleep disturbance in birds. 🧪🌏🐦 #SBS @aucklanduni.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Absolutely loving the first year PhD Lightening talks at our annual Dept. research & teaching celebration. @kamyabio.bsky.social tells us about her project on sleep disturbance in birds. 🧪🌏🐦 #SBS @aucklanduni.bsky.social
Want to learn about the iconic Tuatara?🦎
Listen to this episode of fieldnotes where we have Cam Hoffbeck, PhD student at the University of Auckland talk about the tuatara gut microbiome, the secrets of microbiomes in space and what the tuatara sound like:
open.spotify.com/episode/24xr...
Listen to this episode of fieldnotes where we have Cam Hoffbeck, PhD student at the University of Auckland talk about the tuatara gut microbiome, the secrets of microbiomes in space and what the tuatara sound like:
open.spotify.com/episode/24xr...
November 18, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Want to learn about the iconic Tuatara?🦎
Listen to this episode of fieldnotes where we have Cam Hoffbeck, PhD student at the University of Auckland talk about the tuatara gut microbiome, the secrets of microbiomes in space and what the tuatara sound like:
open.spotify.com/episode/24xr...
Listen to this episode of fieldnotes where we have Cam Hoffbeck, PhD student at the University of Auckland talk about the tuatara gut microbiome, the secrets of microbiomes in space and what the tuatara sound like:
open.spotify.com/episode/24xr...
Reposted by Kamya Patel
Olfactory and visual acuity differences between seabirds may make some families more susceptible to plastic ingestion than others, hypothesises @kamyabio.bsky.social. Shags were most likely to have ingested microplastics. #AOC2023
November 29, 2023 at 5:08 AM
Olfactory and visual acuity differences between seabirds may make some families more susceptible to plastic ingestion than others, hypothesises @kamyabio.bsky.social. Shags were most likely to have ingested microplastics. #AOC2023
So excited to be involved in this project - the research and the team are absolute dreams!!!!
Hey. That’s me @jgmussoi.bsky.social and @kamyabio.bsky.social. With @ecostanley.bsky.social and J Lesku at LaTrobe. Gonna be fun!!
November 8, 2023 at 1:49 AM
So excited to be involved in this project - the research and the team are absolute dreams!!!!
Last weekend, I saw a kiwi in the wild for the first time!! Crazy considering
1) I am a kiwi
2) I am an #ecologist
3) I STUDY BIRDS
I am truly grateful for how far kiwi conservation has come, but I'm wondering how many kiwis (people) go their whole lives without ever seeing a kiwi (bird).
1) I am a kiwi
2) I am an #ecologist
3) I STUDY BIRDS
I am truly grateful for how far kiwi conservation has come, but I'm wondering how many kiwis (people) go their whole lives without ever seeing a kiwi (bird).
November 7, 2023 at 2:44 AM
Last weekend, I saw a kiwi in the wild for the first time!! Crazy considering
1) I am a kiwi
2) I am an #ecologist
3) I STUDY BIRDS
I am truly grateful for how far kiwi conservation has come, but I'm wondering how many kiwis (people) go their whole lives without ever seeing a kiwi (bird).
1) I am a kiwi
2) I am an #ecologist
3) I STUDY BIRDS
I am truly grateful for how far kiwi conservation has come, but I'm wondering how many kiwis (people) go their whole lives without ever seeing a kiwi (bird).
Absolutely terrifying considering the extent of mice invasion 🫣
First evidence of mouse predation killing adult great albatrosses.
- Incredibly sad news for a critically endangered bird
- Invasive species are a top conservation concern, esp. on islands
Still, I can't help but be impressed by the chutzpah of the mice.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧪🦊🪶
- Incredibly sad news for a critically endangered bird
- Invasive species are a top conservation concern, esp. on islands
Still, I can't help but be impressed by the chutzpah of the mice.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧪🦊🪶
November 6, 2023 at 9:20 PM
Absolutely terrifying considering the extent of mice invasion 🫣
What an absolutely incredible achievement! So stoked!!! Well done!!!!
We did it!!! @kecain.bsky.social
🐦💤
Our project has been funded by the Marsden Fund.
Who knew a random phone call chatting about bird sleep would turn into a PhD, and now a Marsden awarded project?!?
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
🐦💤
Our project has been funded by the Marsden Fund.
Who knew a random phone call chatting about bird sleep would turn into a PhD, and now a Marsden awarded project?!?
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
Twinkle, twinkle, little star(ling): Are sleepy birds sloppy singers?
Sleep disturbance can impair our mood as well as our ability to learn – but can sleep disruption in our youth have longer-term consequences on learning and performance? Dr Kristal Cain from Waipapa ...
www.royalsociety.org.nz
November 6, 2023 at 8:58 PM
What an absolutely incredible achievement! So stoked!!! Well done!!!!