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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 6d

In 1981, just 4 years after Project Puffin began, adult puffins returned to Eastern Egg Island—with fish in their beaks 🐟 A sign chicks had hatched!

Today, hundreds thrive there—thanks to Dr. Stephen Kress, their dedicated protector. 🐧

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How researchers restored a thriving habitat for Atlantic puffins in Maine

Atlantic puffins face an increasingly precarious foothold due in part to a loss of habitat and to troubles tied to warming ocean waters and climate change. But an effort off the coast of Maine…

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 10d

A great outcome from a workshop at our #seabird conference last year in Portugal, this review paper collab has been selected as Editor's choice at ICES Journal of Marine Science! 💪👏

⤵️ academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

#seabirdmonitoring #newtechnology #remotecameras #acoustic #biotelemetry #UAVs 🛰️🌊

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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Tasha Gownaris @njg.bsky.social · 22d

Bluesky #bird people- if you haven’t seen it yet, you have to watch #Listers. It’s birds, it’s free, it’s funny, it has awesome bird footage, and it’s decidedly not kid friendly. What more could you want? youtu.be/JjWExJQed2Y?...

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 24d

Calling all isotope ecologists.
IsoEcol 2026 will be held between October 12-17th, 2026 at the University of Hong Kong
See www.isoecol.com/2026/ for more

IsoEcol 2026 – 14th International Conference on the Application of Stable Isotope Techniques in Ecological Studies

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Tasha Gownaris @njg.bsky.social · 24d

Sometimes we need to find clever vessels for weighing tiny #seabird chicks!

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Elaine Freezer @elainefreezer.bsky.social · 24d

Sharing a couple of my photos and sketches from monitoring Common Terns this year for #SeabirdSeptember

Summer wouldn't be summer without Seabirds 🌊🐧🪿

#CommonTerns #Seabirds #UKBirding
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social

Three images going clockwise - watercolour Sketch of a juvenile Common Tern, watercolour sketch of chick, photo of adult Tern.

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Anne Ausems @anneausems.bsky.social · 25d

A recent #linocut of a cupcake #stormpetrel chick! #SuperSeabirdSunday

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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · Aug 24

Tis the season for bird migration! Eastern migration will likely pick up Monday/Tuesday night as Erin’s influence moves out and north winds take over. #birds #fall #migration #LightsOutForBirds

NEXRAD radar map showing bird migration in the central states from north to south.

BirdCast map showing 272 million birds in flight at 12:10am EDT on August 24, 2025.

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Tasha Gownaris @njg.bsky.social · Aug 24

I think the Arctic Ecology lab www.arcticecology.ca has done some of this with thick-billed murres!

Arctic Ecology Lab

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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · Aug 24

Do I know anyone on here who might find it useful to predict hatching dates from birds eggs? Please reach out if you're open to help me develop ovotime.com to include more species, and to expand with more detailed #oology features! #phenology #seabirds #ornithology 🌍🧪

Ovotime

Ovotime is a tool for predicting the hatching time of skua eggs based on their mass, length, breadth, and density.

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Tasha Gownaris @njg.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Tasha Gownaris @njg.bsky.social · Aug 24

No Tasha was harmed in the making of this photo. Just diligent parents monitoring as we measure their little nuggets

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Tasha Gownaris @njg.bsky.social · Aug 24

I’m Tasha- I’m a seabird ecologist working in one of the fastest warming regions of the ocean. I’m faculty at a small teaching college in PA- so most of my time is spent teaching, mentoring, and doing research with (awesome) undergrads. Your #esa2025 talk motivated me to set up my acct!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 23

Shallow seamounts are “oases” and activity hubs for pelagic predators in a large-scale marine reserve

Seamounts have been likened to ‘oases’ of life in the comparative deserts of the open ocean. This integrated study of tropical seamounts suggests that high faunal biomass is sustained by exogenous…

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Giulia Masoero @giumasoero.bsky.social · Aug 19

Are you at the #EOU2025 and interested in #OpenScience?

Matthieu Paquet and I are hosting this roundtable to chat about the topic with you 😀

@eounion.bsky.social @sortee.bsky.social
#ornithology

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · Aug 20

Introducing "The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology"

The first standardised set of data editor guidelines. Led by SORTEE with input from numerous data editors across ecology and evolution.

🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X24...

The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This is a Preprint and has not been peer reviewed. This is version 1 of this Preprint.

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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · Aug 19

Come study with us! ⬇️
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · Aug 18

With the new academic year not too far off, if any university folks in the UK have a student that might like an EDI related research project in ecology/conservation/zoology that would also make a nice paper, drop me a line

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Taylor Brown @tbrownbirds.bsky.social · Aug 19

Please check out the attached advertisement for a #masters project at @dalhousieu.bsky.social on Leach's storm-petrels! #MSc #biology #gradstudies #gradschool #birds #seabirds #research

A screenshot of an ad for a master's position at Dalhousie university. Contact Glenn Crossin glenn.crossin@dal.ca

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Emily Runnells @e-runnells.bsky.social · Mar 28

So exciting that our paper on #puffin wing molt is out! We're learning more about oceanic life history, and how to protect this beloved species beyond the breeding colony, bit by bit. #stableisotopes, #seabirds, #ornithology - worth a read. Thank you #gulls, for the feather samples.

BOU @bou.org.uk · Mar 28

Stable isotopes reveal synchronous primary flight feather moult pattern of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

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Tasha Gownaris @njg.bsky.social · Aug 17

Motivated by Sanchez et al. 2025 & BioGraphI sesh at #ESA2025 - I want to share the diversity in our field with my #ecology students after asking them what identifies they associate w/the field. #Ecologists please consider sharing 3 (single words) aspects of your identify on this menti (anonymous!)

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Aug 14

Extended deadline until tomorrow!

World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · Aug 14

🐦 Seabirds are sentinels of ocean health. Join us at WSC 4: Wings of Adaptation: Seabirds in a Changing Climate 🌊🌍

📍 Hobart, Tasmania | 🗓️ 7–11 Sept 2026
📝 Proposals due 15 Aug 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4e6wQdc

#WSC4 #SeabirdScience #ClimateChange

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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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Michael Pollard @kmichaelpollard.bsky.social · Aug 13

‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds, new study suggests | Science | AAAS 🧪

‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds, new study suggests

Survey of five Australian avians finds numerous discordant individuals, including a genetically male bird that had laid an egg

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Tasha Gownaris @njg.bsky.social · Aug 12

@sortee.bsky.social meetup tonight at #ESA2025! Come join us to informally discuss all things #openscience - meet at the open science table at 6:30 to walk over together, or at “the Back Yard” (131 S Schroeder Street) at 7pm

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Tasha Gownaris @njg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Having a lovely time at #ESA2025! Three talks/workshops, all in collaboration with incredible @gettysburgcollege.bsky.social students- including co-facilitation of session run by rockstar former student Julia Sharapi!

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