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Airam Rodríguez

@airamrodriguez.bsky.social

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#conservation #lightpollution #raptors #seabirds #ornithology #RyC Fellow at #MNCN #CSIC @[email protected] at #Mastodon www.airamrguez.weebly.com www.ecolightsforseabirds.weebly.com/news

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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · Nov 26

Have you ever wondered how a #shearwater fledgling flies from its nest to the places where they are grounded by #LightPollution?
We've used GPSs with remote download to track their flights & published this paper doi.org/10.3389/fevo...
#seabirds #seabirdersaturday

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 9d

The @allatlantico.bsky.social Forum brings together stakeholders from both sides of the Atlantic, aiming to advance transatlantic scientific cooperation & innovation for ocean sustainability
👉 tinyurl.com/bpp2zpuu

#AAORIA2025 #EUResearch #Tour4EU #EUROGOOS #OurSharedOcean #GES4SEAS #BlueEconomy

AquaPLAN at the 2025 All-Atlantic Forum - AquaPLAN

Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...

aquaplan-project.eu

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 8d

Today we had our AquaPLAN Interim General Meeting
Recap:
✅ Next Steering Committee Meeting
📊 EC M18 Review Meeting Outcomes
✈️ Next Annual General Meeting – Lisbon in January!
🤝 Updated Consortium Agreement
⏱️ Upcoming Deliverables – Due end 2025
🌍 Updates from @allatlantico.bsky.social Forum

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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · 14d

Esto es lo que ves a la llegada de dos aeropuertos de #España
@idealista haciéndonos ver que #Canarias sigue siendo una colonia. Canari@ despierta! Qué te comen la merienda (cómo dirían @CeltasCortos)
#CanariasTieneUnLimite
¿Adivinas dónde está el otro cartel?

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Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab @behavecol-lab.bsky.social · 19d

Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

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Taylor Brown @tbrownbirds.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks @airamrodriguez.bsky.social for featuring our study on ecolightsforseabirds.weebly.com/news/new-pub...!
Storm-petrels avoid light after stranding - and we can develop post-stranding mortality mitigation strategies that take advantage of this. Ta-da... Hide boxes!
@garyburness.bsky.social

New publication: Safe haven-type shelters mitigate light-induced mortality

Strandings of procellariiform (tube-nosed) seabirds can be greatly reduced by decreasing emissions of artificial light at night, but in many affected locations (e.g., cities, industrial sites) it is.....

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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
ecolightsforseabirds.weebly.com/news/pufflin...
#ornithology
#seabirds

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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Pablo Capilla-Lasheras @pcapi.bsky.social · Aug 19

#EOU2025 Come and join us for the symposium on #bird #migration and #ALAN, aiming to discuss fundamental research and policy.

LR3 - Tuesday 19 - 10:30h

@baptischmi.bsky.social @carburt.bsky.social @jlyr.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social
#ornithology
#aeroecology
#movementecology
#lightpollution

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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · Aug 7

Looking for #seabirds in nesting colonies on #GranCanaria located more than 10 km from the coastline

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · Jul 28

There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Riley Lawson describes the backstory of his recent paper in The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology, which documents the underappreciated threat that collisions with anthropogenic structures pose to #seabirds. wilsonsociety.org/2025/07/28/g...

Taxonomic distribution of all banded seabirds that were recorded in the North American Bird Banding Program dataset (1930–2023) as having died from colliding with anthropogenic structures. Recovery rate is defined as the number of collision-associated recoveries per 100,000 birds banded. Bird silhouettes generated by PhyloPic (Keesey 2024).

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · Jul 29

Interesting research, suggesting poorly designed or excessive private lighting is contributing as much to ALAN pollution as street lights.
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This seems to be one of the few areas where our own actions can make a significant positive contribution!

Turn it off!
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theconversation.com/street-lamps...

Street lamps aren’t the only form of artificial light pollution – here’s how to create darker nights

Light Pollution is a significant environmental issue and is spreading rapidly. The good news is that it is easy to fix - find out how here…

theconversation.com

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The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales @wtsww.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our Burrow Cam livestream is back! Tune in to follow the journey of this Manx Shearwater chick as it grows and fledges the nest!

Watch Shearwaters live from Skomer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ihL7gTNKZE

📸 Chris Lawrence

#ManxShearwater #Seabirds #Skomer #WildlifeWebcams

A photo of a Manx Shearwater, a black and white seabird with a thin, long hooked bill, with the text 'Skomer Island Burrow Cam - Watch Manx shearwaters live'

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El Mundo Today @elmundotoday.com · Jul 16

"Si no, tendrán que irse".

Lee el artículo completo en la web:
www.elmundotoday.com/2025/07/amni...

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𝔸𝕣𝕖𝕫𝕟𝕠 @arezno.bsky.social · Jul 15

Por lo que sea, fueron capaces de detener a tuiteros por publicar chistes sobre Carrero Blanco pero parece ser muy difícil hacerlo con aquellos que organizan y mueven a cientos de meningíticos con el odio a flor de piel.

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Iluminación nocturna respetuosa @madridconestrellas.bsky.social · Jul 12

Lorenzo Milá charla sobre #contaminaciónlumínica en el programa Objetivo Planeta del Canal 24h de TVE con los investigadores Alicia Pelegrina (@iaacsic.bsky.social), @pmisson.bsky.social (@fisicas-ucm.bsky.social) y @airamrodriguez.bsky.social (@mncn-csic.bsky.social)
📺👇
www.rtve.es/play/videos/...

Objetivo Planeta - Contaminación lumínica

Emisión del programa Objetivo Planeta titulado Contaminación lumínica. Todos los contenidos de TVE los tienes aquí, en RTVE Play

www.rtve.es

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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · Jun 12

@mncn-csic.bsky.social
@csic.es @society4conbio.bsky.social @fbiodiversidad.bsky.social

Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · Jun 11

Nest-box provisioning as an offset or greenwashing practice in renewables projects
🌍 #ornithology
#raptorresearch #ecology
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · Jun 11

Not sure, why or how I disabled quite posts. Now I have modified that.

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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · Jun 11

Nest-box provisioning as an offset or greenwashing practice in renewables projects
🌍 #ornithology
#raptorresearch #ecology
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jun 2

Use of Monk Parakeet Nests by American Kestrels in Central Argentina | doi.org/10.3356/jrr252 | Journal of Raptor Research | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · May 29

Hola @pacopuentesfoto.bsky.social
Estoy buscando esta foto de mi familia mirando al volcán de La Palma ¿Podrías escribirme? Nos gustaría publicarle en un libro homenaje.
Mil gracias
elpais.com/sociedad/202...

Hombre que mira el volcán con sus hijas

Los colegios siguen cerrados en la zona afectada y los padres temen las consecuencias de una conmoción así en la vida de los más pequeños

elpais.com

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Julián Macías @julianmacias.bsky.social · May 20

¡Bravo @grufian.bsky.social!
Muy identificado con sus palabras.
Estoy totalmente polarizado y soy totalmente intolerante con los malnacidos que justifican el asesinato de más de 15.000 niños y presumen de ello. Cuando pase la moda de ser mala persona se lo recordaremos.

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Desarma Madrid @desarmamadrid.bsky.social · May 12

‼️‼️ ACCIÓN de protesta contra la Feria de Armas FEINDEF

👉 Un grupo de activistas representa la realidad del negocio de las armas frente al IFEMA.

🔴 Las armas que se venden aquí, matan a gente en zonas de conflicto.

#NoAlRearme
#NOaFEINDEF
#StopVentaDeArmas
#FueraSeñoresDeLaGuerra

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Joan Ferrer Obiol @joanferrerobiol.bsky.social · May 8

🚨 New paper alert 🚨

🪶 Evolutionarily distinct lineages of a migratory bird of prey show divergent responses to climate change 🪶

👉 rdcu.be/ehvAA

#LesserKestrel #ornithology #ClimateChange #Conservation

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Iñigo Martínez-Solano @batracofistro.bsky.social · Apr 23

Este domingo a las 12 en el Parque de Berlín estaré firmando el libro, para el que se anime

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Marcello D'Amico @marcellodamico.bsky.social · Mar 31

Our datapaper "Global Roadkill Data: a dataset on terrestrial vertebrate mortality caused by collision with vehicles" is now online on #ScientificData: nature.com/articles/s41... #RoadEcology @ebdonana.bsky.social

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Airam Rodríguez @airamrodriguez.bsky.social · Mar 30

#lightpollution

Seabird Ecology Lab @seabirdecology.bsky.social · Mar 29

EDEC SA works for #CaboVerde govern and changed Brava street & port lights from yellow to strong white LED. A few days later >150 Cape Verde, Leach and WF #StormPetrels & Boyd's #shearwaters collisioned and died. Despite #ProjectoVito warned DNA, 3d later lights are on m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

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