@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
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"In the danger zone: wrens respond more strongly to experimentally simulated predators near their nest."
Our new study was accepted for publication! Led by @natingui.bsky.social, we use 3D-printed pygmy-owls to understand Rufous-and-white Wrens' reactions to danger. Coming soon to Ethology! 🦉🔊🪺🇨🇷🇨🇦
Our new study was accepted for publication! Led by @natingui.bsky.social, we use 3D-printed pygmy-owls to understand Rufous-and-white Wrens' reactions to danger. Coming soon to Ethology! 🦉🔊🪺🇨🇷🇨🇦
January 8, 2026 at 7:03 PM
"In the danger zone: wrens respond more strongly to experimentally simulated predators near their nest."
Our new study was accepted for publication! Led by @natingui.bsky.social, we use 3D-printed pygmy-owls to understand Rufous-and-white Wrens' reactions to danger. Coming soon to Ethology! 🦉🔊🪺🇨🇷🇨🇦
Our new study was accepted for publication! Led by @natingui.bsky.social, we use 3D-printed pygmy-owls to understand Rufous-and-white Wrens' reactions to danger. Coming soon to Ethology! 🦉🔊🪺🇨🇷🇨🇦
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Accepted for publication: "Traffic reduction during Covid-19 lockdowns benefited species already tolerant of noise pollution: an acoustic analysis." Our newest paper, led by PhD student Pedro Santos, Gonçalo Cardoso, and Nicola Koper, is coming in 2026 to The American Naturalist. Congrats Pedro!
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Accepted for publication: "Traffic reduction during Covid-19 lockdowns benefited species already tolerant of noise pollution: an acoustic analysis." Our newest paper, led by PhD student Pedro Santos, Gonçalo Cardoso, and Nicola Koper, is coming in 2026 to The American Naturalist. Congrats Pedro!
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Congratulations to Nelsy Niño @nelsyninor.bsky.social for hosting a #bioacoustics workshop, with co-organizers Andrés Sierra and Fabricio Gorleri. They hosted their workshop in Cali, Colombia in concert with the 8th Colombian Ornithology Congress. 🎤🇨🇴
Think of those tropical wildlife recordings...
Think of those tropical wildlife recordings...
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Congratulations to Nelsy Niño @nelsyninor.bsky.social for hosting a #bioacoustics workshop, with co-organizers Andrés Sierra and Fabricio Gorleri. They hosted their workshop in Cali, Colombia in concert with the 8th Colombian Ornithology Congress. 🎤🇨🇴
Think of those tropical wildlife recordings...
Think of those tropical wildlife recordings...
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Do birds have feelings? 🦉🦚🦅🦜
I'm a guest on The Warblers today, the podcast of Birds Canada. I answer a question about chickadee song. Nelsy Niño @nelsyninor.bsky.social answers a question about mimicry. Thanks for having us @birdscanada.bsky.social!
Listen here: www.birdscanada.org/warblerspodc...
I'm a guest on The Warblers today, the podcast of Birds Canada. I answer a question about chickadee song. Nelsy Niño @nelsyninor.bsky.social answers a question about mimicry. Thanks for having us @birdscanada.bsky.social!
Listen here: www.birdscanada.org/warblerspodc...
December 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Do birds have feelings? 🦉🦚🦅🦜
I'm a guest on The Warblers today, the podcast of Birds Canada. I answer a question about chickadee song. Nelsy Niño @nelsyninor.bsky.social answers a question about mimicry. Thanks for having us @birdscanada.bsky.social!
Listen here: www.birdscanada.org/warblerspodc...
I'm a guest on The Warblers today, the podcast of Birds Canada. I answer a question about chickadee song. Nelsy Niño @nelsyninor.bsky.social answers a question about mimicry. Thanks for having us @birdscanada.bsky.social!
Listen here: www.birdscanada.org/warblerspodc...
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Congratulations to Nelsy Niño for presenting her research on the ecology and evolution of female song at the 8th Colombian Ornithology Congress in Cali, Colombia. Way to go @nelsyninor.bsky.social!
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Congratulations to Nelsy Niño for presenting her research on the ecology and evolution of female song at the 8th Colombian Ornithology Congress in Cali, Colombia. Way to go @nelsyninor.bsky.social!
Congratulations Natalie!
Congratulations to Natalie Emerick for receiving an NSERC Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement. With this support Natalie will expand her studies of migratory flight calls by visiting @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social's #bioacoustics team in France in 2026. Way to go Natalie! @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Congratulations Natalie!
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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...
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3 great words on a Monday morning: Accepted for publication! Our paper "Hushed disputes between noisy neighbours: Ovenbirds vary song amplitude during conflicts with territorial rivals" is coming to Animal Behaviour. 🤫🎶🐦 By Connor Acorn, Jenn Foote, and me. [📷: J. Foote] @animbehsociety.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
3 great words on a Monday morning: Accepted for publication! Our paper "Hushed disputes between noisy neighbours: Ovenbirds vary song amplitude during conflicts with territorial rivals" is coming to Animal Behaviour. 🤫🎶🐦 By Connor Acorn, Jenn Foote, and me. [📷: J. Foote] @animbehsociety.bsky.social
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Thank you, Nature Guelph, for the invitation to speak about our research on acoustic monitoring of bird migration. It was great to join such an engaged and excited group of birders for the evening.
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Thank you, Nature Guelph, for the invitation to speak about our research on acoustic monitoring of bird migration. It was great to join such an engaged and excited group of birders for the evening.
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Tonight I'll be speaking to Nature Guelph about our team's research on bioacoustic methods for studying bird migration. Join online through Nature Guelph if you're interested:
natureguelph.ca/events/eaves...
natureguelph.ca/events/eaves...
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Tonight I'll be speaking to Nature Guelph about our team's research on bioacoustic methods for studying bird migration. Join online through Nature Guelph if you're interested:
natureguelph.ca/events/eaves...
natureguelph.ca/events/eaves...
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Dr. Vianney Cupiche Herrera of the Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo was our guest at today’s Mennill Lab meeting. We had a great conversation about playback, loudspeaker design, and conspecific attraction. Thank you for visiting us, Vianney! #bioacoustics @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Dr. Vianney Cupiche Herrera of the Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo was our guest at today’s Mennill Lab meeting. We had a great conversation about playback, loudspeaker design, and conspecific attraction. Thank you for visiting us, Vianney! #bioacoustics @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
Congratulations on a great event!
Birds & Beers V was a big success! Thanks to all who participated, including student poster & club presenters, speakers Oliver Love & Ryan Norris, Nelsy Niño for screening "Mingoya", Natalie Emerick for emceeing, community partners for joining us, and Vortex Canada & Whiskeyjack Boutique for prizes.
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Congratulations on a great event!
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24 hours until Birds & Beers V!
🦆🍺🦚🍺🦜🍺
Join us for the most anticipated event of the season: a trivia contest, student research, student art, a short film screening, ornithology lighting talks, and more! Thanks to our sponsors: Vortex Canada and Whiskeyjack Boutique. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
🦆🍺🦚🍺🦜🍺
Join us for the most anticipated event of the season: a trivia contest, student research, student art, a short film screening, ornithology lighting talks, and more! Thanks to our sponsors: Vortex Canada and Whiskeyjack Boutique. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
24 hours until Birds & Beers V!
🦆🍺🦚🍺🦜🍺
Join us for the most anticipated event of the season: a trivia contest, student research, student art, a short film screening, ornithology lighting talks, and more! Thanks to our sponsors: Vortex Canada and Whiskeyjack Boutique. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
🦆🍺🦚🍺🦜🍺
Join us for the most anticipated event of the season: a trivia contest, student research, student art, a short film screening, ornithology lighting talks, and more! Thanks to our sponsors: Vortex Canada and Whiskeyjack Boutique. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
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"Grad student takes flight to map invasive plant." Sarika Sharma, an alum of our lab, is profiled in our campus newspaper for her research to map Phragmites in the Healthy Headwaters Lab. Congratulations Sarika!
www.uwindsor.ca/news/2025-11...
@ecofebria.bsky.social @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
www.uwindsor.ca/news/2025-11...
@ecofebria.bsky.social @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Grad student takes flight to map invasive plant." Sarika Sharma, an alum of our lab, is profiled in our campus newspaper for her research to map Phragmites in the Healthy Headwaters Lab. Congratulations Sarika!
www.uwindsor.ca/news/2025-11...
@ecofebria.bsky.social @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
www.uwindsor.ca/news/2025-11...
@ecofebria.bsky.social @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
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Now published:
Behavioural threshold of adult and juvenile sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) to acoustic stimuli
✒️ Heath, Mickle, and Higgs
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
Behavioural threshold of adult and juvenile sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) to acoustic stimuli
✒️ Heath, Mickle, and Higgs
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Now published:
Behavioural threshold of adult and juvenile sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) to acoustic stimuli
✒️ Heath, Mickle, and Higgs
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
Behavioural threshold of adult and juvenile sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) to acoustic stimuli
✒️ Heath, Mickle, and Higgs
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...
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A big moment in the hallway outside our lab just now…
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social 💦💦💦
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social 💦💦💦
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A big moment in the hallway outside our lab just now…
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social 💦💦💦
@ibiouwindsor.bsky.social 💦💦💦
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BIRDS & BEERS V is one week from tonight, Thurs Nov 20, in Windsor! 🐦🍺🐦🍺 An evening of fun with UWindsor researchers including bird trivia, ornithology talks, student posters, and a short film screening. All are welcome! @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/BirdsBeers5
Tickets: tinyurl.com/BirdsBeers5
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
BIRDS & BEERS V is one week from tonight, Thurs Nov 20, in Windsor! 🐦🍺🐦🍺 An evening of fun with UWindsor researchers including bird trivia, ornithology talks, student posters, and a short film screening. All are welcome! @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/BirdsBeers5
Tickets: tinyurl.com/BirdsBeers5
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Congratulations to Dr. Jaclyn Aubin, a Mitacs Postdoctoral Researcher on our team, for submitting a manuscript describing her research on bioacoustic variation in endangered St. Lawrence beluga whales. Way to go @jaclynaubin.bsky.social! With our collaborators @raincoast.org and gremm.org. 🐋🎶🇨🇦
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Jaclyn Aubin, a Mitacs Postdoctoral Researcher on our team, for submitting a manuscript describing her research on bioacoustic variation in endangered St. Lawrence beluga whales. Way to go @jaclynaubin.bsky.social! With our collaborators @raincoast.org and gremm.org. 🐋🎶🇨🇦
Congratulations!
Three cheers for Connor Acorn, who has resubmitted a revised manuscript describing his Master's research on the amplitude of Ovenbird songs. A collaboration with Connor, Dr. Jenn Foote, and I.
🎶 Tea-cher Tea-cher Tea-cher! 🎶
🎶 Tea-cher Tea-cher Tea-cher! 🎶
November 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Congratulations!
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It was a Halloween treat 🎃 to have Dr. Carly Ziter deliver our Integrative Biology Departmental Seminar today: Understanding biodiversity and ecosystem services across urban landscapes. Thank you @carlyziter.bsky.social! And thank you for hosting our guest @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social.
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It was a Halloween treat 🎃 to have Dr. Carly Ziter deliver our Integrative Biology Departmental Seminar today: Understanding biodiversity and ecosystem services across urban landscapes. Thank you @carlyziter.bsky.social! And thank you for hosting our guest @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social.
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A spooky Piping Plover... Madison and Natalie carved an ornithological jack-o-lantern for our departmental Halloween contest. Inspired by a Birds Canada template, with pumpkin-seed-feather embellishments, they won second place! 🎃🥈 Congratulations! @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @birdscanada.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A spooky Piping Plover... Madison and Natalie carved an ornithological jack-o-lantern for our departmental Halloween contest. Inspired by a Birds Canada template, with pumpkin-seed-feather embellishments, they won second place! 🎃🥈 Congratulations! @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @birdscanada.bsky.social
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🦇 It’s #BatWeek! Ontario is home to 8 bat species and heartbreakingly, 7 are now endangered. From pest control to pollination, bats keep our ecosystems in balance. Let’s protect the night’s unsung heroes. 🌙
Learn more here:
onnaturemagazine.com/bat-guide.html
#bats #OntarioNature
Learn more here:
onnaturemagazine.com/bat-guide.html
#bats #OntarioNature
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🦇 It’s #BatWeek! Ontario is home to 8 bat species and heartbreakingly, 7 are now endangered. From pest control to pollination, bats keep our ecosystems in balance. Let’s protect the night’s unsung heroes. 🌙
Learn more here:
onnaturemagazine.com/bat-guide.html
#bats #OntarioNature
Learn more here:
onnaturemagazine.com/bat-guide.html
#bats #OntarioNature
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"Exploring Bird Sounds with Dan Mennill." My episode of The Warblers podcast is now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrUX...
Andrea Gress and I discuss migratory flight calls, the twin voices of thrushes, and the spectacular song of the Musician Wren. @birdscanada.bsky.social 🎙️🎶🐦
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrUX...
Andrea Gress and I discuss migratory flight calls, the twin voices of thrushes, and the spectacular song of the Musician Wren. @birdscanada.bsky.social 🎙️🎶🐦
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Exploring Bird Sounds with Dan Mennill." My episode of The Warblers podcast is now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrUX...
Andrea Gress and I discuss migratory flight calls, the twin voices of thrushes, and the spectacular song of the Musician Wren. @birdscanada.bsky.social 🎙️🎶🐦
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrUX...
Andrea Gress and I discuss migratory flight calls, the twin voices of thrushes, and the spectacular song of the Musician Wren. @birdscanada.bsky.social 🎙️🎶🐦
Congratulations Connor!
At today’s convocation, Connor Acorn officially received his Master’s degree for his thesis titled “Exploring the Effect of Social Context on Song Amplitude in Wild Ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapilla).” Congratulations Connor!
October 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Congratulations Connor!
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Double brooding improves lifetime fitness. Our paper "Multigenerational fitness outcomes of double-brooding: a 30-year study of a migratory songbird" appears in the latest Behavioral Ecology: tinyurl.com/3hsyd42m. By @hayleyspina.bsky.social @ryannorrissci.bsky.social and our collaborative team.
October 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Double brooding improves lifetime fitness. Our paper "Multigenerational fitness outcomes of double-brooding: a 30-year study of a migratory songbird" appears in the latest Behavioral Ecology: tinyurl.com/3hsyd42m. By @hayleyspina.bsky.social @ryannorrissci.bsky.social and our collaborative team.