Mikayla Call-Kennedy
@mikaylacall.bsky.social
Shorebirds, coastal ecology, barrier islands, and resilience | PhD Candidate at Virginia Tech
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Lucy has been so great to work with this past year! Stay tuned as we start to investigate how changing patterns of landcover affects abundance of shorebird nesting habitat in the Virginia barrier islands!
Her research investigated how landcover has changed on the islands since 2004. She found that proportions of landcover classes have remained stable in the system, but patterns have varied a lot between different islands, with some islands such as Cobb undergoing dramatic changes, 2004-2021!
April 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Lucy has been so great to work with this past year! Stay tuned as we start to investigate how changing patterns of landcover affects abundance of shorebird nesting habitat in the Virginia barrier islands!
Reposted by Mikayla Call-Kennedy
New paper alert!
Piping plovers select nest sites with better views of predators, allowing early detection and evasive actions. A nest's "viewshed" should be considered in habitat management and understanding ground-nesting bird behavior.
Link to the paper by @sharinnature.bsky.social below!
Piping plovers select nest sites with better views of predators, allowing early detection and evasive actions. A nest's "viewshed" should be considered in habitat management and understanding ground-nesting bird behavior.
Link to the paper by @sharinnature.bsky.social below!
February 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New paper alert!
Piping plovers select nest sites with better views of predators, allowing early detection and evasive actions. A nest's "viewshed" should be considered in habitat management and understanding ground-nesting bird behavior.
Link to the paper by @sharinnature.bsky.social below!
Piping plovers select nest sites with better views of predators, allowing early detection and evasive actions. A nest's "viewshed" should be considered in habitat management and understanding ground-nesting bird behavior.
Link to the paper by @sharinnature.bsky.social below!
Reposted by Mikayla Call-Kennedy
Celebrating our community at the Atlantic Coast Piping Plover and Least Tern Workshop at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. It was so good to be with current and former lab members!
February 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Celebrating our community at the Atlantic Coast Piping Plover and Least Tern Workshop at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. It was so good to be with current and former lab members!
VTShorebirds is hiring! You’ll get to look at lots of shorebirds and the Virginia barrier islands are a pretty amazing place to work.
Interested in working with a fun team of researchers on the Virginia coast this year? We’re hiring!
We are looking to hire two (2) full-time field technicians to assist with a research project on migratory shorebird ecology during spring and fall migration in the Virginia barrier island system.
We are looking to hire two (2) full-time field technicians to assist with a research project on migratory shorebird ecology during spring and fall migration in the Virginia barrier island system.
January 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
VTShorebirds is hiring! You’ll get to look at lots of shorebirds and the Virginia barrier islands are a pretty amazing place to work.
Reposted by Mikayla Call-Kennedy
New year, new social media!
Hi Bluesky! We’re the VT Shorebird Program, a research group in the Virginia Tech Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Conservation interested in the applied conservation of shorebirds and seabirds!
Follow along to learn about our work and maybe a fun shorebird fact or two!
Hi Bluesky! We’re the VT Shorebird Program, a research group in the Virginia Tech Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Conservation interested in the applied conservation of shorebirds and seabirds!
Follow along to learn about our work and maybe a fun shorebird fact or two!
January 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
New year, new social media!
Hi Bluesky! We’re the VT Shorebird Program, a research group in the Virginia Tech Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Conservation interested in the applied conservation of shorebirds and seabirds!
Follow along to learn about our work and maybe a fun shorebird fact or two!
Hi Bluesky! We’re the VT Shorebird Program, a research group in the Virginia Tech Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Conservation interested in the applied conservation of shorebirds and seabirds!
Follow along to learn about our work and maybe a fun shorebird fact or two!