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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · 19d

Black throated green warbler illustration by Raisa Kochmaruk. Created to accompany "Territory Sizes and Patterns of Habitat Use by Forest Birds Over Five Decades: Ideal Free or Ideal Despotic?" @mirandazamm.bsky.social, et. al. 2024. Read the paper in Ecology Letters: bit.ly/4gCwdbD 🧪

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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 23d

PhD candidate @mirandazamm.bsky.social and Richard Holmes, a professor emeritus of biology, are featured on @npr.org’s “All Things Considered” discussing a 50-plus-year project that mapped the territories of songbirds.

By listening to these birds for decades, scientists track signs of a changing forest

Scientists tracking the birds in an experimental forest in New Hampshire have also tracked changes in the forest ecosystem over decades.

www.npr.org

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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you @nhpr.org for sharing this great story from Ari Daniel featuring work by @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social researchers including @mirandazamm.bsky.social. 🧪

New Hampshire Public Radio @nhpr.org · 28d

Inside the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in Woodstock, scientists have toiled for over 50 years to build a trove of research about bird habitat and forest ecology.

It's believed to be the longest detailed record of breeding birds anywhere in the nation – and possibly the world.

By listening to these birds for decades, scientists track signs of a changing forest

Scientists tracking the birds in an experimental forest in New Hampshire have also tracked changes in the forest ecosystem over decades.

www.nhpr.org

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 27d

This recent story from NPR features a research project begun in the 1960s by WOS member Richard Holmes. #ornithology

By listening to these birds for decades, scientists track signs of a changing forest

Scientists tracking the birds in an experimental forest in New Hampshire have also tracked changes in the forest ecosystem over decades.

www.npr.org

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Miranda Zammarelli @mirandazamm.bsky.social · 28d

Listen and read the story about our research examining 50 years of bird territory maps to answer core ecological questions!

NPR @npr.org · 28d

Scientists tracking the birds in an experimental forest in New Hampshire have also tracked changes in the forest ecosystem over decades.

By listening to these birds for decades, scientists track signs of a changing forest

Scientists tracking the birds in an experimental forest in New Hampshire have also tracked changes in the forest ecosystem over decades.

n.pr

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Whimsical Wavelengths @whimsicallambda.bsky.social · Sep 1

3/3 🧪 For those that want to get involved in #Citizen #Science (PLEASE DO!) check out these apps for smartphones
Merlin: merlin.allaboutbirds.org
ebird: ebird.org/home

Also don't forget about the future when it's time www.audubon.org/community-sc...
Or
Great Backyard #Bird Count
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Merlin Bird ID - Home

Identify Bird Songs and Calls Sound ID listens to the birds around you and shows real-time suggestions for who’s singing. Compare your recording to the songs and calls in Merlin to confirm what you...

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Whimsical Wavelengths @whimsicallambda.bsky.social · Sep 1

2/3 This Ep's guest, PhD candidate Miranda Zammarelli, research is the closest to 🧪 conditions in natural 🌎 - Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
How #birds adapt to changes in #s & #environment? How well do they share habitat, equally or do the dominant take more 🥧? Ideal #Free or #Ideal #Despotic.

Image of an Oven Bird sinning while sitting in the branches of a green leafed deciduous tree. Image taken in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great coverage of research happening in Hubbard Brook by @mirandazamm.bsky.social, et. al. in this episode of @whimsicallambda.bsky.social! 🧪

Whimsical Wavelengths @whimsicallambda.bsky.social · Sep 1

2/3 This Ep's guest, PhD candidate Miranda Zammarelli, research is the closest to 🧪 conditions in natural 🌎 - Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
How #birds adapt to changes in #s & #environment? How well do they share habitat, equally or do the dominant take more 🥧? Ideal #Free or #Ideal #Despotic.

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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · Aug 6

"In 1969, researchers took a patch of forest in central New Hampshire and mapped the territories of the songbirds inhabiting it. For more than half a century, that work has continued, revealing insights about the forest and its birds with evermore modern techniques." Reporting by Ari Daniel. 🧪

Decades of songbird mapping in New Hampshire yields insights about their changing home

In 1969, a team of researchers took a patch of forest in central New Hampshire and mapped the territories of the songbirds inhabiting it. For more than half a century, that work has continued, reveali...

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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · Aug 4

Out in the Forest studying our avian visitors during the 2025 summer season.

Here's some bird research from Hubbard Brook:

🗺️: bit.ly/4gCwdbD

🐛: bit.ly/3ZVZOaH

🎶: bit.ly/45GU8En

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Miranda Zammarelli @mirandazamm.bsky.social · Aug 6

Had a wonderful time speaking with Ari Daniel alongside Dick Holmes to share how we map bird territories to answer unique scientific questions at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Take a listen!

www.npr.org/transcripts/...

Decades of songbird mapping in New Hampshire yields insights about their changing home

In 1969, a team of researchers took a patch of forest in central New Hampshire and mapped the territories of the songbirds inhabiting it. For more than half a century, that work has continued, reveali...

www.npr.org

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · Jul 29

The study, led by Zammarelli and Holmes, focused on the seven most abundant species in the Hubbard Brook tract from 1969 to 2021: black-throated green warbler, red-eyed vireo, American redstart, ovenbird, black-throated blue warbler, hermit thrush, and least flycatcher. home.dartmouth.edu/n...

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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · Jun 25

Summer work in the lab and the field as researchers return to Hubbard Brook to study salamanders and birds that call the Forest home. 🧪

Related publications:

🦎: bit.ly/3G7EEPs

🪶: bit.ly/4gCwdbD

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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · Jul 9

A ~6 day old Black-throated blue warbler during a baby bird banding session in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Bird crews in the Forest follow all ethical handling and banding guidelines while working at Hubbard Brook. Photo courtesy @mirandazamm.bsky.social. 🌐🧪

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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · Jun 13

“One of the things we've talked about is seeing this project go on for another 50 years.” Graduate student @mirandazamm.bsky.social‬ talks with @aba.org‬ about working with professor emeritus Richard Holmes and professor Matthew Ayres to examine how songbirds regulate territory size.

09-23: 50 Years of Songbird Maps with Miranda Zammarelli - American Birding Association

An interesting study discussed on the monthly This Month in Birding segment led us to Miranda Zemmerelli, a PhD student at Dartmouth University who has taken 50 years of hand drawn paper maps of bird ...

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American Birding Association @aba.org · Jun 5

On this week's American Birding Podcast: An interesting study discussed on the monthly This Month in Birding segment led us to Miranda Zemmerelli, a PhD student at Dartmouth University.

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Miranda Zammarelli @mirandazamm.bsky.social · May 13

I began my fourth field season leading the OVEN Project two weeks ago. I found the first Ovenbird nest of the season today!

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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · May 6

Ovenbird illustration to accompany Territory Sizes and Patterns of Habitat Use by Forest Birds Over Five Decades: Ideal Free or Ideal Despotic? by @mirandazamm.bsky.social, et. al.

Read the paper here: bit.ly/4gCwdbD 🧪

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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · Mar 31

"I dig the bird episode!" We do too. Thanks @whimsicallambda.bsky.social for including @mirandazamm.bsky.social as a guest on your podcast. 🧪

🎧: bit.ly/3ReH2Wp

Read some of the research mentioned in the episode: bit.ly/4gCwdbD

Whimsical Wavelengths @whimsicallambda.bsky.social · Mar 29

🧪Although a new episode comes out this #Monday, I am still thinking about the last episode and the #birds of the Hubbard Brook Experimental forest. Why they #sing, what is "fitness", and territory. It seems those who #listened to it #love it! Don't miss it!
open.spotify.com/episode/5WhV...

Two images. Left: a text exchange with a geophysics colleague of the podcast who uses machine learning. Right: image of a Red winged black bird taken at Burnaby Lake, Canada

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Whimsical Wavelengths @whimsicallambda.bsky.social · Mar 29

🧪Although a new episode comes out this #Monday, I am still thinking about the last episode and the #birds of the Hubbard Brook Experimental forest. Why they #sing, what is "fitness", and territory. It seems those who #listened to it #love it! Don't miss it!
open.spotify.com/episode/5WhV...

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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · Mar 29

Thank you @ababirds.bsky.social for including some work at Hubbard Brook in This Month in Birding!

Read the “new eyes on old maps” research by @mirandazamm.bsky.social, et. al.: bit.ly/4gCwdbD

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American Birding Association @aba.org · Mar 27

March 2025 brings another This Month in Birding. This time around we welcome Jennie Duberstein, Bird Joy Pod‘s Jason Hall, and Nicole Jackson to talk plastics in seabirds, new eyes on old maps, and the best bird to party with: tinyurl.com/yc4ar8c3

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Hubbard Brook Research Foundation @hubbardbrook.bsky.social · Mar 19

Listen to @whimsicallambda.bsky.social on YouTube. Their latest episode includes and interview with @mirandazamm.bsky.social about her bird research in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.

The whimsical sounds of the Birds, Ornithology and why birds sing, territory and more with...

YouTube video by Whimsical Wavelengths

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Miranda Zammarelli @mirandazamm.bsky.social · Mar 17

I had so much fun recording with Jeff! I am a fan of Whimsical Wavelengths. Definitely give this episode and others a listen!

Whimsical Wavelengths @whimsicallambda.bsky.social · Mar 17

2/3 This Ep's guest, PhD candidate Miranda Zammarelli, research is the closest to 🧪 conditions in natural 🌎 - Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
How #birds adapt to changes in #s & #environment? How well do they share habitat, equally or do the dominant take more 🥧? Ideal #Free or #Ideal #Despotic.

Oven Bird on a branch of a deciduous tree mid song in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Photo by Miranda Zammarelli

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Whimsical Wavelengths @whimsicallambda.bsky.social · Mar 17

2/3 This Ep's guest, PhD candidate Miranda Zammarelli, research is the closest to 🧪 conditions in natural 🌎 - Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
How #birds adapt to changes in #s & #environment? How well do they share habitat, equally or do the dominant take more 🥧? Ideal #Free or #Ideal #Despotic.

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