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Wildlife Biologist • She/Her 🏳️‍🌈 📍India Birds, sunsets, coffee. Alum @edinburghnapier.bsky.social Member @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social https://indianseabirdgroup.wixsite.com/website

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Nov 16

#WomenInSTEM alert! Hi, I am a wildlife biologist interested in #ornithology and all our feathered friends, but my favourite child is #seabirds! I will be following/posting/interacting with seabird research in particular, but I will also share my past research on Illegal Wildlife Trade! 🌍🪶🧪

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Aug 4

#WomenInSTEM alert! #AcademicSky 🧪

Shreya Dimri @shreyadimri.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 Announcement: New Pre-print on @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social 🎉

TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing

Simple guidelines to help improve transparency and reproducibility of analytical code!

Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · Aug 2

🎉New preprint!

"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"

tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk

We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA!

Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.

Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · May 28

A collaborative effort to improve our understanding of seabirds distribution along the coast of India - check it out here! 🌍🪶🧪

Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · May 27

Through our annual Monsoon Seawatch event, we encourage seabirders based in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu to follow the Land-based Seabird Monitoring Protocol, and report your sightings! More details here: birdcount.in/event/monsoo... #seabirds #ornithology

birdcount.in

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Stephanie Peters @spetersartist.com · May 18

For #seabirdsunday a shearwater skipping on the sea (taking off technically)!

I wonder what is it like to take off from the water…

Pastel and watercolor on panel.
#birding #seabird

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · May 17

Petrel-passionate people, check out this blog post on ringing Storm Petrels in Cornwall by @sabiyasheikh.bsky.social for the @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social! #AcadmicSky #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds 🌍🪶🧪

Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · May 17

We are excited to launch our brand new blog, with the inaugural post penned by none other than our member and co-founder @sabiyasheikh.bsky.social! A PhD Student at the University of Exeter, Sabiya writes about Storm Petrel ringing in England: indianseabirdgroup.wixsite.com/website/blog

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · May 1

Anyone into seabirds, food webs, and tropical ecosystems? I am attending this talk tomorrow - feel free to join in! 🌏🪶 #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky

Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · May 1

We are starting May with a fascinating talk from @jenniferappoo.bsky.social on the impacts of seabird-derived nutrients on mangrove ecosystems! Follow this link and set a reminder now! www.youtube.com/live/muPejoo... 🌏🪶 #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · Mar 13

Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Mar 16

Frequent in the Northwest Indian Ocean, these Jouanin Petrels were spotted in the Arabian Sea, 300 miles off the western coast of Maharashtra🌍 by Sushil Kumar. Happy #SuperSeabirdSunday from India! #Seabirds #Ornithology #IndianOcean 🪶

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Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Mar 9

Mirror mirror, on the water! A Red-footed Booby gliding over the open waters off Kochin, India 🌍 Shared with us by Sushil Kumar. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds #Ornithology #IndianOcean 🪶

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · Mar 4

We're getting some cracking photo submissions to the Gulls Eating Stuff project! Here are a few showing gulls predating a coot chick, a vole, a mole (!) and a GBBG that has just killed an adult moorhen. Keep 'em coming! Submit your photos of gulls eating stuff to citsci.org/projects/gul....

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Mar 3

The research team has plans to conduct genetic sampling to address this in the future - should be interesting!

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · Mar 2

I wish I could contribute more to the initiatives trying to make up for the unjust grant cuts attacking important EDI projects in the US. But if you're now crowd-funding for a project and need someone to do graphic design for anything, message me and I'd be happy to volunteer my services

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Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Mar 2

Where are all the Antarctic aficionados? We bring to you the daily lives of Adelies for #SuperSeabirdSunday! Photo taken at McLeod Island, Larsemann Hills, Antarctica 🌏 by our team member Anant Pande. #Seabirds #Penguins #Ornithology 🪶

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Mar 2

📢 The Galapagos rail has been rediscovered on Floreana Island in the Galapagos after almost two centuries! Long-term monitoring programs are ESSENTIAL for the conservation and recovery of endangered species. 🌍🪶🧪 #ornithology
@darwinfoundation.bsky.social www.darwinfoundation.org/en/news/all-...

Galapagos Rail Rediscovered on Floreana - Charles Darwin Foundation

Scientists from the Charles Darwin Foundation confirm the presence of the Galapagos Rail on Floreana Island for the first time in 190 years.

www.darwinfoundation.org

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Feb 23

Shear drama (pun intended) in the Indian Ocean 🌍🪶 #seabirds #ornithology #SuperSeabirdSunday

Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Feb 23

This #SuperSeabirdSunday watch an intense aerial showdown as a Lesser Frigatebird gives a Wedge-tailed Shearwater a run for its wings over the Sunda Trench, 60 miles east of Sumatra, Indonesia! Video shared with us by Sushil Kumar 🌊 #seabirds #ornithology 🌍🪶

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · Feb 12

Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack vol 1 & 2 are full and curated !! ✨💚

Please share so they will fly into the blue sky 🦋🌈

Vol1 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...

Vol2 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...

Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in !

🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Feb 12

Got some artistic skills? Enter our Seabird Pride t-shirt competition! 🕊️🏳️‍🌈🎽 Details below ⬇️ #SeabirdPride2025

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Feb 10

Tropical seabirders alert! The Indian Seabird Group is finally on Bluesky with our first Researcher in Focus talk of 2025, featuring Dr. Suresh Kumar and Rajdeep Mitra from the Wildlife Institute of India. What's up with the nesting #seabirds of the Northern Indian Ocean? Join us as we find out! 🌏🪶

Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Feb 10

Hi Bluesky! For our first talk of 2025, Dr. Suresh Kumar and Rajdeep Mitra will present their research on the ecology of nesting seabirds on the Lakshadweep Islands. If you're interested in island #ecology and tropical #seabirds, join us! Event details here: www.youtube.com/live/7wUKpeI... 🌏🦉🪶

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Dec 4

We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74.

Go on girl. 😍

A screenshot of a social media post from USFWSPacific that reads:

"SHE DID IT AGAIN!

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg.

At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male."

This tweet is paired with an image of two Laysan Albatrosses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird, is shown alongside her new partner, demonstrating her enduring legacy as a remarkable seabird.

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Nov 26

I approve of this pigeon propaganda 🥹🤍

SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · Nov 26

Imagine looking at a bird this gorgeous and calling it a “rat with wings”

Couldn’t be me, I instead bring my camera to shopping centers for close-ups

Thread of Rock Pigeon portraits:

Closeup of a gray Rock Pigeon with white by its short bill, orange shining eyes, green and pink-purple iridescent feathers on its neck, and pale shoulders

Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Nov 24

Is your reading list also divided into science/random wiki history pages/books or has that not happened yet?

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · Nov 24

A giraffe weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) from east-central Madagascar. This cool creature wouldn't stop moving , so photography was kinda like running alongside a car and shooting. A tiny red car unlike any other cars.... 🌿 #insects #invertebrates #InverteFest

A most unusual weevil poses on a green leaf. The wing covers on the abdomen are a brilliant ruby red, while the rest of the insect is shiny black. The thorax is angled to point up, and then the long, twig-like neck angles down to the horizontal - between the neck, thorax, and abdomen, there is a distinct bend in the animal's body. The head is small and two long antennae with reddish tips point forward in a wide V shape.

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Nov 21

To everyone into #seabirds, we at the Indian Seabird Group are hosting Milan Sojitra as the first guest for our Researcher in Focus series - join us to learn how extreme weather affects the population dynamics of marine predators! Get notified when we go live: www.youtube.com/live/TUf0dBD... 🌍🪶🧪

A researcher holding a bird chick with the title researcher in focus understanding the effects of extreme weather events on seabirds and seals

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Nov 21

In the case of the kakapo, a viable population was discovered that could assist the recovery efforts so in my view, it still ties in with consistent species monitoring. As long as we have timely assessments, we can make predictions and act! This isn't my study, I just found it interesting :)

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · Nov 21

Coral fungus from Ranomafana, Madagascar. I don't know much about coral fungi but this one was just blazing next to the trail and I couldn't stop looking at it. #NaturePhotography #fungi 🌿

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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Nov 20

This is gorgeous, Rowan! 😍

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