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Conservationist, birder, indoor cat mom, gardener, foodie, traveler. Not nec. in that order. She/her
Conservationist, birder, indoor cat mom, gardener, foodie, traveler. Not nec. in that order. She/herPortland, ORJoined December 2010
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What an incredible journey!
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WNC to South America is at min 2,000 miles. These birds weigh 1/3 oz and they do it every year. The physics alone are mind boggling. Hats off to @NCWildlife & @AudubonNC for tagging & tracking.
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Exciting postdoc and PhD projects here with a great advisor!
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Hi everyone, I’m advertising four positions in my group. These are really exciting projects spanning population and movement ecology, with great potential to improve conservation planning. Please share and let me know if questions! A bit on each one.
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Nearly 3/4 of the nation's birds are vulnerable to losing large parts of their range as the climate changes and sea levels rise, says Audubon's . On #BiodiversityDay, discover which birds are most at risk of extinction. #BirdsTellUs
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Identifying which birds are most at risk of extinction is surprisingly challenging, as many birds are declining and at risk, but here we discuss a few contenders & what's caused their declines
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New preprint, for review.
Trend models for monitoring NA bird populations that share information on the complex patterns of population change in space and time.
doi.org/10.32942/X2088D
contrast the lower maps, clear bio-geo patterns in trends, with the top patchwork pattern.
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Shorebird species along the Atlantic are in decline, study finds, telling the story of a planet in peril
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So proud of this new research led by Kayla Davis where we reveal strategies to improve the population recovery of MI Black Terns!
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New research from @audubonsociety and @michiganstateu is providing valuable new insights to help conserve the Black Tern, a migratory bird species whose population has plummeted over the past several decades in Michigan and nationwide. Learn more:
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Check out this great animation and story. Birds cross borders, so our efforts to conserve them needs to as well!
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Birds don't recognize borders, so we need a global approach to protecting wildlife. We partnered with @ParksCanada, the Canadian Wildlife Service, and @BirdsCanada to see how birds in Canada's national parks are faring in a changing climate. #BirdsTellUs
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Happy #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! Today we celebrate migratory birds, the epic journeys they take, and how they connect us across continents. Read more about the Lesser Yellowlegs, its migration, and how we need to work together to protect the places it needs
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Cool map!
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Tracking birds is very cool twitter.com/ilove2eatsnail…
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Enjoyed ’s author talk on her book Flight Paths last night! She’s an engaging speaker and shared great stories about the science of bird migration and the scientist who study it. Check it out!
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Heads up NYC!
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Attention #birdwatching folks, #AnimalRights. Please join our #LightsOutNYC rally on Broadway for this important #BirdSafety bill by @CMFranciscoMoya. Hear scientists, bird experts, & @NYCCouncil members. Bring homemade signs! DM any questions. Thank you
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Great to see coverage of our paper in , highlighting climate change refugia in the west. Beautiful infographics too!
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In our study published earlier this year , and I reflect on what we learned & what it means for conservation policies. Check it out!
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This is an amazing tool! Thanks to my friend in for introducing it to me and to our Jasper Ridge community!
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Research collaborator @FeatheredKatie / @SFBBO just reported the return of a #Swainson's #thrush (#Catharus #ustulatus) at Jasper Ridge! These thrushes migrate down the Pacific coast & winter down in Mexico to Costa Rica. @audubonsociety migration video: explorer.audubon.org/explore/specie
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Congratulations to this year's AOS award winners! I'm glad to see this fantastic group of researchers and people get recognized for their work
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The American Ornithological Society (AOS) announces our 2023 award winners for achievements in ornithological research, service, conservation, and publication. Congratulations to each of these winners!
americanornithology.org/aos-announces-
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Great thread here on what you can do to help Antarctica and beyond!
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What YOU can do to help Antarctica.
Here are *suggestions* of things YOU can do to help. Please feel free to add your own.
Let’s start with the easy ones.
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What does >50,000 birds look like this? Something like this amazing illustration of data from a Brooklyn Christmas Bird Count
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I can't wait to read this book!
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I love this review of my book in the spring issue of Audubon Magazine! audubon.org/magazine/sprin
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Exciting new paper alert!
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Yay! our #OA paper examining the pre-migratory distribution of monarchs is a Ecol & Evol #topdownloadedarticle. The lead author, @ImanMomeni2 is as brilliant & nice as they come :) Ping @Joe_Ecology. Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10
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Spring is here and migration is underway. Are you ready for the waves of birds to come? audubon.org/news/wave-theo
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The BP oil spill killed countless birds and continues to affect many others to this day. And because they’re migratory in nature, they aren’t just the Gulf’s birds either—they’re all of our birds.
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Right now, 2.1 billion birds like the Common Tern are passing through the Gulf of Mexico as they migrate to their nesting grounds thousands of miles away in far-off locations like the Boreal forest in Canada. audubon.org/news/common-te
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Impressive work!
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Our new urban birds paper is out now in @CurrentBiology! We combine global eBird data and traits to ask: what makes an urban bird? This was a huge @UCLAEEB team effort with @mwtingley, Ben Tonelli, @CaseyYoungflesh, @joannaxwu, Graham Montgomery, and @sekercioglu. A(1/7)
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So sad but true
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My time in Antarctica has come to an end. An important message, please read 
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- Dr. Kristina Cockle & Dr. Viviane Zulian: Confronting Coloniality and Building New Spaces for Bird Conservation in Latin America
Followed by a discussion moderated by Chris Kennedy.
Register here: audubon.zoom.us/meeting/regist
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- Dr. Diana Doan-Crider: Creating Equitable Habitat for Underrepresented Women: Learning from a River.
- Dr. Rosezetta Bobo: Identifying and Addressing Challenges to Achieving Equity Within the Conservation Field
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The NABCI Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice Community of Practice is hosting our next webinar "Overcoming challenges to achieving equity within the conservation field" on Tuesday, April 11 from 9-11 PDT / 12-2 EDT. Please join us!
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It’s Trans Day of Visibility / Having a Nice Snack. To trans, non-binary, gender-fluid, and other folx know that I see you and have your back, today like every day
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I'm excited to dig into this paper!
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dynamicSDM: An R package for species geographical distribution and abundance modelling at high spatiotemporal resolution - excited to share our new #OpenAccess paper out now in @MethodsEcolEvol ! 
Link: doi.org/10.1111/2041-2
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Link: doi.org/10.1111/2041-2
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Not one but two documented wolverine sightings in the Portland area in a week? Incredible!
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Hey, is that a wolverine…again? The bushy tail, blackish brown coat and pale brown stripe along its side certainly look wolverine-like! A second sighting of the wolverine was reported in Damascus, Oregon on Wednesday after an initial sighting along the Columbia River on Monday.
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The new IPCC report shows that limiting emissions to slow climate change is both critically needed & possible. We need to take action today to ensure birds like the Swainson's Thrush continue to fill the forests of the PNW with their beautiful songs audubon.org/field-guide/bi
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Climate change is here now, and every bit we can do to reduce warming makes a difference!
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Here are the big takeaways from the @IPCC_CH Synthesis Report released today.
First, climate change has already caused widespread and substantial losses to almost every aspect of human life on this planet, and the impacts on future generations depend on the choices we make NOW.
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Good to see more papers integrating multiple datasets to improve our understanding of bird populations
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Our new paper is out in @AvianAce! Elusive #MarshBirds can be hard to monitor. We explore how combining data from the Great Lakes #MMPsurvey, Breeding Bird Survey, and #eBird can improve abundance and trend estimates. ace-eco.org/vol18/iss1/art
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- estimate densities using structured point count data w/ insufficient sample sizes for stand-alone analysis
NA-POPS is for you! I'm excited to put this to use in our bird conservation work, & share this w/ others who will benefit (8/8)
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If you want to do any of the following:
- produce improved BBS-derived population estimates that account for species-specific impacts of roadside surveys on detection
- correct for imperfect detection using count data w/o ancillary data (e.g., BBS, even stationary eBird)
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Now, NA-POPS expands this capability across the US & Canada! The database includes detection functions for >300 bird species in multiple regions. It includes factors known to influence detectability eg time of day/year, forest cover, on vs off road.
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Better yet, BAM used this method to produce offsets for birds across Canada that could be used to integrate data collected w/ different protocols, or do detection-correction for unstructured or semi-structured data (e.g., Breeding Bird Survey, BBS). (5/)
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This was huge, because simulations showed that these forms of detection correction have the least bias, & existing R packages only analyzed availability or perceptibility. Building custom Bayesian models is complicated & requires truncating detection distances, losing data (4/)
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