#Wintering

_katherine_may_

So I've not had much time to do anything in lockdown, but I *have* found it a really useful pause for reflection. I've been busy in my notebook asking: what

Our #WinteringWorkshop with @_katherine_may_ as part of #CleanProseTalks starts in a few minutes. We'll be live-tweeting so follow this thread for updates! @_katherine_may_ "It doesn't matter how rich you are

Archival geolocators have revolutionized #ornithology & movement #ecology but what happens when you only see data from individuals that survive? New paper out in @AmOrnith Applications on the analysis &

kenmoorealberta

This is the time of year when female Prairie rattlesnakes in Alberta, SK & Mont become pregnant. They mated last summer in July, Aug or Sep but they didn't become

1/11. #WSTC7 #ContSesh2 Seabirds accumulate & transport contaminants, acting as biovectors. Biovector transport is nicely illustrated on this fig from Blais et al. 2007. But how effects at distant locations

Wakefield & District Swift Group

WakefieldSwifts

Where will our Swifts be now? Many will be in the heart of their wintering grounds of Congo, feeding on termites and other critters above the tree canopy, in places

Aleksi Lehikoinen

This is my twitter presentation in #BOUsci20 conference on #climatechange and abundance changes in #birds: the role of habitat quality & protection. Its essential for conservation to understand reasons of

1 #ISTC20 #Sesh9 The Sand Plover complex has long been a source of debate among taxonomists. This group is currently considered to be two species, each with numerous subspecies, but

Graham Appleton

GrahamFAppleton

"Lincs to Iceland" 1/7Black-tailed Godwit thread to complement today's talk at local @_BTO @Lincsbirding @BTO_Lincs conference by @JenGill3. @WeBS_UK counters tell us that UK numbers have been going up. #waders

NEW PAPER: Releases of Asian #Houbara must respect genetic & geographic origin to preserve inherited #migration behaviourFrom @DrRJBurnside, @buchanding, @PaulDolman3, Nigel Collar and myself. @SustainHoubaraIn @royalsociety Open Science: https:/

The Weather Channel India

#WorldMigratoryBirdsDay: Here’s How Birds Use Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate Long Distances https://weather.com/en-IN/india/environment/news/2021-05-07-how-birds-use-earth-magnetic-field-to-navigate-long-distances(: IANS) Every spri

Today, thanks to the work of @WCDApril21, is #WorldCurlewDay.Here's a thread to help explain the importance of the #Medway estuary for this now-threatened species...1/12 Though only a handful of non-breeding

New @RSocPublishing science today! Red-toothed shrews don't make any sense , and their metabolisms don't change much over a 30 degree temp range -- it's all about their shrinking body

Graham Appleton

GrahamFAppleton

#Curlew thread from the UK and #WaderTales, in preparation for World Curlew Day: 21st April (@WCDApril21) We need to learn to value and conserve the world's curlews before species disappear

A. Jorge Aguilera López

aguilera__jorge

1/ A thread about galleys, its challenges, the Royal Shipyard of Barcelona and the controversial and interesting viceroy of Catalonia Manrique de Lara during late 1580s. Based on my research.

Meadows, they seem to have developed a mystique and are becoming apparently somewhat misunderstood.Meadows are historically hay producing grasslands, the ideal time to cut them as a farmer is when