Reposted by Sarah GutowskyMarine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 23/04/2026🚨 New paper: Comparing counts made from drone-based and boat-based photography for surveying Thick-billed murre cliff colonies. By Ewan MacDonnell, @halibirdnerd.bsky.social and @movementecology.bsky.social. #seabirds #drone #OpenAccess #survey www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_1/54_... 0108
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026To complement our #bird #biologging survey, we’re soliciting case studies to illustrate ethical, financial & scientific implications of device failure. We will not include device manufacturer or model—our intent is not to attribute failure to specific makers. If interested, please DM. 121
Reposted by Sarah GutowskyInternational Bio-Logging Society @ibiols.bsky.social · 07/04/2026You're invited to complete a short anonymous survey about device failures in bird biologger deployments! 📡🦆🦅 . 🗓️ Deadline within next 7 weeks (~25th of May). 🔗link: lnkd.in/eKgPNX2m info below!! 👇 #ornithology #biologging #birds #birdresearch #birdtracking 168
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026#biologging #ornithology #birds #birdresearch #tracking #movementecology 010
Reposted by Sarah GutowskyThe Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Have any of your biologging devices ever failed? ⁉️ If so, we’d like to hear from you! 👂 Researchers at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, are investigating biologger device failure rates to help improve research practices. 🎓 The survey takes just 10 minutes to complete: forms.gle/fZW9n2dojJVB...forms.gleAnonymous survey — device failures in bird biologging studiesPurpose: We are collecting anonymous information about device failures in bird biologging research to help practitioners plan robust, ethical studies. Responses will be aggregated for a peer-reviewed ... 01718
Reposted by Sarah GutowskyEuropean Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Bird Biologging Survey - Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada is inviting ornithologists to complete a short anonymous survey about device failures in biologger deployments. If you can take part, please see further details at cutt.ly/atIg4qVc #ornithology 035
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026You're invited to complete a short anonymous survey about device failures in bird biologger deployments! 📡 🦆 Responses accepted within the next 8 weeks. 📆 Survey link is in our bio 🔗 If you have questions please email failedbiologgingdevices@gmail.com 📧 12331
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025#motmot Need I say more? My fav group from #costarica, we managed to find 3 species: turquoise-browed, lesson's & broad-billed. 010
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 26/02/20251st time on a non-work #birding trip and 1st time in #CostaRica has been a dream come true, including delivering this mega #lifer today along with >100 others so far! the thriving #ecotourism here gives me hope for the world... 060
Reposted by Sarah GutowskyPatrick Nadeau @patnad.bsky.social · 27/01/2025naturecounts.ca/nc/socb-epoc... In case you missed it last Fall when this was released. I'd never posted it here before. Super informative: pick your fave species and see how it has been trending.naturecounts.caThe State of Canada’s Birds ReportCanada’s birds have stories to tell. See how they are doing, how their populations have changed, and what you can do to help. 053
Reposted by Sarah GutowskyElly Knight @ellycknight.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Hey bird people! Join us in Saskatoon for SCO-SOC 2025 Conference in Aug 13-16. Symposia and workshop submissions are open now until Jan 31! conferences.usask.ca/sco-2025/ind... 046
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Ok #superseabirdsunday, I'll play! Here are some northern #fulmars doing what they do best at the flow edge of Admiralty Inlet in #Nunavut #Arctic #Canada 2424
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Agreed on a grey blue! Like a heathered blue? But I'll buy whatever you choose... This is an awesome t-shirt idea! 110
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Yah! I've guided New Brunswick and the flow edge for them 🙂 010
Reposted by Sarah GutowskyMargaret Stanley @ecostanley.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Really important read about the extinction of experience among ecologists - and the barriers to doing fieldwork - both in teaching & research. @kevinjgaston.bsky.social Likely to hinder our efforts to address the biodiversity crisis doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🌏🧪 48537
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Not for this project, but I love that platform! 010
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Looking for a #bird related volunteer opportunity to kick off 2025? Help us count our #fulmar survey photos to update our population estimates! Email me if you're interested. #seabirds #conservation #arctic 32314
Reposted by Sarah GutowskyBirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth. www.nature.com/articles/s41... New article from Davidson et al. explains the need and pathways for improving tracking data archiving and sharing tools @movebank.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.socialnature.comEstablishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth - Nature Ecology & EvolutionAnimal-borne electronic tags, or bio-loggers, are increasingly used for research and wildlife conservation. This Perspective discusses the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharin... 0179
Reposted by Sarah GutowskyBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 13/01/2025EARLY VIEW in IBIS Using model-based distance sampling to estimate decadal population change in Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) across periods spanned by different at-sea survey methods | onlinelibrary.wiley.... T.J. Clark-Wolf et al | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶 0196
Reposted by Sarah GutowskyPEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Where are all the field studies? This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer. A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...cell.comExtinction of experience among ecologistsFieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis. 9213152
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 11/01/2025New paper out in the journal #wildfowl - #eiders in the Bay of Fundy show alarming #declines over the past 20 yrs #seaducks #conservation #marine #northatlantic wildfowl.wwt.org.uk/index.php/wi...wildfowl.wwt.org.ukSevere declines in numbers of male American Common Eiders Somateria mollissima dresseri during spring counts over the past two decades in the southwestern Bay of Fundy, Canada | Gutowsky | WildfowlSevere declines in numbers of male American Common Eiders Somateria mollissima dresseri during spring counts over the past two decades in the southwestern Bay of Fundy, Canada 000
Reposted by Sarah GutowskyRichard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 07/01/2025New in #BirdStudy #Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu. Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology 38849
Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025I guess it's time to introduce myself! I'm Sarah Gutowsky, a #Quantitative #Wildlife #Biologist with #Environment and #ClimateChange Canada, based in #Halifax, #NovaScotia. My specialty is #seabird and #waterbird #ecology - I help to monitor and assess the status and trends of #birds in #Canada! 1231