Reposted by Jeff HostetlerThe Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 04/08/2026🪶 New study using data from our MAPS bird monitoring program out now! Read it here: royalsocietypublishi... 02610
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I am happy to announce that the latest USGS analysis of North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data, incorporating data through 2025, has now been released. Metadata and csv files can be downloaded at doi.org/10.5066/P1OS....doi.org 12110
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I was on a podcast! Talking about bird trends! youtu.be/ZJGXBOkVwCU?...youtu.beEP:444 | The Decline of America’s Wild BirdsYouTube video by Mossy Oak Gamekeepers 110
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 15/09/2025My sister on the local news, promoting native plants www.fox5dc.com/video/170780...fox5dc.comMaryland's best native plantsFall leaves are here—but should you rake them? Kristin Hanna from the Maryland Department of Agriculture and Janet Hostetler from Bloom-Wild.com. joined us to share why leaving leaves can actually ben... 160
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 29/06/2025This is so depressing. Ceding the future to other countries while we make our air dirtier and our planet hotter. Gift link, if you dare. Really hope this horrible bill fails completely. wapo.st/44EZL4Xwapo.stSenate’s tax bill seeks to gut clean energy; Musk calls it ‘utterly insane’The Republican-controlled Congress is poised to score a major win for President Trump by repealing green energy incentives that Democrats passed in 2022. 021
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Our analysis of BBS data (through 2023) just came out! doi.org/10.5066/P1F2...doi.orgThe North American Breeding Bird Survey, Analysis Results 1966 - 2023This data product consists of a database of population change and abundance estimates for North American birds, estimated from North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Data are presented for 54... 12011
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerTrevor Caughlin @trevorcaughlin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025New paper out, led by @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social. There's a disconnect between remote sensing advances and application to ecology (including only 11 UAS papers in Landscape Ecology!). We provide a guide for using drones to answer ecological ?s: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #uas #drones 11714
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerKillian Gregory @killiangregory.bsky.social · 04/02/20252nd chapter of my PhD just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/2041... Another step towards linking animal migration and population dynamics using integrated modelling! The secret lies in a neat equation relating survival and transition probabilities between migratory regionsdoi.orgAn integrative framework to combine migratory connectivity and demographic dataMigratory species experience various conditions and events throughout their annual cycle that influence their spatial and demographic dynamics. To understand these dynamics, it is essential to des... 13410
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerNick Clark 💹 @njclark.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I'm currently seeking PhD candidates to help me work on exciting ecological forecasting problems using #rstats ecogambler.netlify.app/opportunities/ 🌎ecogambler.netlify.appResearch opportunities | GAMblerIf you are interested in joining my research group, or for any other enquiries, please contact me. You can find my most up-to-date contact details on my [University of Queensland page](https://about.u... 0229
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerRichard Hall @richardlovesbirds.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Post-migratory movements in the nonbreeding season are in fact displayed by a surprising number of birds around the world, with diverse resource- or weather-based cues. Two former students in the lab wrote a paper documenting examples of this: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comPost‐migratory nonbreeding movements of birds: A review and case studyWhile many migratory birds are conceptualized as using a single wintering site, technological advances that enable detailed tracking of individual birds are uncovering more examples of post-migratory.... 082
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerAmerican Bird Conservancy @abcbirds.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Long-billed Curlew and 'Akikiki may be an ocean apart, but they have at least one thing in common: They both benefit from funds coming from the United States federal budgeting (AKA, appropriations) process. 🪶 1362
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerJoshua Twining @joshuaptwining.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Are you looking to get a graduate degree in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences? This funded MS project at OSU is focused on testing a range of non-invasive method for small mammals (enclosed camera trapping + thermal cameras mounted on drones) against SCR applied to live trapping data. 131
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerJeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Our article in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social on migratory connectivity, data integration, bidirectional data, and more just came out! 🧵 (eventually) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comChallenges and opportunities for data integration to improve estimation of migratory connectivityUnderstanding migratory connectivity, or the linkage of populations between seasons, is critical for effective conservation and management of migratory wildlife. A growing number of tools are avai... 194
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 14/01/2025This would be grand! Of course Zotero would have to guess which articles I actually read and which ones I just skimmed the abstract. 010
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Our article in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social on migratory connectivity, data integration, bidirectional data, and more just came out! 🧵 (eventually) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comChallenges and opportunities for data integration to improve estimation of migratory connectivityUnderstanding migratory connectivity, or the linkage of populations between seasons, is critical for effective conservation and management of migratory wildlife. A growing number of tools are avai... 194
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerRobert Fletcher @fletcherecology.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Excited to share a new opportunity in my new lab at Cambridge! We are looking for a highly motivated, early-career, postdoctoral scientist to be part of a growing effort in #connectivity conservation. 3-yr position housed in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49330/jobs.cam.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of CambridgePostdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. 38261
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerMike O'Brien @obrien.page · 29/11/2024Learn how to draw a North Atlantic Right Whale at the Science Museum of Virginia. Sad thing is that enough kids draw these each day to represent the entire population (c. 375) 😔 🦑 19627
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerFlorian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 23/11/2024In "Consequences of cross-season demographic correlations for population viability," the authors establish positive correlations between population growth rates for three distinct groups of Atlantic puffins. t.co/vFyPXFI3yD 3389
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerPaul Hostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Do you like calendars? I do! Maybe we could like them in the same room sometime. Please buy so I can continue to afford comics: www.calendars.com/shop/Samurai... 073
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Today’s poem is called ‘The Importance of the Oxford Comma’. 31878297
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerJocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I get that scientists want/need to reach out to as many people as possible and that this involves posting on multiple platforms. But if we want the migration of science to Bluesky to be successful, IMO we shouldn’t keep contributing scientific content to X 092
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerJeffery Cannon, Landscape Ecology Lab @jefferybcannon.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Ready to learn how to use LiDAR for research in #forestry and natural resources using #R? This week I am releasing a 7-part series to help you get started! Share with anyone you know who wants to get started. Part 1 covers acquiring, & viewing LiDAR data! bit.ly/lidR-module1bit.lyModule 1: Getting started with LiDAR processing for forestry and natural resources - The Jones Center at Ichauway Research LabsIf you are interested in learning to use LiDAR for forestry and natural resources, this tutorial can help you get started. You will learn to view large datasets, create raster products, map trees, and... 510136
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerJose Soto-Shoender @jsotoshoender.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Need some cheering up? How about some coati babies :-) from the Central Volcanic Chain of Guatemala. Kudos to my collaborators for picking this cool spot to set up a camera trap. 072
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerAmerican Naturalist / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Was Clements wrong? Resasco et al. revisit the Clements and Gleason debate with plant distributions from Pikes Peak, Clements’s life-long study site. Read this new historical perspective now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...journals.uchicago.eduUniversity of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent 053
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerJeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 11/11/2024I'm a quantitative ecologist, focused on wildlife population ecology, wildlife migration, and conservation biology. I mostly study birds and marine mammals. One of my primary tasks is analyzing data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. 🐦🦅🐦⬛🦆🐳 🧪 🌍 2213
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Another advantage of histograms over stacked bar charts is you can easily include error bars if you have a measure of uncertainty 110
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerAmerican Naturalist / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 04/11/2024Two snowstorms in 2021 set new records of snow and subfreezing temperatures in southeastern US. Then, people reported massive die-offs in wildlife, including among Eastern Bluebirds. Rolland et al. investigate what allowed some to survive. Read now! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...journals.uchicago.eduUniversity of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent 066
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 31/10/2024Preliminary Halloween costume: cowbird egg in a wood thrush nest (not to scale) 87413
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerAdam C Smith @adam-birdstats.bsky.social · 09/10/2024Just Released: The State of Canada's Birds. Birds Canada and Canadian Wildlife Service collaborated to create the go-to source for information on the status of every species of bird that regularly occurs in Canada. #ornithology #ecologicalMonitoring #birds naturecounts.ca/nc/socb-epoc...naturecounts.caThe rise and fall of bird populations tells us how they, and by extension their habitats, are doing. Birds reflect our impact on the environment, tell us where conservation action is working, and show us where we need to focus more effort. 042
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 02/10/2024Interested in migratory connectivity? Data integration? Come see my talk tomorrow at 11 at #AOS24 to learn more! @amornith.bsky.social 021
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 02/10/2024@arpatoz.bsky.social looks like great work as usual! 010
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 01/10/2024#AOS24 bound. Hope to see some of you in Estes Park! 010
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 23/09/2024Who's going to the American Ornithological Society conference this year (next week!)? #aos2024 🌎 🐦🕊️🐤🦜🦩🦆🐧🦢🦚 000
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 18/09/2024Honored to be a part of this cool research led by Ryan Burner on accounting for Breeding Bird Survey stop location uncertainty. doi.org/10.1093/orni...doi.orgInformative priors can account for location uncertainty in stop-level analyses of the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), allowing fine-scale ecological analysesAbstract. Ecological inferences are often based on the locations at which species are present, but many species records have substantial uncertainty in spa 011
Reposted by Jeff HostetlerMethods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 18/09/2024We are very excited that our new Pielou Review, by Hanna Kokko, is now out! Check it out here 👉 buff.ly/3TwlVAD 031
Jeff Hostetler @jeffhostecology.bsky.social · 24/08/2024Hello Bluesky! I'm a quantitative population ecologist that has branched out into migration research. These days I'm mostly focused on birds and marine mammals. Looking forward to learning what folks are up to! 7354