Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Peak bird migration is nearly upon us. May your mornings be full of warblers, orioles, grosbeaks and tanagers! 2167
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 23/03/2026🚨 Hiring a postdoc (2 years)! We’re looking for someone with skills in data science, remote sensing, or computer science: 🛰️ Build next-gen nighttime light products 🦅 Link light spectra to migration & collision risk Apply or reach out! aeroecolab.com/opportunitiesaeroecolab.comPurdue AeroEco Lab Opportunities 02639
Reposted by Kyle HortonDavid Toews @davetoews.bsky.social · 11/12/2025BIG day for warbler genomes, with work led by @kevinfpbennett.bsky.social! Whole genomes nearly *every species* of warbler. Warblers the most "Pokémon" of the bird world? Well, they're also trading their coloration genes like valuable collectors cards ... www.psu.edu/news/eberly-... 🦉🧪psu.eduWarblers borrow color-related genes from evolutionary neighbors, study finds | Penn State UniversityA new study has uncovered several instances of wood warblers — some of the most colorful birds in North America — passing color-related genes to other wood warbler species, including those that are no... 25523
Reposted by Kyle HortonESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Check out the video below ⬇️ and then read the #OpenAccess study in our journal "Ecology"! doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 062
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Take three minutes to look at pretty birds, explore radar data, and see how we connect the structure of skies to MacArthur's ideas of niche partitioning. 📡🐦☁️🎧youtu.beStructuring the skies: Diel dynamics of migratory animalmovement in the lower atmosphereYouTube video by Kyle Horton 13217
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 20/11/2025We churned through over 100 million radar samples to quantify the structure of migration through the airspaces across the United States: Just out in Ecology esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 24519
Reposted by Kyle HortonBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 20/11/2025Pairing weather radars with eBird data for large-scale monitoring of swallow and martin communal roosts | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology 🪶 01710
Reposted by Kyle HortonEliot Miller @eliotmiller.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Using automated acoustic monitoring, citizen science, and centuries of ornithological research and understanding to quantify ecological integrity at scale. The BirdsPlus Index, a novel method for assessing site-level conservation values. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 44519
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Interested in how animals use the sky? 🌌 I’m recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2026, Purdue University) to study Purple Martin flight behavior and airspace use using barometric transmitters. Details ➡️ jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id... #Aeroecology #AvianEcology 01311
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Another massive movement of migratory birds underway tonight — nearly 1 Billion Birds! With the full moon, you might be able to see some silhouettes zipping by. You can make your own flow maps here (just hit record): aeroecolab.com/uslights 58332
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration 331481412
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 22/09/20257-Day Bird Migration Forecast We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far — over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight. 14421
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Lots and lots and lots of birds taking off tonight. Here's what things look like detected by the Milwaukee radar (KMKX): Night of September 3, 2025. 0185
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Migration is roaring across the Midwest tonight! Check out the real-time flow visualization to watch it unfold: aeroecolab.com/uslights 1104
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Tonight’s forecast: 304 million birds expected to migrate across the U.S. 🕊️📡 The Upper Midwest is especially active – keep an eye on the skies and consider going “Lights Out” to help reduce risks for nocturnal migrants. #BirdMigration #LightsOut #Midwest 072
Reposted by Kyle Hortonlights out for migrating birds @lightsoutforbirds.bsky.social · 26/08/2025aeroecolab.com/illinois turn off non-essential outdoor lighting from 11 pm–6 am & close shades to reduce skyglow for migrating birds 1117
Reposted by Kyle HortonSwiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Combining weather radar data with environmental data, @birgenhaest.bsky.social and co-authors found that peak roosting phenology of migrating martins and swallows in the Great Lakes region is paced by both local and distant conditions. Read more on doi.org/10.1111/geb.... 0106
Reposted by Kyle HortonBirgen Haest @birgenhaest.bsky.social · 09/07/2025📡 Why do Martins and Swallows pass by the Great Lakes when they do - Great collaboration with Yuting Deng and @kyle-horton.bsky.social. @biodiversa.eu 📡 063
Reposted by Kyle HortonJudy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Just over two weeks left to apply 276
Reposted by Kyle HortonFengyi Guo (Freda) @fyguo.bsky.social · 30/05/20251. Did you know that the Corn Belt in the Midwest USA is so vast you can see it from space? 🌽 How would this affect billions of migrating songbirds passing through each year? 🐦 Check out our new study in @conbiology.bsky.social to find out! 🧵1/8 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 12216
Reposted by Kyle HortonFengyi Guo (Freda) @fyguo.bsky.social · 30/05/2025What to learn more? #BirdMigration #Conservation Check out our full study in @conbiology.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/RCKH33... Or read this great article by Kathi Borgmann summarizing these findings: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025.... @cornellbirds.bsky.socialconbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.comAssessing the Corn Belt as an anthropogenic barrier to migrating landbirds in the United StatesYou have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader. 032
Reposted by Kyle HortonFengyi Guo (Freda) @fyguo.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Grateful to collaborate with an amazing team on this work. @jbuler.bsky.social, Adriaan Dokter, @kyle-horton.bsky.social, @emlbcohen.bsky.social, Dan Sheldon, Jaclyn Smolinsky, and David Wilcove. 152
Reposted by Kyle HortonBirder K @birderk.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Lots of Lights Out alerts tonight as we come into the mad rush that is Maygration. #birds #spring #migration #LightsOutForBirds 1336
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Spring is for the grouse and chickens! Colorado leks have been 🔥🔥🔥 (w/@carburt.bsky.social). Greater Sage-Grouse and Greater Prairie-Chickens 📷 1304
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Birds will be arriving soon! This map shows peak migration dates across the US modeled using radar data. Keep in mind, the dates represent peaks, but migration usually plays out across a couple of weeks, so estimate ± 1 week on either side of the dates on the map for max migration activity. 1199
Reposted by Kyle HortonBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 28/03/2025Ornithology: Night flight communication across species boundaries | www.cell.com/current... | @currentbiology.bsky.social | #ornithology 🪶 081
Reposted by Kyle HortonRobert Fletcher @fletcherecology.bsky.social · 12/03/2025New article out today in @nature.com by Gonçalves-Souza, @nickhaddad.bsky.social, @jon-chase03.bsky.social et al. on forest fragmentation and biodiversity: www.nature.com/articles/s41... A must read for anyone interested in this topic. See my summary here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comBiodiversity declines across fragmented forestsAssessing the effect of forest fragmentation on biodiversity. 26630
Reposted by Kyle HortonCecilia Nilsson @cnilsson.science · 05/03/2025Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can. Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost: go.nature.com/3F0wQ0Lgo.nature.comEuropean data on animals aloft now publicly availableWeather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o... 212261
Reposted by Kyle HortonBaptiste Schmid @baptischmi.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Happy to co-organise a symposium on migratory birds and artificial light at night: from research to policy. #ornithology #aeroecology submit 👆🏽your abstract before March 15 😀 #eou2025 055
Reposted by Kyle HortonAmerican Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Abstracts for #AOS25 Oral Presentations & Posters are due by 3/16/25. Share your research. The submission form includes a set of questions for those who want to be considered for the Student Presentation Award competition! meeting.americanornithology.org/call-for-abs... 062
Reposted by Kyle HortonWilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 19/02/2025There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WOS Research Award recipient @mikkojimenez.bsky.social writes about his efforts to ground-truth radar #ornithology data in Colorado.wilsonsociety.orgGuest Post – Radar vs. Reality: Ground-Truthing NEXRAD Estimates of Migrating BirdsEvery birder I know has been influenced by the integration of radar into ornithology. 12412
Reposted by Kyle HortonMatt Carling @mdcarling.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Hey #ornithologists or really anyone. Help Flocks Take Flight by donating today: www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...gofundme.comDonate to Help Flocks take flights for ornithologists!, organized by Ashley DayerWe all need a space to feel we belong and where we are supported. This is wh… Ashley Dayer needs your support for Help Flocks take flights for ornithologists! 195
Reposted by Kyle HortonMaria Belotti @mariabelotti.bsky.social · 18/02/2025For a video abstract, go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdkD...youtube.comRadar revelations: insect availability influences parental provisioning in breeding Tree SwallowsYouTube video by Kyle Horton 032
Reposted by Kyle HortonMaria Belotti @mariabelotti.bsky.social · 18/02/2025My rockstar of a friend just got her first master's paper published! Check it out here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @kyle-horton.bsky.social @mikkojimenez.bsky.social 132
Reposted by Kyle HortonAmerican Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Read the latest blog post on Wing Beat, "Using weather radar and automated flight call monitoring to sample migration in the American West" by Dylan M. Osterhaus. Blog post: americanornithology.org/using-weathe... Related paper: academic.oup.com/condor/advan... #ornithology #nocturnalmigrationamericanornithology.orgUsing weather radar and automated flight call monitoring to sample migration in the American West - American Ornithological SocietyHow to describe something we cannot see? This challenge defines nocturnal bird migration research. Every spring and fall, millions of birds fly through the night, journeying between wintering and bree... 02613
Reposted by Kyle HortonCorey Callaghan @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Brett Scheffers and I are seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join the 2025-2027 Future of Species Range Shifts cohort as part of the Climate Adaptation Postdoctoral (CAP) Fellows Program. The postdoc would be hosted here at UF. More here: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...jobs.rwfm.tamu.eduPost-Doc - Future of Species Range Shifts | Natural Resources Job Board 033
Reposted by Kyle HortonJoely DeSimone @joely-desimone.bsky.social · 28/01/2025NSF PRFB fellows: talk to your POs and transfer the remaining year’s balance of salary and research funds by 5pm today!! Dm me if you want to join the prfb slack where fellows are sharing info with each other #nsf #nsfprfb 915196
Reposted by Kyle HortonKristen M. Covino, PhD @kristencovino.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Please share with your birdy and ornithology connections. My summer Field Ornithology course is open for enrollment. We live and study birds on an island in Maine for two weeks!!! DM me with any questions. #ornithology 0106
Reposted by Kyle HortonBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 14/01/2025Integrating multi-scale terrestrial and atmospheric predictors enhance nocturnal bird migration forecasts | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithologydoi.orgIntegrating multi-scale terrestrial and atmospheric predictors enhance nocturnal bird migration forecastsAbstract. Our ability to forecast the spatial and temporal patterns of ecological processes at continental scales has drastically improved over the past de 0105
Reposted by Kyle HortonCarolyn Burt @carburt.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Excited this paper is out as part of our NSF project to create technological advances to move toward sustainable lighting policies with @kyle-horton.bsky.social and Jeff Kelly! New improved bird migration forecasts led by @mikkojimenez.bsky.social and Ali Khalighifar. 043
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 16/01/2025New 2025 NSF PRFB theme: The new area will support Fellows that leverage large data, such as those from NEON, and innovative approaches, including AI, and modeling to advance biological research and solutions for a Resilient Planet. Reach out if we'd be a good fit. 📡🐦 new.nsf.gov/funding/info...new.nsf.govAnnouncing a New Track in the Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) Program: Biological Research, Understanding and Solutions for a Resilient Planet 021
Reposted by Kyle HortonBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 14/01/2025A call in the dark: Nocturnal flight calls and their potential to advance the study of avian migration | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithologydoi.orgA call in the dark: Nocturnal flight calls and their potential to advance the study of avian migrationAbstract. Migratory birds have experienced widespread declines in abundance and face numerous threats. The conservation of migratory species relies in part 03218
Kyle Horton @kyle-horton.bsky.social · 13/12/2024New paper led by Mikko Jimenez examining biases in radar data for biological applications. zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 060