PhD #Seabird ecologist | esp. Antarctic, NE Pacific, #gulls | Adjunct Prof, UVic | Co-chair, COSEWIC Birds sub-cttee | Mastodon @procellaria@ecoevo.social
Victoria, BC and elsewhere
Joined May 2016
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"Birds are just doing what birds do." #urbangulls @ed_kroc
Gulls are intelligent, vital birds that deserve our protection, not scorn bit.ly/4fcnsnC
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The culmination of nearly a decade of work: my new paper with Louise Blight @procellaria11 and Wilson Cao on urban-nesting Glaucous-winged Gulls (GWGUs) of @CityofVancouver now online in Ecological Modelling. I'll give the highlights here, but more to come soon. 1/7
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus #HPAI has caused the deaths of MANY wild birds across the globe in recent years. It's finally made it's way to the #Antarctic region. We knew it would, but still. Devastated.
bas.ac.uk/media-post/first-c…
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The fabled urban Heermann’s Gulls of Seaside, CA. Forced to relocate at least 7 times in the past 10-15 years due mostly to human inhospitality, this small but magnificent colony is one of the most stunning examples of #urbangull success and tenacity on the planet. 1/3
Great story by @SheenaGoodyear on the vagaries of #gull diet, and our perceptions of #UrbanGulls: "they get a bad reputation simply for being resilient and resourceful".
cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/gul…
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I'm so chuffed to see this article published!!!
And I can't think of a more fitting venue than @CanEntomologist for our Diplolepis #gall research. Special thanks to Dr. Bob Lalonde @fos_ubco for his mentorship and support as my Honours supervisor.
Species composition of the parasitoid genus Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) varies at a local scale in Diplolepis variabilis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) galls
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
#NewInCanEnt
ALT A eurytomid wasp, not the one form the article. This is a black wasp, with yellow legs, and red eyes, a highly sculptured cuticle and a knife like ovipositor.
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Strong displacement of loons in response to #offshorewindfarms leading to redistribution and impacting marine protected area. Garthe et al. nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
#seabirds #northsea #windenergy #MPAs
Pleased to share our latest paper published in @plosone: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… - on obtaining #VesselTraffic baselines in a #MarineProtectedArea
#ornithology #seabirds #OpenAccess
Louise Blight retweeted
Today is a big news day for ocean science and economics @UBC. See below. @ubcSPPGA @SSHRC_CRSH @KillamTrusts @TylerPrize @envpriz @pewenvironment @oceana @OceanCanada @SolvingFCB @SeaAroundUs
Two @UBC ocean fisheries experts – marine biologist Dr. Daniel Pauly (@SeaAroundUs) and fisheries economist Dr. Rashid Sumaila (@DrRashidSumaila) — have been awarded the 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. @TylerPrize
oceans.ubc.ca/2023/02/22/202… @ubcscience @ubcnews
Congrats to Lindsay Lalach @BirdsCanada on her new senior-author paper! (on using remote survey approaches at hard-to-access #KBAs)
doi.org/10.3897/natureconser… via @naturecons
@KbaCanada #gulls #seabirds
Louise Blight retweeted
Ya se viene el Congreso Internacional de Pinguinos en Viña del Mar, Chile (4-9 Setiembre 2023). Más información en penguin-conference.com
Happy to share our recent #gull research comparing historical and current reproductive outcomes in #GlaucousWingedGulls in BC.
With Will O'Shea & Greg McClelland.
@ed_kroc #seabirds #ornithology @VictoriaNHS
Read: ace-eco.org/vol17/iss2/art41…
Louise Blight retweeted
We're advertising a couple of PhD studentships on how #seabirds respond to anthropogenic environmental and landscape changes
@IapetusDTP @UofG_SBOHVM @UK_CEH @_BTO @StirBES @HeriotWattUni
Apply at iapetus2.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ until 6th January 2023
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We're hiring a grad student to work with a team of scientists, policy-makers, and practitioners @CarletonBiology @ECCCSciTech @NatureCanada to explore outcomes of bird conservation in #cities. Come join our amazing team. Please share widely! (2/2) #AcademicTwitter #newPI
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I'm excited to share our latest collaborative paper published in @EnvSciTech, "Stable Mercury Trends Support a Long-Term Diet Shift Away from Marine Foraging in Salish Sea Glaucous-Winged Gulls over the Last Century" pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
ALT Glaucous-winged gull. Credit: Kyle Elliott
Our latest #gull paper just out, in @EnvSciTech. Fantastic to work with @Emily_S_Choy, @ArcticEcology, John Elliott, Keith Hobson, Michelle Zanuttig on this look at long-term mercury trends in #SalishSea #GlaucousWingedGulls.
#ornithology #gulls
I'm excited to share our latest collaborative paper published in @EnvSciTech, "Stable Mercury Trends Support a Long-Term Diet Shift Away from Marine Foraging in Salish Sea Glaucous-Winged Gulls over the Last Century" pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
ALT Glaucous-winged gull. Credit: Kyle Elliott
