Shorebirds are the coolest birds ever (not biased!) and the focus of this Wednesday's episode of Nature. In the process, you can learn more about the amazing research of Lauren Puleo, birdecologylab, Global Flyway Network, and many others. Check it out! pbs.org/wnet/nature/ab…

Read all about the Greater Yellowlegs that flew in from Alaska and has been hanging out in the #LARiver for a month! --> laaudubon.org/blog/2023/9/11… By Rozy Bathrick of UMass Amherst

Oh boy, it might be happening. Lesser Yellowlegs we put transmitters on in King Salmon, AK are departing the breeding ground - will they continue down different flyways?? Stay tuned...

Shorebird tracking in Alaska - field tech position open! I am hiring one early-career assistant to help with fieldwork from mid-May - early July in southwest AK.
Apply here - review begins 3/14. 🧵careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/…

Bog word of the day is ombrotrophic. Ombros (Greek)= rain shower; Trophic from trophikós= nutrition. Bogs (unlike other wetlands like fens) are ombrotrophic & receive all water & nutrient inputs from precipitation. This fosters unique chemistry & species like meat eating plants.

Single-predator-single-prey studies dominate the #mismatch literature, making for difficult generalization across systems. In our recent paper, we provide a framework for capturing population-level effects of mismatches using Bayesian HMs in a multiple prey system (a short 🧵).

Nothing better than receiving this amazing drawing of a Hudsonian godwit from a student last week. Perfect way to wrap up another semester being a TA. 🍁

Never catch snowflakes with your tongue until all the birds have flown south. ❄️

Snow joke. Follow us for more winter tips!

Image: Moose with tongue sticking out takes a chance at Grand Teton National Park. Magical. NPS/C. Adams

Sometimes you're the bear and sometimes, you're the fish. Which one are you most feeling like today?

Photo courtesy of L. Law

I’m looking for graduate students. Please share! UMass Amherst: Avian Physiology PhD positions - SICB sicb.org/jobs-and-fello…

I couldn't resist trying a Northern Red Cardinal, after picking up some flame-coloured leaves on my walk yesterday. Compostable Autumn Art made entirely from fallen leaves and a twig!🍁🍂🍁 #Compostable AutumnArt #Autumnleaves springwatchtest

Meet @jennylinscott, NEW EDITOR at Wader Study!
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology

So grateful to have received the award for best student poster at #AFO100 ! It was a phenomenal week spent with old & new friends!

Spent the week at #AFO100 with the birds and the bird people! Many highlights, among them presentations about the #migration #connectivity of whip-poor-wills, Swainson’s Warblers and Whimbrel. Also, I presented my first poster since undergrad on #shortbilleddowitcher !

Make sure to come check out our talks/posters! My lab mates Maina Handmaker, Rozy Bathrick & I have some exciting stuff to share about long-distance migratory shorebirds! #AFO100

On the #WorldMigratoryBirdDay , today we talk about these three species of long-distance migratory #Shorebirds , did you know They may fly up to 19,000 miles per year?

Research paper by Mary Margaret Pelton et al.:
Kiawah and Seabrook islands are a critical site for the rufa Red Knot

waderstudygroup.org/article/16431/
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds #OpenAccess
@jennylinscott

Beautiful Hooded Warbler - my lifer! #birdphotography #birding

My and Mary Margaret Pelton's first ever paper has been published in Wader Study! We along with JulianGW @jennylinscott and Nathan Senner found that at least 17,247 rufa Red Knots (~41% of the total pop) utilize a 24 km stretch of beach on the SC coast during spring migration. Link below!

NEW PAPER:
Annual schedule adjustment by a long-distance migratory bird, the Icelandic whimbrel
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

I could make a thread summarising the paper, but this figure does a better job.
Paper is not open access - please don't hesitate to DM for a copy.
#ornithology