Ann "Sparrow" To

Nature, bird, urban ecology, extreme weather event, photography & gaming
|自然系/城市生態學/極端天氣|
Interested in science, but not a scientist.
Graduate @PlymUni @HKUST

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

Excited to share my BSc project is just out in @BehavEcol with @nonay6 and @dr_dingle
We used field recordings to study how 4 bird species in #HongKong sing under both urban noise and insect noise
https://t.co/QwPaEnaCMC
#bioacoustics #ornithology

[Journal of Experimental Biology @J_Exp_Biol]

In urban areas, darkness is increasingly rare, so how is our addiction to light at night affecting other species? Dehua Wang (Shandong University, China) & co show that Bengalese finches are relatively unaffected but zebra finches are in bad shape

https://t.co/CiJ8S9nBIS

[Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @BiodiversaPlus]

📢 Save the date for our 1st Biodiversity Monitoring Science Fair! Online, 21-22 May.
Connect with R&I, policy & business to explore the future of monitoring: tech sessions (eDNA, bioacoustics, remote sensing), project showcases, interactive talks, & more!
https://t.co/NeZegFGEmH

[Acoustical Society of America @acousticsorg]

📱 Can you hear the hidden voices in your phone? High-frequency sounds might reveal eerie whispers beyond what we normally perceive. Discover the ghostly details in speech! 🎶👻 https://t.co/vWLh5VrmJH

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

An amazing field guide on Diptera of Japan!
Probably going to get the other books, too

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

What a twist for 20w Krathon
GFS now predict it would not head to Taiwan in the latest 2 forecasts, but stay on current course and enter South China Sea instead

[Alex Chan @AlexHHChan]

New preprint out (finally) !!!! We present YOLO-Behaviour, a flexible, easy to implement, robust framework for automated behavioural annotation from videos. @CBehav

https://t.co/VKqCWbE66d

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

@EarthUncutTV All the best! Stay safe

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

Out for a ~11km survey route in #HongKong at the #InternationalBatNight
Quite a fruitful night, haven't went through all the recordings in details yet, but estimate 14-17 #bat species recorded
Thanks my friend for taking pictures of me 😁

[Birds of The World: The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld]

BOW readers are invited to attend this 3-part online science workshop: Working with eBird Status and Trends Data Products. Tell your sciencey friends! #ornithology https://t.co/2SK2yBZOaa

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

@maka_choco_ So what have you done this time? 🤔

[ICCS @ICCS_updates]

How can #IndigenousPeoples and #LocalCommunities better participate in #conservation?

This community guide gives practical guidance on how to use new technology to monitor the #Biodiversity on their lands.

https://t.co/PuTquMXVhT

#TransformativePathways #ForPeopleAndNature

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

Amazing feeding buzz from Black-bearded Tomb Bat (Taphozous melanopogon)
In love with the structure of the echolocation calls
And I can hear the calls with my own ears, most likely is the 1st harmonic (~11-19khz)
#HongKong #bats #wildlife

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

@H_Reers Thanks for sharing! The "bite" marks on my devices are very small, so could be insects. I'll look for a add-on to protect them.
Last year I deployed them for a month, all 20 came back without this issue, weird.

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

Any #AudioMoth user came across with this situation before?
The acoustics membrane broken, at first I thought it has sth to do with the parasitic wasp/fly. But 2 more units have the same issue without any cocoon around.
Air pressure? Or invertebrate bites?

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Rare partnership, rainbow and lightning

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

@FrontierLabsAU @BeeBabette @AMCELL No worries!
That'd be great 😄 Thanks for that. In the meantime I'm looking for literature too, hopefully can find something useful.

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

#Bioacoustics community, does anyone know how to distinguish between #moth anti-bat ultrasound, and courtship/mating ultrasound?

[Ann "Sparrow" To @AnnToWY]

@FrontierLabsAU @BeeBabette @AMCELL The one above looks like from moth, but the one below seems not. I've came across with both quite often.
Happy to see what do you and others think!

[NOAA Aircraft Operations Center @NOAA_HurrHunter]

OVER THE CARIBBEAN - Inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane #Beryl!
NOAA WP-3D Orion #NOAA43 “Miss Piggy” continues operations into Hurricane #Beryl to collect data for hurricane forecasting and research.
Visit https://t.co/0W0v11Anw1 for the latest forecast and advisories. #FlyNOAA
📸: Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Doremus, NOAA Corps