Emma Borsier

Zoology PhD student @UniofOxford | studying the role of learning in bird flight | she/her

[Jana Petri @jp_biology]

Wonderful talk by Emma Borsier, University of Oxford
about how zebra finches learn to fly especially when it is windy
Symposium 8
#icn2024berlin

[Emma Borsier @EBorsier]

@MNJeschke @neuroethology hi Manon! i noticed your poster the other day, looks super interesting but couldn't make it to the session yesterday - any chance you are still at around this afternoon and have time for a chat? :)

[Oxford Biology @OxfordBiology]

On Friday our first Behaviour & Biomechanics Symposium was held - an opportunity to share and celebrate the diverse research taking place in this area at the Department. Thanks to the committee for arranging!

[Emma Borsier @EBorsier]

@CaitNewport @OxfordBiology sure, i hope they like mashed boiled eggs with the shell bc that's all they're gonna eat!

[Emma Borsier @EBorsier]

@CaitNewport @OxfordBiology that's my reaction to baby humans too

[Emma Borsier @EBorsier]

@CaitNewport I was about to say! Would've been concerning 😂

[Emma Borsier @EBorsier]

@guardian

[Emma Borsier @EBorsier]

@ElliotHowaSpi went yesterday and it took me 10 minutes just to find the entrance

[Sofia Miñano @SofiMinano]

excited to share that my first, first-author paper from my PhD is out! 🤩🥇

Check how we tackled the problem of reconstructing hawks' visual fields in flight 🦅👁️

https://t.co/1T4IyfESA4

Make sure you have a look at the supplementary videos! They were very fun to make 🙃

[Arthur Spirling @arthur_spirling]

Related: there was a time when the leading scientific theory on swallow migration was that they went to the moon

https://t.co/NjTGrnjUFa

[Oxford Biology @OxfordBiology]

Don't forget, this is TOMORROW at the John Krebs Field Research Station! What better way to spend a Saturday than with some motion-tracked hawks and vibrating spiders??

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

In a Nature Portfolio Ecology & Evolution Community post, Caroline Brighton writes about research examining the natural hunting behaviours of raptors attacking bats in a swarm. https://t.co/RLznXy9E5W

[Joe Wynn @joewynn_birds]

Nice to see this in print, "How might #magnetic secular variation impact avian philopatry?" This kinda builds on our recent reed warbler manuscript, and might be of interest to those considering the viability of magnetic #maps in long-distance homing! 👀 https://t.co/5Da83tczfp

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

So, based on this new research:
- because albatrosses can actually dive to greater depths, longlines being set deeper could mean they can't reach the baited hooks
- albatross were found to deep dive during the day, so setting the lines at night would also limit the birds exposure

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

Dr Oliver Padget, Department of Zoology:

‘We found that deep diving was restricted to daylight hours, and so one potential mitigation could be for pelagic long lines to be set at night when albatross might be less likely, or able, to chase baits and become caught.’

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

THREAD: Albatrosses are one of the world's largest birds with a wingspan of up to 3.5 metres.

These seabirds have an average lifespan of up to 50 years, but many species of albatross are considered endangered.

So how could knowing how deep they can dive help to save them? 🤔

[Ollie Padget @OlliePadget]

Last week a group of us visited @CopelandBirdObs to ring #Manx #shearwater fledglings as they emerge from their nest before heading on their first migration. Breeding Manxies can’t be aged by plumage or morphology so the aim is to provide demographic info for future studies. 1/4

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A red-tailed hawk stabilizing its head to stay focused on prey as it hovers in gusting winds.

Credit: Bill Bryant https://t.co/T7E3qZNybT

[Dr. Natalie Isaksson @nattenstein]

Very cool use of a gif to contextualize blue whale foraging movements in relation to vessel traffic in Chile. The whale seems really constrained by the routes, powerful imagery! Full paper here: https://t.co/QRZ3axYv8c