Kyle Smelter

MSc. student @PSUecosystems | Quantitative Wildlife Ecology Lab | @UMaine alum | Currently studying wild turkey movement ecology in Pennsylvania

[Esri @Esri]

The @audubonsociety Bird Migration Explorer is your guide to the heroic journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way. 🐦

🔸Explore the map: https://t.co/0sisrolT7A

[Erik Schneider @erikmschneider]

Reminder that Project 2025 is promising to gut protections for birds, endangered species, and wild Arctic landscapes on behalf of oil companies

[Penn State Eberly College of Science @PSUScience]

David Toews, assistant professor of biology, co-authored an article on https://t.co/N2w8ij4JU7 about how #PennState is helping reduce bird window collisions on University Park's campus.

Read the full story at https://t.co/LoJfIafKW8

[katie gundermann @kpgund]

My first chapter of my MSc work with @fbuderman on using change-point models to identify behavioral transitions is out today in Movement Ecology!
https://t.co/6LVuKWro0o

[Rachel Darling @darlingbirder]

Mainers near and far, check out this neat volunteer science project digging into the community ecology of Maine owl species and the threatened northern bog lemming.
#volunteerscience #MOPP #scicolab
https://t.co/K769W4hxaA

[Kyle Smelter @KyleSmelter]

Check out this article about our RAWA tabling event @UMaine. We truly had a blast and this was a complete team effort! This is the year for RAWA!

UMaine’s Student Chapter contributed to historic progress for RAWA during the last Congress https://t.co/Bxs5BDvcei

[Bill Marchel @BillMarchel]

Here is an adult male Eastern Wild Turkey in flight. The tom’s beard is barely visible, but I know it’s an adult because its tail fan is uninterrupted, whereas a jake, or juvenile male turkey, sports a tail fan where the middle feathers are longer than those on either side.

[Turkeys for Tomorrow @ForTurkeys]

This is the launch of the Wild Turkey Science Podcast!

New episodes are available every Monday everywhere podcasts are found. #forturkeys

[University of Maine @UMaine]

Researchers from UMaine and @mefishwildlife are working together to develop new resources that will support current and future management strategies for wild turkey populations in the state. https://t.co/beWp5Wzxko

[Kyle Smelter @KyleSmelter]

@MushtaqBilalPhD Thank you!

[Rachel Darling @darlingbirder]

The first peer-reviewed article I'm a contributing author on was published last week! Thanks to @BriWeeks_MI for inviting me to participate in the process!
#AcademicTwitter #NeuralNetworks #Skelevision
https://t.co/OymxRbdU2n

[The Wildlife Society @wildlifesociety]

Yesterday, TWS staff and partners were made aware that the decision to include the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act in an end-of-year funding package may be made within the next 24 hours. Contact your members of Congress at https://t.co/UJISwdyVBx #RecoverWildlife

[University of Maine Research @maine_research]

Thanksgiving may be right around the corner, but Maine’s wild turkeys 🦃 have more to worry about than ending up on the kitchen table. Click here to learn more!
https://t.co/8rPUKSGr00
@ejblomberg @MattGonnerman

[Alessio Mortelliti @AlessioMortell2]

Animal behavior plays a critical role in the delivery of ecosystem services!.. yet the study of animal behavior and ecosystem services rarely intersect!
Check out my latest paper on @Trends_Ecol_Evo
https://t.co/yNr2ILPWkC

[Rachel Darling @darlingbirder]

Some of my first GPS tagged woodcock are making big migratory moves! So cool to see the data in (almost) real time!🤩 Shout out to @LA_Berigan for excellent field training and masterful R code!

https://t.co/bSnEKHLlJa

#EWMRC #americanwoodcock #gpsdata

[Liam Berigan @LA_Berigan]

New paper: lesser prairie-chickens, which are a hair away from the endangered species list, are largely neglected on federal lands in favor of intensive grazing practices https://t.co/pg4t2Cf9Um (PC: Melody Lytle)

[Rachel Darling @darlingbirder]

https://t.co/FTYRVwJ649

Well, here's an idea...dark infrastructure. Like green infrastructure, but homing in on reducing artificial light at night within developed and protected areas.

[Rachel Darling @darlingbirder]

In Vermont this week, learning a new trapping technique - spotlighting. Plus spending some time searching for boreal species in the North Woods. @KyleSmelter @LA_Berigan
#fieldwork #americanwoodcock #scolopaxminor #EWMRC #Vermont #northwoods

[Kevin Ringelman @KevinRingelman]

Please RT: Ph.D. opportunity at LSU studying black-bellied whistling-ducks! This is a project with a ton of potential. $32k stipend+tuition waiver
https://t.co/bnlg60Xi4a

[Liam Berigan @LA_Berigan]

The Eastern Woodcock Migration Research Cooperative is responsible for much of the woodcock data in this tool; check it out! @ejblomberg @AmberRothLab