Mattea Taylor

PhD student studying the movement, behaviour and site selection influences of migratory shorebirds in the Hunter and Port Stephens estuaries.

[Mattea Taylor @Mattea_Taylor]

Photo credits. Us: @MeishaLiddon; The adorable tiny athlete (red-necked stint) that flies between our Australian coasts and Siberia: @BirdsByLou

[Mattea Taylor @Mattea_Taylor]

The more we learn about shorebirds the more we can protect them and their habitat. Banding shorebirds is so important for this. Thanks to a Wettenhall Environmental Trust grant, @BirdsByLou and I recently honed our skills with the Qld Wader Study Group, to equip our NSW research.

[Conservation Science Research Group @ConservationUon]

It's a CSRG Christmas!!! Check out the "lit-mas" tree of a snapshot of publications produced by the Conservation Science Research Group lab over the past year - what a fantastic effort!!

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Removing polychaetes from plant debris makes me wish I'd played that game Operation a bit more so my fine motor skills were more developed! 😂

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

Phenomenal. Bar-tailed Godwit has broken its own record: a first-year bird (five months old!) has flown 13,560 km—just shy of the direct flight limit of a Boeing 787—from Alaska to Tasmania, seemingly non-stop, in just 11 days (avg. speed: c.51 km/hr).

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Very cool to see some sea hares today near Merewether baths, Newcastle! 😍 Wildlife appreciation in all its forms @ConservationUon

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So many silver gulls flocking at Hexham Swamp today. I've never seen that thriller movie The Birds but I feel like this was gearing up for it. 😂

[Andrea Griffin @DrAndreaGriffin]

The Port Stephens delegation meets their Japanese hosts @DrAndreaGriffin @HunterBirders

[Wader Study @WaderStudy]

Repeated monitoring suggests shorebirds are disturbed consistently during winter at a globally important roost in tropical Australia
by Khwaja et al.

https://t.co/e4yCqGlQVL
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
@Mattea_Taylor @BirdlifeOz @DEECA_Vic @GlobalFlyway @Uni_Newcastle

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Final survey at this site... now that inland has dried up a bit, the pied stilts have returned and we also had some equine visitors 😅

[Eggpicnic 🌳 @eggpicnic]

We're so excited to reveal that the animals will be taking over the Sydney Harbour Bridge for @vividsydney. ❤️ Our illumination explores Australia’s habitats, from backyards to our most endangered ecosystems. The city will light up from the 26 May - 17 June. #vividsydney

[Mattea Taylor @Mattea_Taylor]

The things you do for science... some of my feather samples were wet so I'm using a hair dryer to better preserve them until I get back to the lab @ConservationUon

[BBC Radio Bristol @BBCRB]

Otter-ly gorgeous! 🦦🌱🌊
Have you seen this 3D wetlands scene in #Bristol?

It's been commissioned by @WWTworldwide to raise awareness of wetland habitats.

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The tranquillity of Thursday's early morning survey with @BirdsByLou and @el_rourke... before the rain began!

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@ConservationUon

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Making the most of time with @BirdsByLou and @el_rourke... data entry undercover to stay (mostly) dry in between bouts of fieldwork. @BirdsByLou #shorebirds #phdlife #Science

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Final survey for the month...

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Shorebirds are incredible!!! And how fantastic is technology to discover such things!

[Alex Berryman @AlexJB497]

Phenomenal. Bar-tailed Godwit has broken its own record: a first-year bird (five months old!) has flown 13,560 km—just shy of the direct flight limit of a Boeing 787—from Alaska to Tasmania, seemingly non-stop, in just 11 days (avg. speed: c.51 km/hr).

https://t.co/Q3vemnrKaF

[Mattea Taylor @Mattea_Taylor]

My highlight of today's disturbance survey was the Wompoo Fruit Dove that flew into view as I was leaving. No disrespect to the Eastern Curlews I'm researching but this was an exciting new bird I hadn't thought I'd get to see in the region, though I'd heard it had been around.

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The forecast said a 20% chance of rain but it rained during the shorebird disturbance survey anyway. Fortunately, I came prepared!