ConnectivityProject

Advancing the conservation and understanding of animals throughout their cycle by promoting science of #MigConnectivity

[ConnectivityProject @MigConnectivity]

#NewPaperAlert #MCP collab with @Georgetown @audubonsociety reviews shortfalls in tracking data to inform conservation for migratory birds https://t.co/P2PnU0HbkO

[National Zoo @NationalZoo]

Since 1970, over 2.5 billion migratory birds have vanished from our skies. 😢 But here's the GOOD NEWS: We have the power to save them! 🦅✨ The 1st step? Figuring out where they go with tracking technology! 🛰️

[ConnectivityProject @MigConnectivity]

Exciting news from the Philippines 🇵🇭 The first #seabirds have been tagged with #MCP program manager Autumn-Lynn Harrison on site to lead tag attachment training 🐦📍A milestone for #science and seabirds - read more about the adventure here 👉 https://t.co/byZ11A9lhe

[World Migratory Bird Day @WMBD]

📢 #WorldMigratoryBirdDay will be celebrated around the world on 10 May 2025!

Read the statement received from Dr. Musonda Mumba, Secretary General of the Convention on Wetlands, to mark #WMBD2025

➡️ https://t.co/iJ6185zcpK

[Steffen Oppel @SteffOpp]

NEW PAPER in #ornithology models the future population trajectory of #seabirds in #Europe under #climate change and avian flu: https://t.co/5smmG5rFYE

[Movebank @MovebankTeam]

Excited to share a new vision to standardize and preserve #biologging #biodiversity #data! https://t.co/bUEtZebzzB
Together with @biologging @BirdLifeMarine @duke_mgel #euromammals #wram @usioosgov @INBOVlaanderen @BirdsCanada @OceanTracking @atlaslivingaust @IMOS_AUS and more

[Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center @SMBC]

Explore the Midcontinent Flyway StoryMap to follow the epic migration of a female Black-bellied Plover while tuning in to the music and sounds she might encounter along the way–
English: https://t.co/vyXO2aGNhC
Spanish: https://t.co/GyJuqGfxiF
Portuguese: https://t.co/7QDA1lHuMu

[UMCES @UMCES]

DeSimone and Cohen of UMCES Appalachian Lab published paper in PNAS today showing consistent social relationships among songbird species during migration. Study could usher in a new field of research -- the community ecology of migration -- check it out! https://t.co/V5qGAO39v6

[Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center @SMBC]

Check out the impact of opting to #DrinkBirdFriendly in real time! This Summer Tanager was tagged by the Bird Friendly team on a coffee farm in Colombia in February and was just spotted earlier this month by a birder at Taylorsville Lake State Park in Kentucky! (1/2)

[ConnectivityProject @MigConnectivity]

MCP along with partners from Smithsonian’s Virginia Working Landscapes and University of New England are filling gaps in understanding Bobolink migratory connectivity https://t.co/e8TF7ckBWu

[ConnectivityProject @MigConnectivity]

Learn about MCP Arctic field research @SMBC #SolsticeSaturday https://t.co/PrE7MpXSI5

[Stuart Butchart @stubutchart]

Does conservation work? Our paper by @rewild shows that it does: a global analysis of 665 trials (incl. several by @RSPBScience) found that conservation improved the state of biodiversity or slowed declines in two-thirds of cases @BirdLife_Sci https://t.co/DskyzkYffQ

[BirdLife Science @BirdLife_Sci]

Tracked migratory birds are documenting their own deaths along the African-Eurasian flyway.

Energy infrastructure, illegal killing & poisoning to blame, outstripping natural mortality causes in tracked raptors, storks & cranes. #Ornithology
https://t.co/bLIegFEhCH

[Vojtech Brlik @VojtechBrlik]

Reposition of #sample #metadata has the potential to boost scientific impact across #biology disciplines.

Right now @Nature: https://t.co/o50k53ZswS

Our initiative was first introduced in @IBIS_jounal along with the @AviSampleNet metadata repository. #ornithology

[MBA - Marine Biological Association @thembauk]

🦈 We have two exciting job opportunities available @TheSimsLab to work on #shark biologging movements, behaviour & distributions under #ClimateChange as part of the OCEAN DEOXYFISH project:

🌊 Project Technical Officer
🔬 Postdoctoral Research Scientist

https://t.co/qgItUSWQh0

[Jessie Williamson @jl_williamson]

The biggest hummingbird in the world is a new species.

Now out in @PNASNews and 8 years in the making, here's how we figured it out with mini tracking devices, genomics, and a century and a half of museum specimens.👇

https://t.co/rVYRpWvGR3

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[Colin Bean @ProfColinBean]

The power of collaboration - check out this new paper which describes the inshore and offshore marine migration pathways of Atlantic salmon post-smolts from multiple rivers in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, and Ireland  https://t.co/ZfFym6lJqD

[USFWS Migratory Birds @USFWSBirds]

Spring migration is heating up across the country!

3-Day BirdCast Predictions:
🌒Tonight (4/29) - 361 million birds
🌒Tomorrow (4/30) - 337 million birds
🌒Wednesday (5/1) - 401 million birds

#MigrationMonday #LightsOutforBirds #MigratoryBirds
🗺️@CornellLab @ColoradoStateU

[ConnectivityProject @MigConnectivity]

JOB ALERT @SMBC

[Loss Ecology Lab @LossLabOSU]

New paper in @PNASNews by Ellen Robertson!
Using #eBird data we show that most migrating #Birds track average (not current) #Plant green-up conditions, leading to decoupling of spring #Migration from earlier spring green-up caused by #ClimateChange
https://t.co/BgjT8p7wZf

[MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @MPI_animalbehav]

Good news animals: all that teenage dare-devilry pays off...at least in migration.
Adolescent exploration helps storks to learn straighter + shorter migration routes✈️
Paper @PNASNews by Ellen Aikens @UWyonews @anflack and the team @CBehav @UniKonstanz 1/2
https://t.co/Z3x22p4WEB

[USFWS Migratory Birds @USFWSBirds]

Welcome back, #BirdCast! 🤩 We are so excited for another season of spring #BirdMigration! Already 23 MILLION #MigratoryBirds are predicted to travel across the continental U.S. this evening. Don't forget to #DimtheLights for birds at night 🗺️ @CornellBirds & @ColoradoStateU