Changes in lighting & putting a film with a pattern of little dots on windows at McCormick Place in Chicago reduced bird mortality from window collisions by more than 95% this fall. Huge victory at previously very dangerous building. This should be emulated at other buildings.
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Had a great week talking all things nocturnal flight calls and collisions at #AOS24. Loved meeting so many amazing researchers, can’t wait for next year!
Hey Chicago area birders! Looking for an excuse to get this Spring Migration? We still have a few volunteering opportunities next month during the field trips portion of the Birds in My Neighborhood program. See here for dates and locations: https://t.co/HZnbTGGDd6
Attending #SICB2024 and love birds? Come check out my poster on using machine learning and acoustics to track migration! It'll be a hoot 🦉
📷: @yorickgarcia
Got TB of nocturnal flight call recordings piling up and need a way to analyze them? Our new paper lead by @bvdbirds introduces the Nighthawk program, trained on data across the US and Colombia
Here’s one of the mics used for training in the Colombian Amazon
A historic day for Colorado and for the first time ever — we released 5 wolves, 3 males and 2 females, in Grand County today.
Captured in Oregon, the wolves were evaluated by our veterinarians & biologists, fitted with GPS collars & transported to Colorado for their release.
Ain’t no party like an albatross party!
Laysan albatross, or mōlī, dance as only they can at Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge this week.
USFWS video: Laurel Smith