Shoshana Rapley

Total bird nerd. Doing a PhD in reintroduction science at ANU. Advocate for evidence based conservation, field-based teaching, and conservation detection dogs.

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

I can't believe it!! My camera trap caught the exact moment a baby curlew started to hatch!! AND her first wobbly steps. My heart is so full! Welcome to the world little one, in your safe haven home at @MulligansFlat @MFGO_Exp [cultural warning: curlew footage]

[Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceANU]

Shoshana Rapley’s dog Koda has a nose for finding lost tech equipment – even in overgrown bush. It has proved very handy for Shoshana’s ecology research.
@ANUFennerSchool @shobird
https://t.co/mlNcUhvcYP

[WildCRU, Oxford @WildCRU_Ox]

Bird nerd & visiting PhD student @shobird gave a fascinating talk at WildCRU today on #reintroduction of Bush Stone-curlews in parts of S. Australia where the #birds’ populations have plummeted. From site selection to behaviour studies, head-starting, use of detector dogs & more.

[ANU Australian Studies Institute @ANUausi]

"Conditions deteriorated in 2023 but were stlil relatively good for ecosystems and agriculture. Unfortunately, the alarming decline of threatened species continued."

📖https://t.co/yqQP5NHwA8 by Albert Van Dijk, @shobird @ourANU & @tayla_lawrie @UQ_News via @ConversationEDU.

[Justine E Hausheer @justinehausheer]

What do to when your GPS equipment is lost? Ask a doggo! @shobird and adorable Koda presenting in absentia at #AOC2023

[Simon Gorta @GortaBirds]

Short note from @shobird @BrittBrockers and I on White Shark - seabird interactions at a fresh fur seal carcass. A really cool thing to see and document, especially with friends!

@unswbees @CES_UNSW @UNSWScience

[Environment Centre NT @EnviroCentreNT]

Larrakia Danggalaba Traditional Custodians have won an extended temporary halt to land clearing at Lee Point/Binybara!
Lawyers from @EJ_Aus, acting on behalf of Larrakia TO Tibby Quall, have temporarily stopped bulldozers until August 11.

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

@paperbark_ Insanely cool!! What are the chances of finding that, astronomical?!

[I'm @Ketanjoshi.co on Bluesky @KetanJ0]

Your daily reminder: everything that's 'locked in' for climate change, as bad as it is, is basically tiny compared to what we have the collective power, the strength and the knowledge to avoid

[Justine E Hausheer @justinehausheer]

Can warabin survive beyond the fence? @shobird on curlew translocation. Plus bonus doggos.

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

Breathtaking woodland is under threat, but you can help. Make your morning count and sign the petition to protect Lee Point, it takes less than a minute https://t.co/lSpsCxXuhg

[Nick Volpe @nvolpewild]

Only a 15 minute drive from Darwin CBD laid this AMAZING woodland full of incredible animals (some ENDANGERED!). All to be destroyed next week.
Here is a collage of some of the finch species that were found in this little woodland oasis! 🐦

[ANU Australian Studies Institute @ANUausi]

"2022 was a bumper year for our rivers and vegetation – but it wasn’t enough to reverse the long-term decline in plant and animal species."

#AUResearch https://t.co/EdoCUBxlRn by @shobird & Albert Van Dijk @ANUFennerSchool and @marktg00 & Geoff Heard @UQ_News @ConversationEDU.

[TERN @TERN_Aus]

🌿🌧️ The Australia's Environment 2022 Report is coming soon! The joint @ANUFennerSchool & TERN annual review of the condition of Australia’s natural #resources & #ecosystems will be launched imminently. Watch our FB/Insta #livestream of the event March 29, 10am AEDT!
#NCRISimpact

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

@teamswiftparrot That's wild

[Gender Pay Gap Bot @PayGapApp]

Hello hello 👋 #IWD2023 is nearly here, and so are companies' cut-and-paste platitudes. And once again we're bringing you the data to see whose support for #InternationalWomensDay is genuine, and who's still got work to do.

Here's a reminder of how it works ⬇️ (1/8)

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

@SkylosEcology Amazing! Here is Koda with our transmitter retrieval from today. I couldn't do it without her and even then it's more obvious than a dessicated bat!

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

When you're 5'4 and need a stick as tall as yourself to set mist nets 🐦💚

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

Are you curious about #detectiondogs? I'm a wildlife biologist who 'accidentally' started working with dogs. Find out how frisbees, GPS units and locally extinct birds are connected in the latest episode of the https://t.co/fz5HCnHRT5 podcast hosted by the incredible @kaylafratt

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

And using these features we can predict where sampling bias might occur. This is important for modelling such as maxent where we want to bias the pseudo-absence data in the same way that the collected presence data would have been

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

Beautiful like a constellation. But what does this map show? Take a moment to guess and then the answer in the thread 🧵

[Shoshana Rapley @shobird]

We can actually detect the impact that features like roads have on the chance of a location being visited. Using the sampbias package in R we can see cities are the best predictor, followed by roads and airports, but rivers aren't very important