https://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3lqabrwews22aShe'd do great in Montreal. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqabrwews22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3lqabe2lkhc2aA great summary of Fred's recent work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqabe2lkhc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3lqabcwgvr22iThe #Arctic might be a cold place, but microclimates can get HOT! The cliffs where murres nest can get to a whopping 46.5°C in the full sun. New work by MSc student Frederique Tremblay, @emilyschoy.bsky.social, @tattersallg.bsky.social & many others available free: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2025.11188028 May 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqabcwgvr22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3lpb5pgj3fc27Eulachon time! All GPS-tracked Middleton kittiwakes are off to the Copper River Delta for eulachon oil, the same stuff that made the Chugach some of the healthiest First Nations on the coast (& which they called "saak"). Thanks to Alexia Nezondet for the updates!16 May 2025 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpb5pgj3fc27https://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3lpak46c57227A bit disingenuous: "No effect of carrying a... harness... on energy expenditure" & "We did not find any evidence for an effect of carrying a VHF radio transmitter on energy expenditure (p = 0.20; Fig. 1)." The increase in flight costs is 4%--small perhaps, but not "no effect" or "no evidence". [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2025 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpak46c57227https://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3lovxn4y3ic2fTalk about entitled. This showed up at #MiddletonIsland. 99.3% of Instagram seabird pics, Best flight performance of any bird* & Starred alongside Robin Williams. Still unwilling to share the limelight with a few ol' cormorants. *Highest wing-loading #PuffinPrivilege #PuffinPeopleAreTheWorst11 May 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lovxn4y3ic2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3lotklnmnrs2hArrival at #MiddletonIsland in the rain. Every year the undergrads seem to get younger.10 May 2025 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lotklnmnrs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3lootmmqckc2nC21 laid the first egg again & on the same day (May 7th), at least two weeks before the rest of the colony. Hopefully the egg does better than last year's! #MiddletonIsland #EarlyBirdIsntAlwaysBetter08 May 2025 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lootmmqckc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3loorvagplk2nFields of plastic: gulls obtained plastic from farmland as often as the ocean, challenging our original assumptions that plastics are a marine problem. A new paper out by an excellent team, led by @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social undergrad Sofia Higgs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2025 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3loorvagplk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3kskbm4bfgx2jData from 600+ tracked individual birds show that each summer, seabirds bring Hg across the Arctic from hotspots off the Canadian coast. Shows the power of international collaboration & the vision of Celine Albert, Jerome Fort & SEATRACK. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.231551312115 May 2024 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kskbm4bfgx2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3kryzl33lvu2sGPS tracking reveals that kittiwakes ingest indigo-dyed plastic fibers in the Gulf of Alaska & feed them to their young. Our most recent paper out #OpenAccess below, led by Paolo Tremolada & Univ Milan. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X2400378308 May 2024 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kryzl33lvu2shttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3kryzbx5w6h24First field work of 2024, helping Christina Petalas & crew attach GPS to herring gulls to study origin of plastics-related contaminants. Great to be out & do field work close to home!08 May 2024 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kryzbx5w6h24https://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3krjpvggegh2vUndergrads made an app to track bird window collisions around campus to find (& remedy) hotspots. (Exhibit A: photos around the CC building). Like the FLAP app, but at a local scale. Have others tried anything similar?02 May 2024 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3krjpvggegh2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3krjcglnywy2eDo songbirds adjust their diet for moult (protein) or migration (energy)? Our #OpenAccess paper using fecal eDNA at a stopover suggests yes! Undergrad-led paper by Ana Blanc-Benigeri w/ fantastic supporting cast of Vanessa Poirier, Barbara Frei & Desiree Narango https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-59462-002 May 2024 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3krjcglnywy2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3kr56r6vcxv2lBrainstorming ideas for improving biodiversity monitoring via undergrad courses. Anyone out there have good ideas?27 Apr 2024 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kr56r6vcxv2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3kr55mzqjwn24Always rewarding to pull garlic mustard, but does seem like we're just holding back the tide. Every year, it just comes up worse than before.27 Apr 2024 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kr55mzqjwn24https://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3kqcbh7i3n72yFantastic news, and kudos to the many people who've worked so hard for this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2024 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqcbh7i3n72yhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3kq4jjni2ho2bIt's almost that time of year! A short video on the loon monitoring at Kenauk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7NCGyHlyaw14 Apr 2024 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kq4jjni2ho2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3kq45oygp352vImpressive bee guide for campus created by undergrad Amicie Lavault. I might even be able to identify insects correctly for once! High res version: shorturl.at/jlEIL14 Apr 2024 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kq45oygp352vhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3kopwgajc2g2fAll-auk-ation of foraging space by time & depth [not foraging range] in three auks in #Quebec. Exciting new paper led by Masters student Christina Petalas in collaboration with Raphael Lavoie. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-024-04422-528 Mar 2024 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kopwgajc2g2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/movementecology.bsky.social/post/3ko5ogsuupc2nLoving Kadogawa, Japan: a city obsessed with alcids (or at least one alcid, Japanese Murrelet, with the world's largest colony just offshore). Definitely worthy of my first Bluesky post!20 Mar 2024 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:b4jbedus6ggwpunirafnb5oa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ko5ogsuupc2n