Ornithologist / behaviour / migration / landscape ecology / conservation / mountain birds. Post-Doc @MTABiology 🇨🇦 🐘 @DevindeZwaan@ecoevo.social
New Brunswick, Canada
Joined February 2018
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Very excited for what has been ~2 years of my life & involved collaborators from 6 continents. The Global #Alpine Breeding #Bird Dataset identifies 1310 species (!) & their ecological traits.
Data descriptor & link to data here: doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-0…
#mountains #Ecology 1/n
Why anyone would prefer eponyms over those connected with a bird's appearance, habitat or behaviour is beyond me. A negative impact on the birding community is a strawman fallacy and epitomizes gatekeeping. The defense of eponyms is becoming increasingly desperate.
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For Canada, I think it would be:
1) Snowy Owl
2) Canada Warbler
3) Eastern Screech Owl
4) Red-headed Woodpecker
5) Orchard Oriole
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Okay everyone, I want to know your #lifer goals for 2023. Here’s my warbler-heavy top 5:
1) Northern saw-whet owl
2) Cerulean warbler
3) Ruffed grouse
4) Prairie warbler
5) Louisiana waterthrush
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I just wrote 9,800 words for a job application with Environment and Climate Change Canada. The application involves answering questions detailing my experience in everything from field work, to analysis, to consultations...and it is only for an open pool!
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Nice to see this one out! I have a lot of good memories of scrambling around the rocky alpine in Chile observing the life-history of these unique rock cavity nesting species.
#ecology #birds #alpine #mountains #biodiversity
A new study in @ESAEcology's #TheScientificNaturalist series describes nest traits of #songbirds breeding in the High Andes - and suggests why so many nest in rock cavities
doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3931
#HighAndeanBirds @toaltamirano1 @DevindeZwaan @DavideScridel @KathyMartinPEI @UBC
ALT Rock cavity nests and eggs of A) Geositta rufipennis (Rufous-banded Miner), B) Cinclodes oustaleti (Grey-flanked Cinclodes), C) Muscisaxicola maclovianus (Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant), D) Muscisaxicola albilora (White-browed Ground-Tyrant), and E) Pygochelidon cyanoleuca (Blue-and-white Swallow)
Not to mention Carnival in every Catholic majority country out there...
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#FunFact: Today (December 1) is the 100th #anniversary of #Canada switching from driving on the left side of the road to the right.
Fun fact no 2: In my experience, it is not actually widely known outside of North America that we drive on the right side 🤷
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There's only one right answer here!
#birds #BirdTwitter
***SEABIRD WORLD CUP*** GROUP C. Here we go, 24 hrs to vote, third group of the world cup. Full details on each species to follow. Voting page will be pinned.
39%Blue-footed Booby
27%Ivory Gull
8%Erect-crested Penguin
26%White-faced Storm Petrel
1,330 votes • Final results
.@TSN_Sports just showed this graphic (left) to defend the offside, conveniently ignoring the last defenseman back... (circled). What's with that? I understand being impartial, but at least say it's fishy rather than doubling down.
#FIFAWorldCup #MatchFixing #offside
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New #coffee grinder working well for its inaugural #SaturdayMorning grind. Love the #antique feel.
#RiseAndGrind #SaturdayVibes
#CoffeeTime
#CoffeeLover
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Had a big spike in followers on #MastodonSocial yesterday. Wondered what was going on, so I checked on twitter to see that everyone thought twitter would be done within 24 hours. That explains it!
#TwitterDown
Radar up and working, finally! After several setbacks over the past couple months, we can start identifying moving #bird targets as they pass over the marsh & measure risk factors associated with nearby #windfarms & transmission lines.
#conservation #migration #ecology
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No, this is not an Ikea set up. This is much more delicate and high stakes.😅 Any guesses on what I'm attempting (hopefully successfully) to build here?
#Science #ScienceTwitter #ecology #migration
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