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Heather Bullock

@HeatherEBullock

Avian Biologist @ Cell Tower Osprey Management | Lights Out Dallas Assistant Coordinator @TCAtexas | BS Ecology @UNT | #bird #conservation | mostly #raptors🪺🪶

 Rockwall, TX
Joined November 2019
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Drum roll please!! 🥁 🥁 The 2024 eBird/Clements Taxonomy update is HERE!! Please give a warm welcome to our 128 NEW SPECIES! As updates continue to roll out these next few weeks, enjoy FULL OPEN-ACCESS to BOW from 23 October through 28 October! buff.ly/4dZaxof
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AROUND THE WEB: As more human infrastructure has increased, raptors around the world are colliding with them more. Researchers conducted a literature review to find out more about which structures are problematic for which species. Read more here: hubs.li/Q02Qh_9j0

Raptor collisions increase around the world - The Wildlife Society

Throughout the world, raptors are colliding with obstacles like communication towers, wind turbines and power lines, among others. Researchers conducted a

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Bryce W. Robinson@BW_Robinson6 Mar 2024
Last week in Oklahoma, our team (including some keen @Cornell undergrads) captured this white Red-tailed Hawk! Learn more: redtailedhawkproject.org/202… Photos by Nicole Richardson, deposited in @MacaulayLibrary through @Team_eBird checklist ebird.org/checklist/S1631666… @CornellBirds
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After another successful season, the #LightsOutDFW team is proud to release their end of season Fall Highlights and Observations reports! 🐦Visit tcatexas.org/lights-out-dfw to read about our survey findings and community engagement about the impact of light pollution on #birds.

Lights Out DFW | Texas Conservation Alliance

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We ranked all bird species by conservation priority. Here’s how we did it and what we found. Illustrations are by @BW_Robinson. 🧵 – at Boise, ID
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Audubon Texas@AudubonTX15 Aug 2023
Happy first day of Fall Migration! Join us in going #LightsOutTexas this fall by turning all non-essential lights out from 11 p.m. – 6 a.m. until November 30 to protect the millions of birds traveling south to warmer weather! #Texas #conservation
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Congrats to @RockwallCoTX Commissioners Court for turning off nonessential lighting at their municipal buildings to protect migratory birds! Thank you #LightsOutDallas leader Heather for spearheading this effort! ALL Texans can help darken the night-sky #LightsOutTexas🐦🌃
The huge dome atop the Rockwall County Courthouse, which normally shines brightly in the night sky, is now dark through the end spring bird migration (June 15th).

ALT The huge dome atop the Rockwall County Courthouse, which normally shines brightly in the night sky, is now dark through the end spring bird migration (June 15th).

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Thank you to the Founders Garden Club of Dallas for hosting our #LightsOutDallas team! TCA won an exhibit award for educating Texans about bird migration and light pollution. Special thanks to former First Lady Laura Bush for her support. #LightsOutTexas continues 11pm-6am!🐦
TCA staff, volunteers, and former First Lady Laura Bush pose behind a table exhibiting posters about bird migration and native plants. Tonight: Go #LightsOutForWildlife!

ALT TCA staff, volunteers, and former First Lady Laura Bush pose behind a table exhibiting posters about bird migration and native plants. Tonight: Go #LightsOutForWildlife!

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Big news: TCA is starting #LightsOutFortWorth surveys! Join us downtown April 1-May 31, 6am-8am, to find migratory #birds that collided with windows due to light pollution. Read more here: tcatexas.org/post/tca-begins… #migration #Volunteer #LightsOutTexas
Three Lights Out Fort Worth surveyors pose in front of a downtown building. Mariah and Madison, left, are LOFW coordinators. Leishawn SpottedBear, right, is the Director of Science Collections with the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.

ALT Three Lights Out Fort Worth surveyors pose in front of a downtown building. Mariah and Madison, left, are LOFW coordinators. Leishawn SpottedBear, right, is the Director of Science Collections with the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.

A yellow and brown bird held in a volunteer's hand. This white-eyed vireo collided with a Fort Worth building during spring migration.

ALT A yellow and brown bird held in a volunteer's hand. This white-eyed vireo collided with a Fort Worth building during spring migration.

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#LightsOutDallas surveys start March 13! 💡Millions of #birds pass through Texas during spring migration, but many are disoriented by urban light pollution and collide with buildings. Help us survey for birds in downtown Dallas to study and advocate for Texas wildlife! 🐦
Volunteers from the Lights Out Dallas surveys pose against the skyline of downtown Dallas.

ALT Volunteers from the Lights Out Dallas surveys pose against the skyline of downtown Dallas.

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@ABCbirds BirdScapes are places where sustainable land use leads to successful bird conservation, creating win-win results for people and birds. We're working with partners in multiple countries to keep making progress and getting conservation results. abcbirds.org/latin-america-c…
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More and more, science supports that there's no place for neonics on the landscape and we can't afford their consequences. Pollinator declines are being driven by this toxic pesticide. Negative impacts on birds and overall ecosystem are following. abcbirds.org/news/neonic-imp…
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🙌A big win for the fight against #wildlifecrime: For the first time in #Cyprus, prosecuting authorities issued a €21,000 fine for poisoning and killing wild birds. 🔗Read how #CSI made this possible: balkandetoxlife.eu/2023/01/2… #WildlifeCrimeAcademy #wildlife #conservation
One of the carcasses of the two Bonelli’s Eagles that died from poisoning in Cyprus © Game and Fauna Service

ALT One of the carcasses of the two Bonelli’s Eagles that died from poisoning in Cyprus © Game and Fauna Service

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We are TCA: Join us in congratulating our exceptional fall #interns, Heather and Mariana! Read about their experiences:🧵(1/4)
Intern Heather B. examines a bird that collided with a window in downtown Dallas.

ALT Intern Heather B. examines a bird that collided with a window in downtown Dallas.

Intern Mariana poses at a restoration event with our monarch sign.

ALT Intern Mariana poses at a restoration event with our monarch sign.

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🐦Peak Migration alert! 🐤Migratory birds like the American Pipit need you to go #LightsOutTexas to help them make it to their wintering grounds in the Southern US. Turn lights out between 11 PM and 6 AM to reduce the light pollution that disorient birds. @AudubonTX #ForTheBirds
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On 9/22: Darken the night sky for 2 billion migratory birds! Last spring, we rescued 50 stunned birds and received 159 new building pledges to go #LightsOutForWildlife. We need your help to grow the movement - will you donate $15 this #NTXGivingDay to help us save #birds?
"Help us darken the night sky for migrating birds." A threatened wood duck that collided with a window (left); the TCA Lights Out survey team (right)

ALT "Help us darken the night sky for migrating birds." A threatened wood duck that collided with a window (left); the TCA Lights Out survey team (right)

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Audubon Texas@AudubonTX31 Jul 2022
Our Lights Out, Texas website is live! Visit the link below to find useful information for Fall 2022 migration season. The website contains social media and outreach toolkits, along with important dates! tx.audubon.org/urbanconserva… #LightsOutTexas @CornellBirds
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It’s coming: #LightsOutTexas starts this week! We’re asking everyone to turn off lights from 11pm-6am during April and May, the peak months of #bird migration in Texas. Together, we can prevent window collisions and save migratory birds! #LightsOutForWildlife 📷: Sean Fitzgerald
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Mauritius prevents the kestrel from going the way of the dodo | Featuring the work of @peregrinefund ! treehugger.com/tiny-island-n…
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How are you feeling? I turned a doodle from a few weeks ago into a finished comic birdandmoon.com/comic/hawk-m…
A four-panel comic, titled How's Your Mood Today? In panel 1, there's a puzzled, slightly frowning Broad-winged hawk, with a smiley face that matches the hawk's. Panel 2, a slightly amused, relaxed smiley face and a Red-tailed Hawk. Panel 3, a mischievous smiley face with a huge smile, and a Ferruginous Hawk. Panel 4, a scream emoji and a screaming Red-shouldered Hawk saying aaaaa.

ALT A four-panel comic, titled How's Your Mood Today? In panel 1, there's a puzzled, slightly frowning Broad-winged hawk, with a smiley face that matches the hawk's. Panel 2, a slightly amused, relaxed smiley face and a Red-tailed Hawk. Panel 3, a mischievous smiley face with a huge smile, and a Ferruginous Hawk. Panel 4, a scream emoji and a screaming Red-shouldered Hawk saying aaaaa.

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