Scientists forecasting and analyzing bird migration with weather, radar, and community science data. Tweets from @bvdbirds, @Kyle__Horton and @AdriaanDokter
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BirdCast's Migration Dashboard is now live! Follow the amazing numbers of migratory birds passing over your local county or state, in real-time! dashboard.birdcast.info/ Dig into flight altitudes, migration speeds, historical comparisons, and much more!
To mitigate bird collisions, enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act! New piece out in @PNASNews. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
Exciting new work from the BirdCast Team!!
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Want to learn more about BirdCast, migration, lights out, and much more?! Sign up for this -free- series of public talks throughout the fall migration season! Talks start next week. 🐦🍿 🐦 🍿 🐦
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Our BirdCast team loves a report from the field -- here's one from Colorado – the home of our western base of operations, Colorado State University: birdcast.info/news/reports-f…
Our work at BirdCast is made possible by an incredible public archive of US radar data, but the same is not true in all countries. We support efforts to recognize the global potential of weather radar data for biodiversity monitoring.
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For the next few weeks, the nighttime skies will be filling with our favorite colorful birds. Here's the forecast for the next three nights. Happy birding! birdcast.info
Team Birdcast on the Texas coast - will this front produce fallout conditions in SE TX and SW LA?? #stormchasing
BirdCast: the #2 science app that will make you smarter. ca.news.yahoo.com/7-science-…
Bright lights, big pity.
Read in @ScienceMagazine how the BirdCast team is making a difference for birds by forecasting bird migration and working to reduce light pollution.
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New research from @CornellBirds and @Team_eBird examines the impact of nighttime lights and roads on birds. The results? Lights increased the likelihood that some nocturnal migrating birds end up in areas with more roads, and these impacts varied across species.
The role of artificial light at night and road density in predicting the seasonal occurrence of nocturnally migrating birds onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Great news for birds from NYC!
#LightsOutNYC legislation was just PASSED UNANIMOUSLY by the @NYCCouncil! Int. 271 & 274 will significantly reduce lighting from buildings owned and used by the City during peak migration from 11pm-6am, helping to prevent the 230,000 bird collisions that happen in NYC annually!
Species assemblages might be changing, but huge numbers of birds still continue to head south. Tonight, we're predicting 450+ million birds taking flight. birdcast.info
We're forecasting a huge flight of migratory birds through the central flyway tonight. Turning off your lights can help birds safely pass through the night -- especially in areas of red (🚨)! birdcast.info 📡🐦
We are deeply saddened by the mass bird collision events that occurred this week in NYC. With our partners across the US, we recommend turning off all non-essential lights during migration periods and call for bird friendly building design to prevent these awful occurrences.
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We're now in the swing of peak fall bird migration. Tonight we're predicting a BIG movement. Let's goooooo! ⚫️🟣🟠🟡⚪️ birdcast.info
🚨Storm birding alert🚨
What birds to look for as Hurricane Henri approaches, including live @Team_eBird sightings map: birdcast.info/news/the-arriv…
As always, safety is the top priority.
We ranked the top 5 bird migration nights of spring 2021 bit.ly/3ia0PGn. The peak night was May 14-15, with an estimated 698 million birds in flight towards their breeding grounds!