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Louis Agassiz Fuertes Executive Director @CornellBirds and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology @CornellEEB. Birds, Birds, Birds.

 Ithaca, NY
birds.cornell.edu/home/staff/ian-owens/
Joined June 2009
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Team Sapsucker @Team_eBird @CornellBirds - Still going strong at Moss Landing, hoping for a break in the coastal fog and a few shearwaters. #BigDay2023 #MigratoryBirdDay
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Replying to @ja_tobias @Team_eBird
Wow. That’s a nice bird to celebrate the 6000! Congrats. Agree on the huge value of ‘complete’ lists, repeat visits, and historical records, even for well-visited sites. There are also some conspicuous gaps to fill!
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Half chicken, half rabbit? - fun few days exploring the grasslands of Nebraska with this Greater Prairie Chickens lek one of the highlights. Incredibly evocative to hear them 'booming' and foot-stomping as dawn breaks over the great plains. @CornellBirds
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Monet with sound - simply stunning dawn lift-off of sandhill cranes @RoweSanctuary @audubonsociety - an oasis for birds in the middle of the Great Plains
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Visceral migration - half a million Sandhill Cranes breaking roost on the Platt River, NA on their way north through the Great Plains . One of the world’s great wildlife spectacles. @CornellBirds
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🐳🐠🦜🦗🌋 Listening to Nature - a big shout out to the amazing students of the first @Cornell ‘Conservation Bioacoustics’ field course on Hawaii - wonderful mix of science, conservation and fun. Some pretty remarkable animals too! @CornellSounds @CornellBirds @CornellCALS
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Think I’ve found my corner of @Mann_Library! @CornellCALS @Cornell
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Cool job alert - Senior Technology Officer @CornellBirds. Play a key role in leading the development of projects reaching >25 million people and powering citizen science around the world @Team_eBird @MerlinBirdID @Feederwatch @birdsoftheworld @DrBirdCast jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/…
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**NEW** eBird Trend maps for N. America - Thanks to >1 million citizen scientists we now have fine-scale maps of population trends for >500 bird species. Many are deeply sobering, but they also contain hope that we can act @Team_eBird @CornellBirds science.ebird.org/en/status-…
Map of North America with red dots showing where populations of Bobolink have declined over the past few decades. The map is awash with red dots, with a picture of a Bobolink in the bottom left corner.

ALT Map of North America with red dots showing where populations of Bobolink have declined over the past few decades. The map is awash with red dots, with a picture of a Bobolink in the bottom left corner.

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Very cool new bird mapping tool - free tool powered by @Team_eBird citizen science data to help decision-making and land protection from Northeast Bird Habitat Conservation Initiative @CornellBirds highstead.maps.arcgis.com/ap…
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The mental health benefits of birds and birdsong - fascinating study of the impact of nature and green spaces on mental health and the implications for health care and urban planning @Urban_Mind_Proj @KingsCollegeLon nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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