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The Virginia Tech Shorebird Program
Blacksburg, VA
Joined August 2013
Research to protect our natural resources and communities via @vtnews.
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Mikayla Call is a Ph.D. student pursuing a research-driven career in coastal ecosystems and wildlife management. Her research with the Virginia Tech Shorebird Program is part of the Long-Term...
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“PYL” was spotted 12/31/24 on Love Beach in the Bahamas by Mark Knaus. This piping plover was banded 6/25/23 as a nesting adult on Ocracoke Island @CapeHatterasNPS. 📷: Mark Knaus
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Way to go, A44!! 🥪.
A44 is not your average sandwich tern!🥪This seabird is the first of its species our team has sighted from the Virginia Shorebird Project & is also part of a large nesting population that was displaced after the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel expansion.
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RT @ontarioplovers: Ontario 1st Migrants have been reported down south!.Both from fledglings from our Lake Ontario Nest, one has been repor….
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RT @hkangaslcswc: Saw a Royal Tern on Memorial Day and reported their band and got the below certificate of appreciation! Very cool! #birds….
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RT @vcrlter: Who's that visiting the Virginia Coast Reserve? . This week is peak spring migration for red knots (Calidris canutus rufa) in….
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Here is a link to @KatieM_Walker's defense seminar. She discusses her work with piping plover nest site selection and post-fledging demography on Fire Island and Westhampton Island
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In case you missed it, here’s a link to Dr. Samantha Robinson’s @robinsonsgrace Defense Seminar from last week.
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RT @robinsonsgrace: Tomorrow is @KatieM_Walker's big day!! This may be one of the most beautiful thesis defenses you have every had the ple….
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RT @EmilyVAbernathy: Support my amazing scientist friend @KatieM_Walker during her thesis defense on Tuesday!.
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Join us virtually next Tuesday as Katie Walker @kwalkamole defends her thesis dealing with habitat selection and post-fledging survival of piping plovers on Long Island.
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RT @robinsonsgrace: The time has come for me to defend my dissertation! Please join us on Thursday morning to find out about piping plover….
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Join us via zoom this Thursday as @robinsonsgrace defends her dissertation. You can watch remotely: and as always, you can find all of our program’s defenses online
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RT @KatieM_Walker: Seeking 9 seasonal technicians to monitor threatened piping plovers on the beaches of Fire Island, New York! #conservati….
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RT @IBIS_journal: NOMINATION for @IBIS_journal #ECR Paper of 2019 . Using nest captures and video cameras to estimate survival and abundanc….
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Looking to join our team? We are looking for crew leaders and biological technicians for the upcoming breeding season! Please share with interested candidates.
vtshorebirds.org
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Work by @hunt0382 et al. is in the running for best #ecr publication in @IBIS_journal for 2019. Voting is open until March. Please rt and share! #WomenInSTEM @vt_cnre @vt_fishwild.
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RT @KatieM_Walker: Come join our @VTShorebirds team! We are hiring Fire Island piping plover field crew leaders! Leadership and bird bandin….
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