
Mark Miller
@lark_gorilla
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Research Fellow on seabird - offshore wind farm interactions at Monash University. Views are my own.
Melbourne, Australia
Joined January 2015
Just started a postdoc with @rohanclarke01 looking at seabird-OWF interactions in the southern hemisphere! Watch this space for updates on how understanding Australasian seabird ecology can reduce uncertainty for OWF impact assessment 😎
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New paper alert⚠️ Want to run #offshorewind collision risk models for albatross, petrels, shearwaters and storm-petrels? Our study, published today in @JAppliedEcology
https://t.co/OcPLJL6ghg, has the numbers you need! Spoiler, we found virtually no flight height data!
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Takins are native to the high-altitude regions of the Hengduan and Himalaya mountain ranges. All 4 subspecies are found in China. The #takin prefers to inhabit cold, high-altitude areas above 2,500 meters and migrates vertically with changes in season and temperature.
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Rare footage of a Guillemot laying an egg, filmed at Sumburgh Head today at long-range by Will Miles. The female Guillemot is tended by her partner throughout the event, and both birds are of the less common 'bridled' plumage form - with a white ring around each eye.
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The biggest hummingbird in the world is a new species. Now out in @PNASNews and 8 years in the making, here's how we figured it out with mini tracking devices, genomics, and a century and a half of museum specimens.👇 https://t.co/rVYRpWvGR3 🧵1/
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Final Words ✨ “Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for
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Terrible news from South Georgia - #HPAI has spread to Wandering #albatrosses. 50 adult birds died so far #seabirds #avianflu
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First confirmed cases of HPAI in Albatross- one Black-browed Albatross in the Falklands. 👉 https://t.co/VXo8KVZuV4 (Image: Falklands conservation)
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#ClimateREEFS is supporting reef-dependent communities to adapt to the reef declines caused by climate change, we want to identify adaptive reefs and strategies for people to sustainably fish them! @ScienceLeeds @PriestleyCentre @UnpattiOfficial @up_msi @FCDOGovUK @IDRC_CRDI
📢Two projects launched! (1/2) Climate REEFS will advance socially equitable climate change adaptation for #coastal communities that depend on coral reefs in Indonesia & the Philippines. @UniversityLeeds @UnpattiOfficial @Rare_org @coral_org
https://t.co/TNbUvcsKfl
#ClimateAP
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The scale of the fires currently burning across northern Australia is pretty unfathomable. This animation visualises just the last two months of fire captured by #DEAHotspots - for context, the map covers an area larger than France, Spain and Germany combined...
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super cool!
🔎 IN-DEPTH: Did you miss the recent paper about the elusive and unique swimming migration of youn guillemots? ➡️ Read the fascinating blogpost by Ben Merkel: https://t.co/rLk5Rygfmb ➡️ full paper here: https://t.co/9iQetQIH5W
@NordicOikos #ornithology #seabirds #migration
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Using drones to count penguins is one thing. Counting cliff breeding Bounty Island shags is another one. Using 3D models rather than orthomosaics makes all the difference. Take Coronet Island, for example. Our first paper from last year's expedition -> https://t.co/sTchYMFhxb
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Eat local - comprehensive tracking study of where shy albatross from Albatross Island go while incubating 👏
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in brown skua populations on Bird Island, South Georgia. These are the first confirmed cases of the disease in the Antarctic region.
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A rollicking account from #fieldwork on the Vanuatu #Petrel several years ago. This species was the subject of the recent What the Duck podcast we posted about yesterday.
Here's the tale of our Vanuatu adventure back in 2011 https://t.co/7z5gmdeK9E (the tsunami referred to originated from the devastating magnitude 9.0–9.1 'Fukushima' earthquake - by that stage, we were back at sea level in Luganville)
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alright folks... check this out this is pg 8 of the booklet for people applying for Australian citizenship 🤪 #wildoz
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Last night’s activities confirming the findings of our paper… Thermalling an Eastern Grass Owl!
New paper out! We tested #thermal cameras and spotlights for detecting small, #cryptic #endotherms and provide insight for practitioners 🔦 Have a read here: https://t.co/zZIYa4YsWO
@FDawlings @rohanclarke01 @BM_Viola @SonSanchez9 @WillMitchellSci
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#Zuno2.0 tropicalisation boom and bust at Okinoshima: 2016 vs 2023. cold water bleaching and mortality (2018) and COTS @JDReimer @brig_sommer @ayakapaull @this_fionachong @HirokiKISE @LeedsEcoEvo @PriestleyCentre @LenfestOcean
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