Louise Blight
@procellaria11
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PhD #Seabird ecologist | esp. Antarctic, NE Pacific, #gulls | Adjunct Prof, UVic | Co-chair, COSEWIC Birds sub-cttee | Mastodon @[email protected]
Victoria, BC and elsewhere
Joined May 2016
"Birds are just doing what birds do." #urbangulls @ed_kroc.
Gulls are intelligent, vital birds that deserve our protection, not scorn
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RT @IBIS_journal: A meta-analysis of the impact of drones on birds | | @ESAFrontiers | #ornithology .
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RT @ed_kroc: The culmination of nearly a decade of work: my new paper with Louise Blight @procellaria11 and Wilson Cao on urban-nesting Gla….
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RT @ed_kroc: The fabled urban Heermann’s Gulls of Seaside, CA. Forced to relocate at least 7 times in the past 10-15 years due mostly to hu….
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Great story by @SheenaGoodyear on the vagaries of #gull diet, and our perceptions of #UrbanGulls: "they get a bad reputation simply for being resilient and resourceful".
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A viral video of a herring gull swallowing an entire squirrel whole has many people shocked and horrified. But the people who study these birds say there's nothing to be alarmed about.
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RT @_earley_bird_: I'm so chuffed to see this article published!!!.And I can't think of a more fitting venue than @CanEntomologist for our….
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RT @FTZ_MarAnimEcol: Strong displacement of loons in response to #offshorewindfarms leading to redistribution and impacting marine protecte….
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Pleased to share our latest paper published in @plosone: - on obtaining #VesselTraffic baselines in a #MarineProtectedArea. #ornithology #seabirds #OpenAccess.
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The coastal waters of southern British Columbia, Canada, encompass habitat of international conservation significance to coastal and marine birds, including sizeable areas designated in the early...
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RT @DrRashidSumaila: Today is a big news day for ocean science and economics @UBC. See below. @ubcSPPGA @SSHRC_CRSH @KillamTrusts @TylerPr….
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Congrats to Lindsay Lalach @BirdsCanada on her new senior-author paper! (on using remote survey approaches at hard-to-access #KBAs) .via @naturecons . @KbaCanada #gulls #seabirds.
natureconservation.pensoft.net
Identifying of global or national biodiversity ‘hotspots’ has proven important for focusing and prioritizing conservation efforts worldwide. Canada has nearly 600 Important Bird and Biodiversity...
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RT @UIEMAvesMarinas: Ya se viene el Congreso Internacional de Pinguinos en Viña del Mar, Chile (4-9 Setiembre 2023). Más información en htt….
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Happy to share our recent #gull research comparing historical and current reproductive outcomes in #GlaucousWingedGulls in BC. With Will O'Shea & Greg McClelland. @ed_kroc #seabirds #ornithology @VictoriaNHS . Read:
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RT @RuediNager: We're advertising a couple of PhD studentships on how #seabirds respond to anthropogenic environmental and landscape change….
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RT @buxton_rachel: We're hiring a grad student to work with a team of scientists, policy-makers, and practitioners @CarletonBiology @ECCCSc….
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RT @Emily_S_Choy: I'm excited to share our latest collaborative paper published in @EnvSciTech, "Stable Mercury Trends Support a Long-Term….
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Our latest #gull paper just out, in @EnvSciTech. Fantastic to work with @Emily_S_Choy, @ArcticEcology, John Elliott, Keith Hobson, Michelle Zanuttig on this look at long-term mercury trends in #SalishSea #GlaucousWingedGulls. #ornithology #gulls.
I'm excited to share our latest collaborative paper published in @EnvSciTech, "Stable Mercury Trends Support a Long-Term Diet Shift Away from Marine Foraging in Salish Sea Glaucous-Winged Gulls over the Last Century"
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