Migration Biology Lab at the University of Illinois

Our paper about the flow of nocturnal bird migration through Colombia is finally out today in #ProcB! Using weather radars operated by the #IDEAM, we found that low variability in wind underlies a pace of migration that is far more gradual than at temperate latitudes. #Ornithology 📡🪶🇨🇴

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American Redstart photo above courtesy of Andrew Dreelin.

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American Redstart in flight. Photo by Andrew Dreelin.

New paper! Songbirds have long been thought to migrate independently, but our recent acoustic work finds that many migrants associate with other species in flight. Social information could play a larger role in songbird migration than currently understood. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kRi73QW8S....

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A call in the dark: Nocturnal flight calls and their potential to advance the study of avian migration Abstract. Migratory birds have experienced widespread declines in abundance and face numerous threats. The conservation of migratory species relies in part

A call in the dark: Nocturnal flight calls and their potential to advance the study of avian migration | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology

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We’ll see you there!

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AI is changing how we study bird migration After decades of frustration, machine-learning tools are unlocking a treasure trove of acoustic data for ecologists.

New from me today in @technologyreview.com: for decades, scientists have dreamed of tracking migratory birds by listening in on their short, species-specific flight calls. Now, a new machine learning tool is unlocking a treasure trove of auditory data for the first time. 🐦🎙️
#naturewriting #scicomm

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Bird deaths at McCormick during fall migration:

2022 - 771
2023 - 1,280
2024 - 18

All it takes is stickers.

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