Sarah Gutowsky

#motmot

Need I say more?

My fav group from #costarica, we managed to find 3 species: turquoise-browed, lesson's & broad-billed.

1st time on a non-work #birding trip and 1st time in #CostaRica has been a dream come true, including delivering this mega #lifer today along with >100 others so far! the thriving #ecotourism here gives me hope for the world...

The State of Canada’s Birds Report Canada’s birds have stories to tell. See how they are doing, how their populations have changed, and what you can do to help.

naturecounts.ca/nc/socb-epoc... In case you missed it last Fall when this was released. I'd never posted it here before. Super informative: pick your fave species and see how it has been trending.

Hey bird people! Join us in Saskatoon for SCO-SOC 2025 Conference in Aug 13-16. Symposia and workshop submissions are open now until Jan 31!

conferences.usask.ca/sco-2025/ind...

How does one join the pack?

Ok #superseabirdsunday, I'll play! Here are some northern #fulmars doing what they do best at the flow edge of Admiralty Inlet in #Nunavut #Arctic #Canada

Agreed on a grey blue! Like a heathered blue? But I'll buy whatever you choose... This is an awesome t-shirt idea!

Yah! I've guided New Brunswick and the flow edge for them 🙂

Really important read about the extinction of experience among ecologists - and the barriers to doing fieldwork - both in teaching & research. @kevinjgaston.bsky.social Likely to hinder our efforts to address the biodiversity crisis doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🌏🧪

Not for this project, but I love that platform!

Looking for a #bird related volunteer opportunity to kick off 2025? Help us count our #fulmar survey photos to update our population estimates! Email me if you're interested.
#seabirds
#conservation
#arctic

Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth - Nature Ecology & Evolution Animal-borne electronic tags, or bio-loggers, are increasingly used for research and wildlife conservation. This Perspective discusses the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharin...

Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New article from Davidson et al. explains the need and pathways for improving tracking data archiving and sharing tools @movebank.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Using model-based distance sampling to estimate decadal population change in Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) across periods spanned by different at-sea survey methods | onlinelibrary.wiley....

T.J. Clark-Wolf et al | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

Extinction of experience among ecologists Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.

Where are all the field studies?

This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer.

A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork)
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

New paper out in the journal #wildfowl - #eiders in the Bay of Fundy show alarming #declines over the past 20 yrs
#seaducks
#conservation
#marine
#northatlantic

wildfowl.wwt.org.uk/index.php/wi...

Great Skua in Shetland https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonxie_aka_Great_Skua_(Stercorarius_skua),_Hermaness_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6509392.jpg

New in #BirdStudy
#Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu.

Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#ornithology

I guess it's time to introduce myself! I'm Sarah Gutowsky, a #Quantitative #Wildlife #Biologist with #Environment and #ClimateChange Canada, based in #Halifax, #NovaScotia.

My specialty is #seabird and #waterbird #ecology - I help to monitor and assess the status and trends of #birds in #Canada!