Elly Knight

We are looking for a PhD student with a desire to interweave different ways of knowing to understand boreal birds in the far north of Ontario! See the posting below for details. #bioacoustics

New(ish) paper; huge collaboration led by Aaron Skinner!

Using GPS tracking we show breeding grounds drive body size variation more than wintering grounds! First evidence that nightjars follow Bergmann’s rule👇

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#nightjars #birds #migration #ornithology

Statistical Ecologist <p>The Human Footprint Analyst plays a pivotal role in one of ABMI&rsquo;s most recognized programs&mdash;the Human Footprint Monitoring Program&mdash;tracking human land use patterns across Alberta&r...

The @abbiodiversity.bsky.social is hiring a statistical ecologist! This is my previous position and is IMO an awesome job. Focus will be on birds 🐦 and acoustics 🔉, holler if you'd like to chat about it!

Learn more & apply by October 30, 2025: abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...

Sensors versus surveyors: Comparing passive acoustic monitoring, camera trapping and observer‐based monitoring for terrestrial mammals Mammals play vital roles in ecological communities, but many are in rapid decline worldwide. Comprehensive monitoring of mammal populations is crucial for effective conservation, but large-scale m...

Is passive acoustic monitoring worth it for terrestrial mammals? 🎙️🐨

We find it's not the one for all solution, but for vocal species, yes! It's highly effective & saves lots of time and money, especially in the long-term.

Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🔈🦊🧪🌎 @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

Acoustic recognition of individuals in closed and open bird populations Passive acoustic monitoring is firmly established as an effective non-invasive technique for wildlife monitoring. The analysis of animal vocalizations…

I'm excited to share our new (in press) paper on vocal individuality and acoustic recognition. We looked at Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos, Little Penguins, Little Owls, Tree Pipits and Chiffchaffs, with promising results. #bioacoustics #vocalindividuality www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Embed ALL the sounds

New tool from @vskode.bsky.social to compare methods that classify & cluster animal sounds w/ embeddings: vectors extracted from neural network models

Nice example w/ AnuranSet from @juancanyas.bsky.social in post 👇

Code: github.com/bioacoustic-...

#prattle 💬
##bioacoustics

We're #hiring a Statistical Wildlife Ecologist! This position analyzes large, complex datasets to support landscape management throughout Canada.

Learn more and apply through the University of Alberta by May 27, 2025:

wildlifescience.ca/hiring-stati...

#biodiversity #mammals #wildlife

Awesome David! Let us know if you need any help getting set up!

GitHub - jhuus/HawkEars: Scan audio recordings for bird sounds and generate Audacity label files Scan audio recordings for bird sounds and generate Audacity label files - GitHub - jhuus/HawkEars: Scan audio recordings for bird sounds and generate Audacity label files

Want to try it?

Find open-access code and models for HawkEars on Github at github.com/jhuus/HawkEars

Watch for future integration into WildTrax at wildtrax.ca

#bioacoustics 4/4

HawkEars will be of interest to practitioners studying acoustic wildlife in Canada and the northern United States, but the open-source code can also be used for developing classifiers for other regions.

#bioacoustics 3/n

We used an embedding-based search to generate strong labels from weakly-labelled open-access training datasets. Our regional model outperformed existing global models, BirdNET, and Perch, by substantial margins, setting benchmarks for state-of-the-art classification performance.

#bioacoustics 2/n

HawkEars: A regional, high-performance avian acoustic classifier Passive acoustic monitoring is rapidly emerging as a dominant approach for studying acoustic wildlife, with neural networks used as an increasingly co…

New paper! We developed HawkEars, a CNN training framework and classifier for a regional community of acoustic animals - 328 bird species and 13 amphibian species in Canada.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#bioacoustics 1/n

New paper from my PDF with the folks at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Centre and a whole host of awesome collaborators! We used migratory connectivity from a big tracking dataset to define groups of curlews for full annual cycle management

Thanks Nancy!!!

I'm super excited to step into this new role! For 20 years, BAM has made enormous contributions to boreal bird conservation; I am deeply honoured to steward and continue those contributions as part of the Biodiversity Pathways family. We've got lots of exciting collaborative work on the horizons!

AI carves out a niche in ecology and conservation research - Nature Methods Scientists who study biodiversity are in the rapid adoption phase of AI. They are finding that what AI can — and can’t — do is shifting rapidly.

AI is moving faster than the publication process. If a paper is rejected, it’s virtually obsolete because scientists are onto the next model generation.

This @naturemethods.bsky.social was fun to report!

Thx to @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social @ellycknight.bsky.social @conservationxlabs.bsky.social!

I totally missed this way back when, thank you Ryan!

Vote Compass - 2025 Canadian Federal Election Use this interactive survey designed by political scientists to calculate your alignment with the candidate platforms.

If you're wondering how your priorities stack up with the parties' plans, CBC has a quick tool that will help you figure that out!

And ICYMI, yes 🇨🇦 citizens can vote even if we don't live in Canada. Here's how: travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...

2025 Emergency Support for Federal Employees If you have suffered undue professional hardship from the US Executive Branch's assault on Federal agencies, please use this form to indicate the form of assistance from the Wilson Ornithological Soci...

Proud of what @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social is doing to support ornithologists affected by the Trump administration's attack on science. Those suffering hardship related to the EOs, layoffs, etc. can get free membership and registration to the upcoming meeting here: tinyurl.com/vf34sh93

Like birds and models? Dr. Erin Bayne and I are currently recruiting a 2 year postdoc to come work with us at the Boreal Avian Modelling project on boreal bird models and applications of those models. Full details are here tinyurl.com/4yxju63k. Feel free to get in touch with qs!

Postdoc opportunity: work with the Boreal Avian Modelling project on habitat models for boreal birds! Applications are being accepted until the position is filled.

tinyurl.com/3bkb838e

#remotesensing #avianecology @ellycknight.bsky.social

Like birds and models? Dr. Erin Bayne and I are currently recruiting a 2 year postdoc to come work with us at the Boreal Avian Modelling project on boreal bird models and applications of those models. Full details are here tinyurl.com/4yxju63k. Feel free to get in touch with qs!

The Boreal Avian Modelling Project to join Biodiversity Pathways This April, we’re welcoming the Boreal Avian Modelling Project (BAM) to Biodiversity Pathways.  BAM is an international scientific collaboration that develops and disseminates reliable, data-driven an...

This April, we’re welcoming the Boreal Avian Modelling Project to Biodiversity Pathways!

BAM is an international scientific collaboration that develops science and products to support migratory bird management and conservation across boreal North America.

biodiversitypathways.ca/the-boreal-a...

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...

This is *top notch* scicomm! Awesome science too, including some acoustic individual identification :)

Five members of the nightjar family are depicted in full flight towards the right to show off their unusually-shaped wings. From the top: Lyre-Tailed Nightjar, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Scissor-tailed Nightjar, Standard-winged Nightjar, and Common Nightjar.

Nightjars <3
#birds #birdart #art

Screenshot of first part of job ad which has the summary of job posting number, department, salary, etc. The same info is in the link.

JOB: Statistical Ecologist, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI)

* 2 years, full time
* Salary $69k-93k + benefits
* Remote &/or in-office (at U Alberta)
* Apply by 10 Jan abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...

#ConservationJobs #ScienceJobs

Applications due this Friday, please repost! Feel free to message me with questions about this position, happy to chat :)

A photo of flowers and lichen with a caption that says "Now Hiring Statistical Ecologist"

Are you interested in how species distribution models are used in land use planning? Come work us! This is going to be a super cool position understanding how model reliability affects model applications. Creative! Collaborative! Quantitative!

Apply by Jan 10: ow.ly/gzPn50UsUQG

cool. XC will open up for strongly labelled recordings like these somewhere in 2025. #bioacoustics