Morten Frederiksen
@seabirdmortenf.bsky.social
Seabird researcher at Aarhus University. Endlessly fascinated by the diversity of life
Needing to model impacts on seabird populations in Northwest Europe?
Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables?
Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables?
Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Demography of marine birds in the Northeast Atlantic: Informed parameter values for population modelling
We developed matrix population models for 54 regional populations of 25 marine bird species in the north-east Atlantic, based on 30 years of monitoring data. In Step 1, we parameterised the models wi...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Needing to model impacts on seabird populations in Northwest Europe?
Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables?
Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables?
Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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BRAND NEW Far Side from Gary Larson just dropped
October 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
BRAND NEW Far Side from Gary Larson just dropped
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New paper!! Geolocator error decreases with an increase in the number of days of data. By @bennett-sophie.bsky.social et al.
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess #biologging
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess #biologging
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New paper!! Geolocator error decreases with an increase in the number of days of data. By @bennett-sophie.bsky.social et al.
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess #biologging
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess #biologging
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1/ New study! #Seabirds are among the most threatened groups of birds globally, and a new study looked at how emerging technologies can be optimally harnessed in seabird monitoring. ➡️ www.bto.org/new-tech-seabird-monitoring #Ornithology
September 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
1/ New study! #Seabirds are among the most threatened groups of birds globally, and a new study looked at how emerging technologies can be optimally harnessed in seabird monitoring. ➡️ www.bto.org/new-tech-seabird-monitoring #Ornithology
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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📡 New insights for seabird monitoring
New tech could reshape how we track seabird populations in a changing world.
✍️ New Editor’s Choice in #IJMS
www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
👉 Read the paper doi.org/10.1093/ices...
📸 @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social
New tech could reshape how we track seabird populations in a changing world.
✍️ New Editor’s Choice in #IJMS
www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
👉 Read the paper doi.org/10.1093/ices...
📸 @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📡 New insights for seabird monitoring
New tech could reshape how we track seabird populations in a changing world.
✍️ New Editor’s Choice in #IJMS
www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
👉 Read the paper doi.org/10.1093/ices...
📸 @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social
New tech could reshape how we track seabird populations in a changing world.
✍️ New Editor’s Choice in #IJMS
www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
👉 Read the paper doi.org/10.1093/ices...
📸 @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social
New paper alert! How can new technologies improve seabid population monitoring? Output from a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference in Coimbra last year.
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
Opportunities and challenges for new technologies in seabird population monitoring
Abstract. Monitoring of seabird population size and demography has for decades relied on observer-based methods. While such methods have allowed the accumu
academic.oup.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
New paper alert! How can new technologies improve seabid population monitoring? Output from a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference in Coimbra last year.
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
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shoutout to this iNaturalist user who appears to be an ROV pilot in the gulf of mexico and posts occasional biological observations, including A GODDAMN TANINGIA ATTACKING THE ROBOT ARM OF THE ROV
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Dana Octopus-Squid (Taningia danae)
Dana Octopus-Squid from Golfo de México (Golfo de América) on August 24, 2025 at 06:43 PM by Daniel Godínez
www.inaturalist.org
August 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
shoutout to this iNaturalist user who appears to be an ROV pilot in the gulf of mexico and posts occasional biological observations, including A GODDAMN TANINGIA ATTACKING THE ROBOT ARM OF THE ROV
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Just received copies of our forthcoming book on the seabirds of Greenland - in three languages! Official publication date 1 September. www.carstenegevang.com/seabirdbook
#seabirds
#seabirds
June 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just received copies of our forthcoming book on the seabirds of Greenland - in three languages! Official publication date 1 September. www.carstenegevang.com/seabirdbook
#seabirds
#seabirds
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
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Who wants some nightmare fuel? 😅. Caught this Gull swallowing a crab at just the right moment.
#ukwildlife #seabirds #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature
#ukwildlife #seabirds #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature
April 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Who wants some nightmare fuel? 😅. Caught this Gull swallowing a crab at just the right moment.
#ukwildlife #seabirds #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature
#ukwildlife #seabirds #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature
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Special Issue of #BirdStudy is now published:
The impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on birds: part 1
10 papers (5 #OpenAccess) plus Editorial on the impacts of #birdflu #HPAI outbreak in Europe, Canada, Antarctica: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7...
#ornithology #ukbirding #seabirds
The impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on birds: part 1
10 papers (5 #OpenAccess) plus Editorial on the impacts of #birdflu #HPAI outbreak in Europe, Canada, Antarctica: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7...
#ornithology #ukbirding #seabirds
March 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Special Issue of #BirdStudy is now published:
The impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on birds: part 1
10 papers (5 #OpenAccess) plus Editorial on the impacts of #birdflu #HPAI outbreak in Europe, Canada, Antarctica: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7...
#ornithology #ukbirding #seabirds
The impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on birds: part 1
10 papers (5 #OpenAccess) plus Editorial on the impacts of #birdflu #HPAI outbreak in Europe, Canada, Antarctica: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7...
#ornithology #ukbirding #seabirds
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Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!
March 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!
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The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
March 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
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JUST OUT! 🚨 Time capsule birds' nests! 🪹
I'm proud to share our discovery of layers of vintage plastic in urban birds’ nests... going back decades in time! 👀
“You flip through these nests like through pages of a history book, uncovering the past.” 📚
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
#scicomm 🧪🪶
I'm proud to share our discovery of layers of vintage plastic in urban birds’ nests... going back decades in time! 👀
“You flip through these nests like through pages of a history book, uncovering the past.” 📚
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
#scicomm 🧪🪶
February 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
JUST OUT! 🚨 Time capsule birds' nests! 🪹
I'm proud to share our discovery of layers of vintage plastic in urban birds’ nests... going back decades in time! 👀
“You flip through these nests like through pages of a history book, uncovering the past.” 📚
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
#scicomm 🧪🪶
I'm proud to share our discovery of layers of vintage plastic in urban birds’ nests... going back decades in time! 👀
“You flip through these nests like through pages of a history book, uncovering the past.” 📚
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
#scicomm 🧪🪶
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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.”
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February 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.”
👍🏻
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I was asked for my view on the new paper from Jim Hansen "Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations & the Public Well-Informed?"
My full quote is at: climateuncensored.com/has-global-w...
Jim's paper is at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My full quote is at: climateuncensored.com/has-global-w...
Jim's paper is at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Has Global Warming Accelerated – a short response to Hansen et al - Climate Uncensored
I was asked by Bob Berwyn of Inside Climate News for my thoughts on James Hansen and colleagues’ recent paper Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the
climateuncensored.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I was asked for my view on the new paper from Jim Hansen "Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations & the Public Well-Informed?"
My full quote is at: climateuncensored.com/has-global-w...
Jim's paper is at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My full quote is at: climateuncensored.com/has-global-w...
Jim's paper is at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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February 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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🧪 open letter by @scurry.bsky.social calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship
2 fellows have resigned…
2 fellows have resigned…
February 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🧪 open letter by @scurry.bsky.social calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship
2 fellows have resigned…
2 fellows have resigned…
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Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird and she recently laid a new egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii.
The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.
#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...
The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.
#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...
World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg At Age 74
Wisdom the albatross returned to Midway Atoll with a new mate and her first egg in years. The long-lived seabird is still alive and is estimated to be 74 years old.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird and she recently laid a new egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii.
The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.
#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...
The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.
#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...
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We're thankful to hear that Wisdom, the world's oldest banded bird, has returned to Midway Atoll for the breeding season AND has already laid an egg! At 74+ years old, Wisdom is changing our understanding of #seabird biology. Welcome back & congrats! #ornithology friendsofmidway.org/wisdom-was-s...
Wisdom was sighted near her usual nest site on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) on November 26, 2024. Her new mate is now incubating their egg!
The oldest known banded bird in the wild, a Mōlī or Laysan albatross known as Wisdom and who is at least 74 years old, has once again mystified biologists. Being able to reproduce and develop an eg…
friendsofmidway.org
November 28, 2024 at 11:47 AM
We're thankful to hear that Wisdom, the world's oldest banded bird, has returned to Midway Atoll for the breeding season AND has already laid an egg! At 74+ years old, Wisdom is changing our understanding of #seabird biology. Welcome back & congrats! #ornithology friendsofmidway.org/wisdom-was-s...
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👋I am an ECR #seabirds researcher! Currently a SUPER DTP #PhD student @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social studying kittiwake pop connectivity. Previously penguins, shearwaters. Active in science #outreach and #STEM, linking researchers, industry, educators, learners at www.ukstem.uk. PhULMaR info to follow.
November 22, 2024 at 10:27 AM
👋I am an ECR #seabirds researcher! Currently a SUPER DTP #PhD student @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social studying kittiwake pop connectivity. Previously penguins, shearwaters. Active in science #outreach and #STEM, linking researchers, industry, educators, learners at www.ukstem.uk. PhULMaR info to follow.
How do the two sibling species of murres/guillemots coexist in their zone of overlap? Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun explored this in our recent paper.
#seabirds
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#seabirds
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Drivers of Interspecific Spatial Segregation in Two Closely‐Related Seabird Species at a Pan‐Atlantic Scale
Aim Ecologically similar species living in sympatry are expected to segregate to reduce the effects of competition where resources are limiting. Segregation from heterospecifics commonly occurs in s...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:47 PM
How do the two sibling species of murres/guillemots coexist in their zone of overlap? Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun explored this in our recent paper.
#seabirds
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#seabirds
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our recent review paper outlines how climate change affects migration of Arctic fish, #seabirds and marine mammals. There's still much we don't know ...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
Frontiers | A review of climate change impacts on migration patterns of marine vertebrates in Arctic and Subarctic ecosystems
Climate change is impacting marine ecosystems throughout the circumpolar Arctic, altering seasonal habitats and the food bases for fishes, seabirds, and mari...
www.frontiersin.org
November 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Our recent review paper outlines how climate change affects migration of Arctic fish, #seabirds and marine mammals. There's still much we don't know ...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
I guess it's time to reintroduce myself, with all the new people here. I'm Morten, professor of seabird ecology at Aarhus University. The key theme in my research is understanding the causes of population change. I mainly work on #seabirds in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
November 20, 2024 at 8:14 PM
I guess it's time to reintroduce myself, with all the new people here. I'm Morten, professor of seabird ecology at Aarhus University. The key theme in my research is understanding the causes of population change. I mainly work on #seabirds in the Arctic and North Atlantic.