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Shivira
@shivira.bsky.social
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Wildlife Biologist • She/Her 🏳️‍🌈
📍India

Birds, sunsets, coffee.
Alum @edinburghnapier.bsky.social
Member @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social
https://indianseabirdgroup.wixsite.com/website
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Shivira @shivira.bsky.social · Nov 16
#WomenInSTEM alert! Hi, I am a wildlife biologist interested in #ornithology and all our feathered friends, but my favourite child is #seabirds! I will be following/posting/interacting with seabird research in particular, but I will also share my past research on Illegal Wildlife Trade! 🌍🪶🧪
shivira.bsky.social
#WomenInSTEM alert! #AcademicSky 🧪
shreyadimri.bsky.social Shreya Dimri @shreyadimri.bsky.social · Aug 4
📣 Announcement: New Pre-print on @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social 🎉

TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing

Simple guidelines to help improve transparency and reproducibility of analytical code!
eivimeycook.bsky.social Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · Aug 2
🎉New preprint!

"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"

tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk

We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA!

Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.
August 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
shivira.bsky.social
A collaborative effort to improve our understanding of seabirds distribution along the coast of India - check it out here! 🌍🪶🧪
indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · May 27
Through our annual Monsoon Seawatch event, we encourage seabirders based in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu to follow the Land-based Seabird Monitoring Protocol, and report your sightings! More details here: birdcount.in/event/monsoo... #seabirds #ornithology
birdcount.in
May 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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spetersartist.com
For #seabirdsunday a shearwater skipping on the sea (taking off technically)!

I wonder what is it like to take off from the water…

Pastel and watercolor on panel.
#birding #seabird
Shear water skipping on the sea
May 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
shivira.bsky.social
Petrel-passionate people, check out this blog post on ringing Storm Petrels in Cornwall by @sabiyasheikh.bsky.social for the @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social! #AcadmicSky #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds 🌍🪶🧪
indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · May 17
We are excited to launch our brand new blog, with the inaugural post penned by none other than our member and co-founder @sabiyasheikh.bsky.social! A PhD Student at the University of Exeter, Sabiya writes about Storm Petrel ringing in England: indianseabirdgroup.wixsite.com/website/blog
May 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
shivira.bsky.social
Anyone into seabirds, food webs, and tropical ecosystems? I am attending this talk tomorrow - feel free to join in! 🌏🪶 #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky
indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · May 1
We are starting May with a fascinating talk from @jenniferappoo.bsky.social on the impacts of seabird-derived nutrients on mangrove ecosystems! Follow this link and set a reminder now! www.youtube.com/live/muPejoo... 🌏🪶 #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky
May 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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thelabandfield.bsky.social
Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
March 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social
Frequent in the Northwest Indian Ocean, these Jouanin Petrels were spotted in the Arabian Sea, 300 miles off the western coast of Maharashtra🌍 by Sushil Kumar. Happy #SuperSeabirdSunday from India! #Seabirds #Ornithology #IndianOcean 🪶
March 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social
Mirror mirror, on the water! A Red-footed Booby gliding over the open waters off Kochin, India 🌍 Shared with us by Sushil Kumar. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds #Ornithology #IndianOcean 🪶
March 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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alice-risely.bsky.social
We're getting some cracking photo submissions to the Gulls Eating Stuff project! Here are a few showing gulls predating a coot chick, a vole, a mole (!) and a GBBG that has just killed an adult moorhen. Keep 'em coming! Submit your photos of gulls eating stuff to citsci.org/projects/gul....
March 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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rowankuminski.bsky.social
I wish I could contribute more to the initiatives trying to make up for the unjust grant cuts attacking important EDI projects in the US. But if you're now crowd-funding for a project and need someone to do graphic design for anything, message me and I'd be happy to volunteer my services
March 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social
Where are all the Antarctic aficionados? We bring to you the daily lives of Adelies for #SuperSeabirdSunday! Photo taken at McLeod Island, Larsemann Hills, Antarctica 🌏 by our team member Anant Pande. #Seabirds #Penguins #Ornithology 🪶
March 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
shivira.bsky.social
📢 The Galapagos rail has been rediscovered on Floreana Island in the Galapagos after almost two centuries! Long-term monitoring programs are ESSENTIAL for the conservation and recovery of endangered species. 🌍🪶🧪 #ornithology
@darwinfoundation.bsky.social www.darwinfoundation.org/en/news/all-...
Galapagos Rail Rediscovered on Floreana - Charles Darwin Foundation
Scientists from the Charles Darwin Foundation confirm the presence of the Galapagos Rail on Floreana Island for the first time in 190 years.
www.darwinfoundation.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
shivira.bsky.social
Shear drama (pun intended) in the Indian Ocean 🌍🪶 #seabirds #ornithology #SuperSeabirdSunday
indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Feb 23
This #SuperSeabirdSunday watch an intense aerial showdown as a Lesser Frigatebird gives a Wedge-tailed Shearwater a run for its wings over the Sunda Trench, 60 miles east of Sumatra, Indonesia! Video shared with us by Sushil Kumar 🌊 #seabirds #ornithology 🌍🪶
February 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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nmouquet.bsky.social
Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack vol 1 & 2 are full and curated !! ✨💚

Please share so they will fly into the blue sky 🦋🌈

Vol1 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...

Vol2 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack...

Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in !

🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾
February 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
Got some artistic skills? Enter our Seabird Pride t-shirt competition! 🕊️🏳️‍🌈🎽 Details below ⬇️ #SeabirdPride2025
February 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
shivira.bsky.social
Tropical seabirders alert! The Indian Seabird Group is finally on Bluesky with our first Researcher in Focus talk of 2025, featuring Dr. Suresh Kumar and Rajdeep Mitra from the Wildlife Institute of India. What's up with the nesting #seabirds of the Northern Indian Ocean? Join us as we find out! 🌏🪶
indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social Indian Seabird Group @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Feb 10
Hi Bluesky! For our first talk of 2025, Dr. Suresh Kumar and Rajdeep Mitra will present their research on the ecology of nesting seabirds on the Lakshadweep Islands. If you're interested in island #ecology and tropical #seabirds, join us! Event details here: www.youtube.com/live/7wUKpeI... 🌏🦉🪶
February 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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rspb.bsky.social
We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74.

Go on girl. 😍
A screenshot of a social media post from USFWSPacific that reads: "SHE DID IT AGAIN! Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg. At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male." This tweet is paired with an image of two Laysan Albatrosses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird, is shown alongside her new partner, demonstrating her enduring legacy as a remarkable seabird.
December 4, 2024 at 11:49 AM
shivira.bsky.social
I approve of this pigeon propaganda 🥹🤍
skwinnicki.bsky.social SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · Nov 26
Imagine looking at a bird this gorgeous and calling it a “rat with wings”

Couldn’t be me, I instead bring my camera to shopping centers for close-ups

Thread of Rock Pigeon portraits:
Closeup of a gray Rock Pigeon with white by its short bill, orange shining eyes, green and pink-purple iridescent feathers on its neck, and pale shoulders
November 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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somuchpingle.bsky.social
A giraffe weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) from east-central Madagascar. This cool creature wouldn't stop moving , so photography was kinda like running alongside a car and shooting. A tiny red car unlike any other cars.... 🌿 #insects #invertebrates #InverteFest
A most unusual weevil poses on a green leaf. The wing covers on the abdomen are a brilliant ruby red, while the rest of the insect is shiny black. The thorax is angled to point up, and then the long, twig-like neck angles down to the horizontal - between the neck, thorax, and abdomen, there is a distinct bend in the animal's body. The head is small and two long antennae with reddish tips point forward in a wide V shape.
November 24, 2024 at 2:41 AM
shivira.bsky.social
To everyone into #seabirds, we at the Indian Seabird Group are hosting Milan Sojitra as the first guest for our Researcher in Focus series - join us to learn how extreme weather affects the population dynamics of marine predators! Get notified when we go live: www.youtube.com/live/TUf0dBD... 🌍🪶🧪
A researcher holding a bird chick with the title researcher in focus understanding the effects of extreme weather events on seabirds and seals
November 21, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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somuchpingle.bsky.social
Coral fungus from Ranomafana, Madagascar. I don't know much about coral fungi but this one was just blazing next to the trail and I couldn't stop looking at it. #NaturePhotography #fungi 🌿
A small log is horizontal across the image and in front of it are two pink coral fungi, with a small green plant between them. The stems of the fungi are round in profile, and there are branches here and there.
November 21, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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A four panel comic. In panel 1, a little grey songbird is perched on a branch overlooking a golden field with some dogwoods and bare trees. It says "Hi! Just a small songbird over here." In panel 2, we zoom in on the songbird who says "A harmless songbird. Nothing to worry about." In panel 3, more zoom, and the bird says "No murder is about to happen. Not even a little murder!" In panel 4 we have fully zoomed in on the Northern Shrike. Its eye glows a little red and it says "Well, maybe a little".
November 20, 2024 at 2:17 PM
shivira.bsky.social
As we discuss the Slender-billed Curlew extinction, I think focusing on key takeaways is vital: timely species assessments, understanding both the breeding and wintering ranges, and including ecological connectivity data in conservation plans. 🌍🪶🧪 #ornithology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global extinction of Slender‐billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)
In the current biodiversity crisis, conservation efforts are often focused on extinction prevention. However, it can be difficult to determine if a species is extinct, especially if the species has a...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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jencross.bsky.social
Her Highness, the Great Frigatebird Chick

Great Frigatebirds are aerial acrobats and will often steal meals from other seabirds. Great Frigatebird chicks take a long time to develop, fledging in 4-6 months, depending on food supply.

Isla Seymour Norte, Galapagos Islands
An American football shaped bird with an orange head, fluffy down around the neck and down the chest, and brown feathers coming in on the wings and back.
November 19, 2024 at 2:45 AM
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM