Nancy Mahony
@sparrownm.bsky.social
Research Scientist - grassland bird conservation science
reader, listener, watcher: books, music, birds
reader, listener, watcher: books, music, birds
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Our team has published a new study in Avian Conservation Ecology showing that #cats kill between 19–197 million #birds each year in Canada!
In the time it has taken you to read ~3 posts (1 min) 114 birds have been killed at the paws of cats in Canada.
ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a...
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In the time it has taken you to read ~3 posts (1 min) 114 birds have been killed at the paws of cats in Canada.
ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a...
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October 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Our team has published a new study in Avian Conservation Ecology showing that #cats kill between 19–197 million #birds each year in Canada!
In the time it has taken you to read ~3 posts (1 min) 114 birds have been killed at the paws of cats in Canada.
ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a...
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In the time it has taken you to read ~3 posts (1 min) 114 birds have been killed at the paws of cats in Canada.
ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a...
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Untitled (Blue Jays)
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2025
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2025
October 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Untitled (Blue Jays)
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2025
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2025
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We are the Wildflowers
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2024
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2024
September 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We are the Wildflowers
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2024
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2024
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The Enchanted Owl
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1960
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1960
September 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Enchanted Owl
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1960
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1960
Fabulous Wilco show in YEG tonight
August 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Fabulous Wilco show in YEG tonight
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‘Berta friends: don’t forget that today’s the day you can pre-order your COVID vaccine. bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
August 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
‘Berta friends: don’t forget that today’s the day you can pre-order your COVID vaccine. bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...
We just arrived in Tofino BC a couple of hours ago. Could be an interesting night - keeping alert for updates
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tsunami advisory issued for several parts of the B.C. coast after major earthquake near Russia | CBC News
A tsunami watch has been issued for multiple parts of the B.C. coast after a large earthquake in the Pacific basin near Kamchatka, Russia, on Tuesday afternoon.
www.cbc.ca
July 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We just arrived in Tofino BC a couple of hours ago. Could be an interesting night - keeping alert for updates
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Breaking Good News for #birds! “Birds like the Rufous Hummingbird don’t recognize borders, and neither should conservation”. 11 new projects will protect 115,000 hectares in Mexico (via @birdscanada.bsky.social)
New Milestone in Canada-Mexico Bird Conservation through Conserva Aves
Birds Canada warmly welcomes the announcement by the Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FMCN) of 11 new conservation projects in Mexico, which together will protect more than
www.birdscanada.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Breaking Good News for #birds! “Birds like the Rufous Hummingbird don’t recognize borders, and neither should conservation”. 11 new projects will protect 115,000 hectares in Mexico (via @birdscanada.bsky.social)
My garden is celebrating Canada Day 🇨🇦
July 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My garden is celebrating Canada Day 🇨🇦
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Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology?
I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!
research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/
I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!
research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/
The Ivy Lab! - Welcome to the Ivy Lab!
research-groups.usask.ca
May 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology?
I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!
research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/
I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!
research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/
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Behind the steepening declines, a clear culprit is beginning to emerge: global heating. A tropical forest ecosystem is “a finely tuned Swiss watch”, Hallwachs says – perfectly engineered to sustain a vastly biodiverse system of creatures.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Behind the steepening declines, a clear culprit is beginning to emerge: global heating. A tropical forest ecosystem is “a finely tuned Swiss watch”, Hallwachs says – perfectly engineered to sustain a vastly biodiverse system of creatures.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Here’s the link to the survey to tell the Alberta government to SHOVE IT
www.alberta.ca/school-libra...
www.alberta.ca/school-libra...
School library standards engagement
Albertans can share input on potential new standards for how Kindergarten to Grade 12 school library materials are selected and managed.
www.alberta.ca
May 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Here’s the link to the survey to tell the Alberta government to SHOVE IT
www.alberta.ca/school-libra...
www.alberta.ca/school-libra...
The prairie crocuses are blooming in Saskatchewan and it’s honestly hard to look up at the birds.
April 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The prairie crocuses are blooming in Saskatchewan and it’s honestly hard to look up at the birds.
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De-extinction is to biodiversity conservation what carbon capture and storage is to climate action
A fantasy that lets us pretend that destruction isn't forever
A fantasy that lets us pretend that destruction isn't forever
April 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
De-extinction is to biodiversity conservation what carbon capture and storage is to climate action
A fantasy that lets us pretend that destruction isn't forever
A fantasy that lets us pretend that destruction isn't forever
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📄 New Paper!
Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg-Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
@globalchangebio.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social
Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg-Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
@globalchangebio.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social
Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg‐Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster
A warming climate is affecting the phenology of life on earth, including when birds migrate and start breeding. We show that earlier arrival is a general pattern also for birds travelling to the Arct...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
📄 New Paper!
Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg-Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
@globalchangebio.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social
Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg-Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
@globalchangebio.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social
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Raven Duo
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1983
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1983
March 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Raven Duo
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1983
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1983
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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
tinyurl.com/3bkb838e
#remotesensing #avianecology @ellycknight.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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
tinyurl.com/3bkb838e
#remotesensing #avianecology @ellycknight.bsky.social
Attended the sold out PWHL game in Edmonton today - over 17,000 people came out to watch a fantastic women’s hockey game between Ottawa and Toronto - we need an Edmonton team!
February 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Attended the sold out PWHL game in Edmonton today - over 17,000 people came out to watch a fantastic women’s hockey game between Ottawa and Toronto - we need an Edmonton team!
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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!
February 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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!
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Went to see Goblin Macbeth at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre last night. Watching wonderful actors and laughing with a few hundred other people was exactly what this week needed - art for resistance!
February 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Went to see Goblin Macbeth at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre last night. Watching wonderful actors and laughing with a few hundred other people was exactly what this week needed - art for resistance!
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Chinook Winter Evening
Illingworth Kerr
1978
Illingworth Kerr
1978
January 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Chinook Winter Evening
Illingworth Kerr
1978
Illingworth Kerr
1978
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In 2023 at least 960 #birds died in one day due to window collisions at McCormick Place in #Chicago. After applying bird-friendly window treatments, there were just 18 deaths all last fall. Further proof these simple changes work, and work well! It's time communities start making this a requirement.
Bird deaths plummet at McCormick Place Lakeside Center after safety film installed
Crash fatalities down more than 90% this fall with 18 deaths compared to 1,280 deaths in the fall of 2023, Field Museum expert says.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
In 2023 at least 960 #birds died in one day due to window collisions at McCormick Place in #Chicago. After applying bird-friendly window treatments, there were just 18 deaths all last fall. Further proof these simple changes work, and work well! It's time communities start making this a requirement.