Adam C Smith
@adam-birdstats.bsky.social
Birds, conservation, monitoring biodiversity, data science, graphs, maps, corgis...
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Our new #WindowCollisions paper is now out, with Viviane Zulian, Krista de Groot, @adam-birdstats.bsky.social, et al.
peerj.com/articles/199...
British Columbia forest birds are highly vulnerable to collisions @uvic.ca
#conservationscience🌎 #ornithology #WindowStrike
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peerj.com/articles/199...
British Columbia forest birds are highly vulnerable to collisions @uvic.ca
#conservationscience🌎 #ornithology #WindowStrike
📷M Strickland
September 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Our new #WindowCollisions paper is now out, with Viviane Zulian, Krista de Groot, @adam-birdstats.bsky.social, et al.
peerj.com/articles/199...
British Columbia forest birds are highly vulnerable to collisions @uvic.ca
#conservationscience🌎 #ornithology #WindowStrike
📷M Strickland
peerj.com/articles/199...
British Columbia forest birds are highly vulnerable to collisions @uvic.ca
#conservationscience🌎 #ornithology #WindowStrike
📷M Strickland
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) was sold by Harper government to SNC Lavelin (now Atkins Realis)
Atkins Realis is now giving US firms the largest contract in Canadian history (costing taxpayers 24 billion)
petition parliament to review this deal.
#elbowsUp
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Atkins Realis is now giving US firms the largest contract in Canadian history (costing taxpayers 24 billion)
petition parliament to review this deal.
#elbowsUp
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6636 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
July 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) was sold by Harper government to SNC Lavelin (now Atkins Realis)
Atkins Realis is now giving US firms the largest contract in Canadian history (costing taxpayers 24 billion)
petition parliament to review this deal.
#elbowsUp
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Atkins Realis is now giving US firms the largest contract in Canadian history (costing taxpayers 24 billion)
petition parliament to review this deal.
#elbowsUp
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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A nice tutorial on distributed lag models using #rstats 📦 {mgcv}. But if you want to fit these to time series you might want to consider the {mvgam} 📦 instead ecogambler.netlify.app/blog/distrib...
May 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A nice tutorial on distributed lag models using #rstats 📦 {mgcv}. But if you want to fit these to time series you might want to consider the {mvgam} 📦 instead ecogambler.netlify.app/blog/distrib...
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🚨 New Paper 🚨
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
May 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🚨 New Paper 🚨
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Hello, world! This is a post from R using bskyr.
May 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hello, world! This is a post from R using bskyr.
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I'm currently seeking PhD candidates to help me work on exciting ecological forecasting problems using #rstats ecogambler.netlify.app/opportunities/ 🌎
Research opportunities | GAMbler
If you are interested in joining my research group, or for any other enquiries, please contact me. You can find my most up-to-date contact details on my [University of Queensland page](https://about.u...
ecogambler.netlify.app
January 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm currently seeking PhD candidates to help me work on exciting ecological forecasting problems using #rstats ecogambler.netlify.app/opportunities/ 🌎
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Ontario is planning to replace its Endangered Species Act with weak legislation that will allow habitat destruction, killing endangered species and withdraw the province from planning for conservation of ES ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0... Send comments to ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0...
From CSTWS:
From CSTWS:
May 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Ontario is planning to replace its Endangered Species Act with weak legislation that will allow habitat destruction, killing endangered species and withdraw the province from planning for conservation of ES ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0... Send comments to ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0...
From CSTWS:
From CSTWS:
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This is from a letter sent from MECP (Hilary Gignac, Manager, Landscape Species Recovery Section, Species at Risk Branch) describing the replacement of Ontario's Endangered Species Act in more detail. It is BAD NEWS. Please send comments to the ERO as linked by @marcofesta.bsky.social below. #onpoli
May 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This is from a letter sent from MECP (Hilary Gignac, Manager, Landscape Species Recovery Section, Species at Risk Branch) describing the replacement of Ontario's Endangered Species Act in more detail. It is BAD NEWS. Please send comments to the ERO as linked by @marcofesta.bsky.social below. #onpoli
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I will forever be haunted by this footage.
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
May 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I will forever be haunted by this footage.
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
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(1/) On Good Friday, David from the BBS Team at BTO HQ completed his ‘Early’ visit to his square in Dorset. Although it was a challenging square to survey due to the terrain, he enjoyed it and it got him outside before it rained! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
(1/) On Good Friday, David from the BBS Team at BTO HQ completed his ‘Early’ visit to his square in Dorset. Although it was a challenging square to survey due to the terrain, he enjoyed it and it got him outside before it rained! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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alright i have my laptop, guess i'm livetweeting the dire wolf preprint.
so a quick reminder: this is not yet peer-reviewed, so there's some different expectations re: quality.
also let's be clear, i'm a hella biased reader, bc i don't trust the hype they're courting
so a quick reminder: this is not yet peer-reviewed, so there's some different expectations re: quality.
also let's be clear, i'm a hella biased reader, bc i don't trust the hype they're courting
Briefly read through this and...hmm. I have thoughts that may merit a deeper dive.
One big concern: while their reference method seems reasonable for research uses, I'm thinking that if you want to claim you're cloning one, I'm sorry but you've actually gotta de novo that.
One big concern: while their reference method seems reasonable for research uses, I'm thinking that if you want to claim you're cloning one, I'm sorry but you've actually gotta de novo that.
April 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
alright i have my laptop, guess i'm livetweeting the dire wolf preprint.
so a quick reminder: this is not yet peer-reviewed, so there's some different expectations re: quality.
also let's be clear, i'm a hella biased reader, bc i don't trust the hype they're courting
so a quick reminder: this is not yet peer-reviewed, so there's some different expectations re: quality.
also let's be clear, i'm a hella biased reader, bc i don't trust the hype they're courting
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🦉Join us for the next Low-key Bird Walk on 4/17! Led by our very own #BirdNerd Extraordinaire, Lishka Arata, these monthly events are a great way to connect with nature, discover avian life, and build community. All are welcome! 🌍🤝🔗 shorturl.at/LJ6rt
April 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🦉Join us for the next Low-key Bird Walk on 4/17! Led by our very own #BirdNerd Extraordinaire, Lishka Arata, these monthly events are a great way to connect with nature, discover avian life, and build community. All are welcome! 🌍🤝🔗 shorturl.at/LJ6rt
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@timothysnyder.bsky.social, author and one of America’s most famous historians, has seen tyrants like Trump before and has this to say: macleans.ca/the-intervie.... Snyder’s book “On Tyranny” provides guidance for action in . . .
March 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social, author and one of America’s most famous historians, has seen tyrants like Trump before and has this to say: macleans.ca/the-intervie.... Snyder’s book “On Tyranny” provides guidance for action in . . .
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abcbirds.org/news/2025-st...
"The report highlights findings from the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, noting that the total economic output related to birdwatching activities is $279 billion, and birding-related activities support 1.4 million jobs."
"The report highlights findings from the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, noting that the total economic output related to birdwatching activities is $279 billion, and birding-related activities support 1.4 million jobs."
2025 U.S. State of the Birds Report Addresses Conservation Needs Across Habitats and Species
The release of the 2025 U.S. State of the Birds report was announced today at the 90th annual North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The report, produced by ...
abcbirds.org
March 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
abcbirds.org/news/2025-st...
"The report highlights findings from the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, noting that the total economic output related to birdwatching activities is $279 billion, and birding-related activities support 1.4 million jobs."
"The report highlights findings from the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, noting that the total economic output related to birdwatching activities is $279 billion, and birding-related activities support 1.4 million jobs."
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Any photos of gulls eating stuff? Submit them to the project database at citsci.org/projects/gul...
March 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Any photos of gulls eating stuff? Submit them to the project database at citsci.org/projects/gul...
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This speech by Justin Trudeau is quite impressive, especially the part in French at the end where he is actually inspiring (of course he's not the most popular man in Canada, so it might be a bit late for the flowery words).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CRO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CRO...
FULL: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's response to Donald Trump's U.S. tariffs
YouTube video by CityNews
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This speech by Justin Trudeau is quite impressive, especially the part in French at the end where he is actually inspiring (of course he's not the most popular man in Canada, so it might be a bit late for the flowery words).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CRO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CRO...
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I still haven’t seen JD Vance say “thank you” to the American taxpayers for his little skiing vacation.
March 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I still haven’t seen JD Vance say “thank you” to the American taxpayers for his little skiing vacation.
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Interesting work by van der Meersch et al. out in Ecology Letters, nicely illustrating that process-based models are more robust than correlative models for predicting species distributions under novel climatic conditions doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Paleorecords Reveal Biological Mechanisms Crucial for Reliable Species Range Shift Projections Amid Rapid Climate Change
Climate change has created an urgent need for reliable projections of species distributions. By hindcasting forest tree range shifts across Europe over the last 12,000 years, we show that process-exp...
doi.org
February 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Interesting work by van der Meersch et al. out in Ecology Letters, nicely illustrating that process-based models are more robust than correlative models for predicting species distributions under novel climatic conditions doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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The primary role of the WI Supreme Court is to protect our #constitutional rights—even when MAGA billionaires like Elon Musk want to meddle with our freedoms!
✨✨✨Vote Crawford‼️‼️
That's why it's critical you pay attention to what's happening with the court and be a voter in the spring election.
✨✨✨Vote Crawford‼️‼️
That's why it's critical you pay attention to what's happening with the court and be a voter in the spring election.
February 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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And the gutting continues. Hope ppl will continue to fight back by SIGNING/sharing this declaration against #censorship. It's for all irrsp of field, lang, expertise. #scienceforall #defendresearch #moretocome docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research.
We ca...
docs.google.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
And the gutting continues. Hope ppl will continue to fight back by SIGNING/sharing this declaration against #censorship. It's for all irrsp of field, lang, expertise. #scienceforall #defendresearch #moretocome docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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1/ The @naturescot.bsky.social Scottish indicators were published last week. The data, a lot from @bbs-birds@bsky.social from 94-23, show how Scottish birds are doing in different habitats. Woodland birds are doing relatively well, but upland birds are in decline.
www.nature.scot/doc/official...
www.nature.scot/doc/official...
February 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
1/ The @naturescot.bsky.social Scottish indicators were published last week. The data, a lot from @bbs-birds@bsky.social from 94-23, show how Scottish birds are doing in different habitats. Woodland birds are doing relatively well, but upland birds are in decline.
www.nature.scot/doc/official...
www.nature.scot/doc/official...
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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...
conferences.usask.ca/sco-2025/ind...
January 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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...
conferences.usask.ca/sco-2025/ind...
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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!