Jessica Gorzo, Ph.D.
@birdv.fish
I unwittingly ended up living in the nexus of #🐦v🐟 #birdvfish #birdsvsfish
My background is in🐦ecology and I am now working with🌊🐟(and still avidly birding)
(anything I publish is my personal opinion and not necessarily the opinions or position of NJDEP)
My background is in🐦ecology and I am now working with🌊🐟(and still avidly birding)
(anything I publish is my personal opinion and not necessarily the opinions or position of NJDEP)
SEOW from Birds of World: "Clark (Clark 1975b) reported winter foraging activity began around 14:30 to 15:30 h, but it varied from year to year; early morning foraging also probable...evening departure from day roosts 28 min before to 24 min after sunset, with most (83.3%) departures after sunset."
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
SEOW from Birds of World: "Clark (Clark 1975b) reported winter foraging activity began around 14:30 to 15:30 h, but it varied from year to year; early morning foraging also probable...evening departure from day roosts 28 min before to 24 min after sunset, with most (83.3%) departures after sunset."
Church, Gabriella & Furness, Robert & Tyler, Glen & Gilbert, Lucy & Votier, Stephen. (2019). Change in the North Sea ecosystem from the 1970s to the 2010s: great skua diets reflect changing forage fish, seabirds, and fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science
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(PDF) Change in the North Sea ecosystem from the 1970s to the 2010s: great skua diets reflect changing forage fish, seabirds, and fisheries
PDF | Understanding anthropogenic impacts are crucial to maintain marine ecosystem health. The North Sea has changed in recent decades, largely due to... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Church, Gabriella & Furness, Robert & Tyler, Glen & Gilbert, Lucy & Votier, Stephen. (2019). Change in the North Sea ecosystem from the 1970s to the 2010s: great skua diets reflect changing forage fish, seabirds, and fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
at my first meeting of the Mid-Atlantic chapter of @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social great conference so far! a perk is that there is 1 session, so everyone gets to see all the locally focused talks, and stakeholders/anglers/commercial sector are represented here too! nice to get everyone in the same room
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
at my first meeting of the Mid-Atlantic chapter of @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social great conference so far! a perk is that there is 1 session, so everyone gets to see all the locally focused talks, and stakeholders/anglers/commercial sector are represented here too! nice to get everyone in the same room
an eye cup on my Swarovski EL 10x50s (older model, bought in 2012) is completely stuck😩i can't get it off and couldn't even budge it before soaking twice in hot water yesterday which did release some debris. i twisted back and forth, and used pliers (have replacement eye cups to install) any ideas?
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
an eye cup on my Swarovski EL 10x50s (older model, bought in 2012) is completely stuck😩i can't get it off and couldn't even budge it before soaking twice in hot water yesterday which did release some debris. i twisted back and forth, and used pliers (have replacement eye cups to install) any ideas?
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Fair warning @woodcreeper.bsky.social, my plan to help Stephanie achieve her next WSoB goal involves us stealing your boat. It's OK, you can still pilot it. You just need to whisper "I'm being kidnapped by bird pirates" as we leave harbor.
@birdv.fish and @spiffybirder.bsky.social will back me up.
@birdv.fish and @spiffybirder.bsky.social will back me up.
If you need a break from your Tuesday menty b, or if you just want to learn more about the weird shit I get up to in my free time, have I got a distraction for you! An whole doc about The Galbatross Project, female bird science, and our quest to triumph over some toddlers www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
BBC Audio | The Documentary Podcast | Birding the gender gap
An exploration of how the study of female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Fair warning @woodcreeper.bsky.social, my plan to help Stephanie achieve her next WSoB goal involves us stealing your boat. It's OK, you can still pilot it. You just need to whisper "I'm being kidnapped by bird pirates" as we leave harbor.
@birdv.fish and @spiffybirder.bsky.social will back me up.
@birdv.fish and @spiffybirder.bsky.social will back me up.
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Birding the gender gap - documentary on how female birds have been under-researched, and the birders addressing that issue. Well worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Documentary - Birding the gender gap - BBC Sounds
How studying female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Birding the gender gap - documentary on how female birds have been under-researched, and the birders addressing that issue. Well worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Lovely documentary "Birding the Gender Gap" right before my prog.
Does what it says on the tin.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Does what it says on the tin.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Documentary - Birding the gender gap - BBC Sounds
How studying female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature
www.bbc.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Lovely documentary "Birding the Gender Gap" right before my prog.
Does what it says on the tin.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Does what it says on the tin.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
thank you again so much for covering this story Daniel! :)
About a year ago, I took a walk through an ecological park in Mexico City with a bird expert, who told me in passing about the "birding gender gap" - the lack of research into female birds. Since then, I've been working on an audio doc about it, now out on the BBC:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast, Birding the gender gap
An exploration of how the study of female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
thank you again so much for covering this story Daniel! :)
was so thrilled to be included, and have great memories of our day! many thanks to the host who followed us around for the day😄
Brilliant podcast from the BBC World service- ‘Birding the gender gap - how studying female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature’. Featuring the Galbatrosses team at the World Series of birding
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@n8swick.bsky.social
@hannahgoesbirding.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@n8swick.bsky.social
@hannahgoesbirding.bsky.social
The Documentary - Birding the gender gap - BBC Sounds
How studying female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature
www.bbc.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
was so thrilled to be included, and have great memories of our day! many thanks to the host who followed us around for the day😄
I had a bumblebee already getting into the pollen in my garden at 6:49am, so this is my reminder to self to catch the insects when they are sluggish and easier to photograph🐝
August 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I had a bumblebee already getting into the pollen in my garden at 6:49am, so this is my reminder to self to catch the insects when they are sluggish and easier to photograph🐝
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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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Three birders on the Cape May–Lewes Ferry crossed paths with a truly shocking seabird at the mouth of the Delaware Bay: the Atlantic Ocean’s first record of Streaked Shearwater! www.aba.org/streaked-she...
May 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Three birders on the Cape May–Lewes Ferry crossed paths with a truly shocking seabird at the mouth of the Delaware Bay: the Atlantic Ocean’s first record of Streaked Shearwater! www.aba.org/streaked-she...
As a first year employee of @dep.nj.gov I feel fortunate to be able to participate in the new (as of last year) program “the fish & wildlife experience.” Roughly monthly, we get to travel to a site to learn more about what a different bureau in our org does. I feel valued as an employee for this opp
May 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
As a first year employee of @dep.nj.gov I feel fortunate to be able to participate in the new (as of last year) program “the fish & wildlife experience.” Roughly monthly, we get to travel to a site to learn more about what a different bureau in our org does. I feel valued as an employee for this opp
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🪶For an extra challenge, the Galbatross team will only count FEMALE birds seen or heard. Learn more about the Galbatross Team and donate here: give.njaudubon.org/s.... Let's introduce you to the team members (2/7)
World Series of Birding: Galbatrosses - New Jersey Audubon Society
New Jersey Audubon's World Series of Birding - Level 1 (Other Org) New Jersey Audubon welcomes the participation of wildlife conservation organizations in the WSB. Organizations must register as a Level I team and choose a category of competition.
give.njaudubon.org
May 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🪶For an extra challenge, the Galbatross team will only count FEMALE birds seen or heard. Learn more about the Galbatross Team and donate here: give.njaudubon.org/s.... Let's introduce you to the team members (2/7)
we had such a great day! thank you to everyone who was able to support us, via either donation or intel or just moral support😆this was my 1st year doing World Series of Birding with the Galbatrosses @audubon.org and hopefully we'll have more to come soon, i was so happy to be adopted/inducted!🐦🪶🦃🪹🦆🦢
🪶The Galbatross team is competing in the World Series of Birding this Saturday May 10 to raise money for NJ Audubon and IBP. They'll bird for 24 hrs straight competing to see which team can tally the most species of bird observed by sight or sound. (1/7)
May 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
we had such a great day! thank you to everyone who was able to support us, via either donation or intel or just moral support😆this was my 1st year doing World Series of Birding with the Galbatrosses @audubon.org and hopefully we'll have more to come soon, i was so happy to be adopted/inducted!🐦🪶🦃🪹🦆🦢
Reposted by Jessica Gorzo, Ph.D.
Reposted by Jessica Gorzo, Ph.D.
It’s time for another This Month in Birding, this time for April, despite the fact that this episode technically comes out in May. That’s bonus for May rather than a loss for April. Listen to Gabriel Foley, Frank Izaguirre, and Purbita Saha chat with host Nate Swick this week: www.aba.org/72239-2/
May 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s time for another This Month in Birding, this time for April, despite the fact that this episode technically comes out in May. That’s bonus for May rather than a loss for April. Listen to Gabriel Foley, Frank Izaguirre, and Purbita Saha chat with host Nate Swick this week: www.aba.org/72239-2/
gross but cool nature note (so I'll spare you the pics): found part of black duck carcass near my office. the crop was full of snail shells...
from Birds of the World: "In coastal New Jersey, animal foods are most of diet (92%, n = 40); salt grass snails and killifish predominated (Costanzo 1988)."
from Birds of the World: "In coastal New Jersey, animal foods are most of diet (92%, n = 40); salt grass snails and killifish predominated (Costanzo 1988)."
April 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
gross but cool nature note (so I'll spare you the pics): found part of black duck carcass near my office. the crop was full of snail shells...
from Birds of the World: "In coastal New Jersey, animal foods are most of diet (92%, n = 40); salt grass snails and killifish predominated (Costanzo 1988)."
from Birds of the World: "In coastal New Jersey, animal foods are most of diet (92%, n = 40); salt grass snails and killifish predominated (Costanzo 1988)."
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People wonder about the economic impacts of #fisheries… here are some numbers around our nations capital.
March 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
People wonder about the economic impacts of #fisheries… here are some numbers around our nations capital.
evergreen; would like to revisit some of these stats 12 years later: blog.aba.org/2013/06/open...
Open Mic: The Field Glass Ceiling
Guest writer Brooke McDonald takes a hard look at the dearth of women in upper level birding, and asks us to take a look at what can we all do to make birding more inclusive at all levels.
blog.aba.org
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
evergreen; would like to revisit some of these stats 12 years later: blog.aba.org/2013/06/open...
Attending @cwaunion.bsky.social orientation today to learn more about local 1036, the branch for my workplace; also learning about all topics relevant to the union. This is the first unionized job I have held so lots of new(-ish) info!
March 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Attending @cwaunion.bsky.social orientation today to learn more about local 1036, the branch for my workplace; also learning about all topics relevant to the union. This is the first unionized job I have held so lots of new(-ish) info!
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🎉 DEP opened Women’s History Month with a lively 🔥 “fireside chat” featuring Kandyce Perry, Director of our Office of Environmental Justice, who led the discussion with Kelley Heck, DEP’s Chief Communications Officer, and Shereyl Snider, of the East Trenton Collaborative and Lead-Free NJ.
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🎉 DEP opened Women’s History Month with a lively 🔥 “fireside chat” featuring Kandyce Perry, Director of our Office of Environmental Justice, who led the discussion with Kelley Heck, DEP’s Chief Communications Officer, and Shereyl Snider, of the East Trenton Collaborative and Lead-Free NJ.
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www.ktoo.org/2025/03/07/a... fresh observations
on salmon, whales in Alaska
on salmon, whales in Alaska
Alaska hunters, researchers say whales and fish are changing their migration patterns in the warming climate
Fishermen, hunters and researchers gathered at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage in January to discuss how several fish species and marine animals are changing their migration patterns ...
www.ktoo.org
March 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
www.ktoo.org/2025/03/07/a... fresh observations
on salmon, whales in Alaska
on salmon, whales in Alaska
Fisheries word of the day: demersal [adjective] - (chiefly of fish) living close to the floor of the sea or a lake.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary #OED
Source: Oxford English Dictionary #OED
bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma) dentition diagram / colored pencil on Duralar; text in Photoshop / 2025
Last October, while traveling, we visited the London Aquarium, where we saw their resident bowmouth, Betty. I had never seen one before and I fell totally in love!
Last October, while traveling, we visited the London Aquarium, where we saw their resident bowmouth, Betty. I had never seen one before and I fell totally in love!
March 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Fisheries word of the day: demersal [adjective] - (chiefly of fish) living close to the floor of the sea or a lake.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary #OED
Source: Oxford English Dictionary #OED
Hopefully everything transferred seamlessly but just an update that my bsky username is now my new domain😌
Check out my new website: birdv.fish
For now I just copied all of my old site and content there, but eventually envision it to become
More of an ecology data exploration site!📈📉📊👩💻🐦🐧🐟
Check out my new website: birdv.fish
For now I just copied all of my old site and content there, but eventually envision it to become
More of an ecology data exploration site!📈📉📊👩💻🐦🐧🐟
Avian Ecologist
Jessica Gorzo, Ph.D.
birdv.fish
February 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hopefully everything transferred seamlessly but just an update that my bsky username is now my new domain😌
Check out my new website: birdv.fish
For now I just copied all of my old site and content there, but eventually envision it to become
More of an ecology data exploration site!📈📉📊👩💻🐦🐧🐟
Check out my new website: birdv.fish
For now I just copied all of my old site and content there, but eventually envision it to become
More of an ecology data exploration site!📈📉📊👩💻🐦🐧🐟