Blair Costelloe
@blaircostelloe.bsky.social
Behavioral ecologist using drones to study collective behavior of African ungulates. Leader of HerdHover project and co-PI of WildDrone project. Project Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, currently on TT job market. She/her.
Actually, I made way more mistakes than that, Owl.
December 2, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Actually, I made way more mistakes than that, Owl.
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.
November 17, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.
A challenge of drone-based behavioral observation is that it's often difficult to determine the sex of individuals in species (like zebras 🦓) that aren't sexually dimorphic.
Sometimes, though, you catch a break...
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Sometimes, though, you catch a break...
🧪
October 17, 2023 at 1:39 PM
A challenge of drone-based behavioral observation is that it's often difficult to determine the sex of individuals in species (like zebras 🦓) that aren't sexually dimorphic.
Sometimes, though, you catch a break...
🧪
Sometimes, though, you catch a break...
🧪
In honor of fall's arrival in Konstanz, here's one of my favorite photos from a few years ago, taken near the Mainau.
October 10, 2023 at 7:30 AM
In honor of fall's arrival in Konstanz, here's one of my favorite photos from a few years ago, taken near the Mainau.
Since it's October now 👻...
I love the spooky atmosphere of this figure - a reconstruction of the collective visual field of a herd of Grevy's zebras 🦓.
Done entirely from data derived from drone imagery.
🧪
I love the spooky atmosphere of this figure - a reconstruction of the collective visual field of a herd of Grevy's zebras 🦓.
Done entirely from data derived from drone imagery.
🧪
October 2, 2023 at 6:25 AM
Since it's October now 👻...
I love the spooky atmosphere of this figure - a reconstruction of the collective visual field of a herd of Grevy's zebras 🦓.
Done entirely from data derived from drone imagery.
🧪
I love the spooky atmosphere of this figure - a reconstruction of the collective visual field of a herd of Grevy's zebras 🦓.
Done entirely from data derived from drone imagery.
🧪
Hi, I'm Blair!
I use drones to study the collective anti-predator behavior of zebra and antelope on the African savanna.
I'm a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany.
I use drones to study the collective anti-predator behavior of zebra and antelope on the African savanna.
I'm a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany.
September 28, 2023 at 12:38 PM
Hi, I'm Blair!
I use drones to study the collective anti-predator behavior of zebra and antelope on the African savanna.
I'm a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany.
I use drones to study the collective anti-predator behavior of zebra and antelope on the African savanna.
I'm a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany.
I am very much an ungulate enthusiast and thought seeing the Serengeti/Mara wildebeest migration would be my peak wildlife experience. But seeing these bats emerge from the forest in the evening was on a whole other level. If you get the chance to go to Kasanka during bat season, take it!
September 27, 2023 at 7:14 AM
I am very much an ungulate enthusiast and thought seeing the Serengeti/Mara wildebeest migration would be my peak wildlife experience. But seeing these bats emerge from the forest in the evening was on a whole other level. If you get the chance to go to Kasanka during bat season, take it!
Saharan dust making for ominous skies over @UniKonstanz and the VTK @CBehav this afternoon
November 30, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Saharan dust making for ominous skies over @UniKonstanz and the VTK @CBehav this afternoon
I mean honestly
December 1, 2024 at 4:13 AM
I mean honestly
Here’s some waterbuck, showing off their similarly heart-shaped noses for comparison.
Waterbuck and puku are in the same genus, Kobus.
Waterbuck and puku are in the same genus, Kobus.
December 1, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Here’s some waterbuck, showing off their similarly heart-shaped noses for comparison.
Waterbuck and puku are in the same genus, Kobus.
Waterbuck and puku are in the same genus, Kobus.
I ticked off 3 new ungulate species in Zambia: sitatunga, common duiker and puku.
This is a puku - looks like a waterbuck (heart-shaped nose!) crossed with an impala.
Next year’s goals are to the see the resident sable and get a decent sitatunga pic.
#Zambats #MammalWatching
This is a puku - looks like a waterbuck (heart-shaped nose!) crossed with an impala.
Next year’s goals are to the see the resident sable and get a decent sitatunga pic.
#Zambats #MammalWatching
December 1, 2024 at 2:07 AM
I ticked off 3 new ungulate species in Zambia: sitatunga, common duiker and puku.
This is a puku - looks like a waterbuck (heart-shaped nose!) crossed with an impala.
Next year’s goals are to the see the resident sable and get a decent sitatunga pic.
#Zambats #MammalWatching
This is a puku - looks like a waterbuck (heart-shaped nose!) crossed with an impala.
Next year’s goals are to the see the resident sable and get a decent sitatunga pic.
#Zambats #MammalWatching
Another dawn, but this one back in Europe. Zambia was amazing, and the bats were incredible. Can’t wait to see what comes of the data, and to return to Kasanka for more Eidolon next year!
Thanks @DinaDechmann @martinwikelski @RolandKays @teague_o @ben_koger
#Zambats
Thanks @DinaDechmann @martinwikelski @RolandKays @teague_o @ben_koger
#Zambats
December 1, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Another dawn, but this one back in Europe. Zambia was amazing, and the bats were incredible. Can’t wait to see what comes of the data, and to return to Kasanka for more Eidolon next year!
Thanks @DinaDechmann @martinwikelski @RolandKays @teague_o @ben_koger
#Zambats
Thanks @DinaDechmann @martinwikelski @RolandKays @teague_o @ben_koger
#Zambats
Straw-colored fruit bat colony in slow motion flight.
The bats make these collective milling flights prior to departing for a night of foraging. Why? To test the wind? Stretch their wings? Decide where to feed? We don’t know, but maybe someday we will...
#ZamBats
The bats make these collective milling flights prior to departing for a night of foraging. Why? To test the wind? Stretch their wings? Decide where to feed? We don’t know, but maybe someday we will...
#ZamBats
December 1, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Straw-colored fruit bat colony in slow motion flight.
The bats make these collective milling flights prior to departing for a night of foraging. Why? To test the wind? Stretch their wings? Decide where to feed? We don’t know, but maybe someday we will...
#ZamBats
The bats make these collective milling flights prior to departing for a night of foraging. Why? To test the wind? Stretch their wings? Decide where to feed? We don’t know, but maybe someday we will...
#ZamBats
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