Emily Rayner
@flightemily.bsky.social
Ornithologist, engineer and programmer. Fascinated by flight. Making Skytrap, an avian camera trap for flight and aeroecology research.
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If you missed my talk but still want some tips for writing good code for scientists, my slides are here:
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
If you missed my talk but still want some tips for writing good code for scientists, my slides are here:
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
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Oooooooooo—seems Koala may be the closest living relative to Thylacoleo…
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Oooooooooo—seems Koala may be the closest living relative to Thylacoleo…
Little pied cormorants coming in to roost at the end of the day. I’ve watched them fly this path so many times, but I don’t often get this many on skytrap all in frame at once!
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Little pied cormorants coming in to roost at the end of the day. I’ve watched them fly this path so many times, but I don’t often get this many on skytrap all in frame at once!
First light on a solar/battery powered skytrap! No shortage of sunlight in FNQ for testing.
September 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
First light on a solar/battery powered skytrap! No shortage of sunlight in FNQ for testing.
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🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
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And while I've got cockatiels on my mind, here's another photo, taken in my friend's backyard.
Remember this, @boyfrombruce.bsky.social ?
Remember this, @boyfrombruce.bsky.social ?
August 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
And while I've got cockatiels on my mind, here's another photo, taken in my friend's backyard.
Remember this, @boyfrombruce.bsky.social ?
Remember this, @boyfrombruce.bsky.social ?
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Some osprey action shots from last month at Juanita Bay Park, Seattle.
August 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Some osprey action shots from last month at Juanita Bay Park, Seattle.
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Also, when reading, reviewing and commenting on the work of others, be kind and constructive, always.
Rejection and criticism are part of publishing process, before AND after publication. Work on developing a thick skin early on and you'll not only enjoy the journey more but also increase your chances of longterm success.
#WriterSky #KidLit
#WriterSky #KidLit
August 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Also, when reading, reviewing and commenting on the work of others, be kind and constructive, always.
Red Wattlebird flight silhouettes
August 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Red Wattlebird flight silhouettes
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Sex-reversal in birds (genetically male/female but appear female/male) is surprisingly common. Best detail: A genetically male bird called a laughing kookaburra had recently laid an egg. (1/2)
By @phiejacobs.bsky.social on @science.org
By @phiejacobs.bsky.social on @science.org
‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds, new study suggests
Survey of five Australian avians finds numerous discordant individuals, including a genetically male bird that had laid an egg
www.science.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sex-reversal in birds (genetically male/female but appear female/male) is surprisingly common. Best detail: A genetically male bird called a laughing kookaburra had recently laid an egg. (1/2)
By @phiejacobs.bsky.social on @science.org
By @phiejacobs.bsky.social on @science.org
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It’s #NationalScienceWeek! 🐦
Our HANZAB encyclopaedia is now online & free – covering every bird ever recorded in Aus, NZ & Antarctica. Updated with the latest taxonomy & threat statuses, it’s a game-changer for bird lovers & researchers alike
🔗 hanzab.birdlife.org.au
#BirdLifeAustralia #Birds
Our HANZAB encyclopaedia is now online & free – covering every bird ever recorded in Aus, NZ & Antarctica. Updated with the latest taxonomy & threat statuses, it’s a game-changer for bird lovers & researchers alike
🔗 hanzab.birdlife.org.au
#BirdLifeAustralia #Birds
August 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It’s #NationalScienceWeek! 🐦
Our HANZAB encyclopaedia is now online & free – covering every bird ever recorded in Aus, NZ & Antarctica. Updated with the latest taxonomy & threat statuses, it’s a game-changer for bird lovers & researchers alike
🔗 hanzab.birdlife.org.au
#BirdLifeAustralia #Birds
Our HANZAB encyclopaedia is now online & free – covering every bird ever recorded in Aus, NZ & Antarctica. Updated with the latest taxonomy & threat statuses, it’s a game-changer for bird lovers & researchers alike
🔗 hanzab.birdlife.org.au
#BirdLifeAustralia #Birds
Silhouettes of a Little Corella motion tracked past a skytrap. In this moment, this individual is flying with a wingbeat frequency of 4.5Hz - pretty close to expected scaling for a bird of that mass!
August 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Silhouettes of a Little Corella motion tracked past a skytrap. In this moment, this individual is flying with a wingbeat frequency of 4.5Hz - pretty close to expected scaling for a bird of that mass!
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Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
- @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
- @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The first paper from my postdoc is finally out! In collaboration with @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Amy Angert, we outline how behavioral plasticity influences animal species’ distributions and can improve our understanding of range shifts under climate change! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change
Climate change has led animal species to shift their ranges to greater elevations, latitudes, and depths, tracking their preferred abiotic niche. Howe…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The first paper from my postdoc is finally out! In collaboration with @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Amy Angert, we outline how behavioral plasticity influences animal species’ distributions and can improve our understanding of range shifts under climate change! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I'm so happy with this paper that I forgot to post its link!!! :) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I'm so happy with this paper that I forgot to post its link!!! :) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I've been on attenuation models for some time, and it is always nice (and hard) to write papers between physics and ecology. I have actually developed a new attenuation model for this one! Have been working with physicists on a second paper using birds from Amazonia.❤️ To be continued!
#bioacoustics
#bioacoustics
August 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I've been on attenuation models for some time, and it is always nice (and hard) to write papers between physics and ecology. I have actually developed a new attenuation model for this one! Have been working with physicists on a second paper using birds from Amazonia.❤️ To be continued!
#bioacoustics
#bioacoustics
Red Wattlebird landing next to skytrap 5. If Silver Gulls are my most trapped species, this is one of my most trapped individuals. Slowed to about 20%.
August 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Red Wattlebird landing next to skytrap 5. If Silver Gulls are my most trapped species, this is one of my most trapped individuals. Slowed to about 20%.
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Love this.
"Standing tall against fossil fuels, rising up out of the ocean like a middle finger to CO2...motherfuckin' wind farms!"
"Standing tall against fossil fuels, rising up out of the ocean like a middle finger to CO2...motherfuckin' wind farms!"
July 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Love this.
"Standing tall against fossil fuels, rising up out of the ocean like a middle finger to CO2...motherfuckin' wind farms!"
"Standing tall against fossil fuels, rising up out of the ocean like a middle finger to CO2...motherfuckin' wind farms!"
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Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands.
I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.
I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.
July 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands.
I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.
I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.
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🚨Arooga arooga! 🚨
Excited to share the cover of my very first picture book: "Bear to the Rescue"! 🐨🐶📘🔥
Co-written with Romane Cristescu, and illustrated bySylvia Morris, our book tells the true story of Bear as he goes from being a bit "too much" to saving koalas after the 2020 mega fires 🔥
Excited to share the cover of my very first picture book: "Bear to the Rescue"! 🐨🐶📘🔥
Co-written with Romane Cristescu, and illustrated bySylvia Morris, our book tells the true story of Bear as he goes from being a bit "too much" to saving koalas after the 2020 mega fires 🔥
July 31, 2025 at 2:16 AM
🚨Arooga arooga! 🚨
Excited to share the cover of my very first picture book: "Bear to the Rescue"! 🐨🐶📘🔥
Co-written with Romane Cristescu, and illustrated bySylvia Morris, our book tells the true story of Bear as he goes from being a bit "too much" to saving koalas after the 2020 mega fires 🔥
Excited to share the cover of my very first picture book: "Bear to the Rescue"! 🐨🐶📘🔥
Co-written with Romane Cristescu, and illustrated bySylvia Morris, our book tells the true story of Bear as he goes from being a bit "too much" to saving koalas after the 2020 mega fires 🔥
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Research findings:
💩 #Shearwater guano is rich in phosphorous & potassium
🌴There is evidence the #birds "fertilized" the soil
🐧 Many seabirds are in decline, including LHI's shearwaters
💩 Islands experience a reduction in nutrients from “lost” guano
🌴Likely results in vegetation changes over time
💩 #Shearwater guano is rich in phosphorous & potassium
🌴There is evidence the #birds "fertilized" the soil
🐧 Many seabirds are in decline, including LHI's shearwaters
💩 Islands experience a reduction in nutrients from “lost” guano
🌴Likely results in vegetation changes over time
July 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Research findings:
💩 #Shearwater guano is rich in phosphorous & potassium
🌴There is evidence the #birds "fertilized" the soil
🐧 Many seabirds are in decline, including LHI's shearwaters
💩 Islands experience a reduction in nutrients from “lost” guano
🌴Likely results in vegetation changes over time
💩 #Shearwater guano is rich in phosphorous & potassium
🌴There is evidence the #birds "fertilized" the soil
🐧 Many seabirds are in decline, including LHI's shearwaters
💩 Islands experience a reduction in nutrients from “lost” guano
🌴Likely results in vegetation changes over time
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Aeroecology drives seasonal movements and predicts future distributions of a critically endangered terrestrial bird | www.cell.com/current... | Current Biology | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
July 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Aeroecology drives seasonal movements and predicts future distributions of a critically endangered terrestrial bird | www.cell.com/current... | Current Biology | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
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1. Here's a fish swimming upstream. Nothing unusual about that.
What's unusual is that this particular fish is *dead*. Vortices in the water as it flows past the fish cause the fish's body to flex, maintaining orientation and actually propelling it forward.
(D. N. Beal et al 2006 J. Fluid. Mech.)
What's unusual is that this particular fish is *dead*. Vortices in the water as it flows past the fish cause the fish's body to flex, maintaining orientation and actually propelling it forward.
(D. N. Beal et al 2006 J. Fluid. Mech.)
July 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
1. Here's a fish swimming upstream. Nothing unusual about that.
What's unusual is that this particular fish is *dead*. Vortices in the water as it flows past the fish cause the fish's body to flex, maintaining orientation and actually propelling it forward.
(D. N. Beal et al 2006 J. Fluid. Mech.)
What's unusual is that this particular fish is *dead*. Vortices in the water as it flows past the fish cause the fish's body to flex, maintaining orientation and actually propelling it forward.
(D. N. Beal et al 2006 J. Fluid. Mech.)