Jeff Buler
@jbuler.bsky.social
Aeroecology • Bird migration • Light pollution • HPAI • Professor of Wildlife Ecology at University of Delaware • Be kind
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Making America poorer again: each US $1 million invested by the NIH in health research generates about $2.5 million in economic activity. NIH funding produced $94 billion in new economic activity and supported more than 400,000 jobs in 2024 alone. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment - Nature Human Behaviour
Nature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment
www.nature.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Making America poorer again: each US $1 million invested by the NIH in health research generates about $2.5 million in economic activity. NIH funding produced $94 billion in new economic activity and supported more than 400,000 jobs in 2024 alone. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Think all barriers for migrating birds are natural like deserts and seas? Not so! I helped discover that the man-made Corn Belt is also a barrier to migration for many birds. Check out more about my study here...
America's Corn Belt acts as barrier for migrating songbirds | Cornell Chronicle
The vast agricultural landscape of the U.S. Midwest known as the Corn Belt acts as a barrier for migrating landbirds, causing them to adjust their flight behaviors similar to when crossing natural bar...
news.cornell.edu
May 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Think all barriers for migrating birds are natural like deserts and seas? Not so! I helped discover that the man-made Corn Belt is also a barrier to migration for many birds. Check out more about my study here...
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Grateful to collaborate with an amazing team on this work. @jbuler.bsky.social, Adriaan Dokter, @kyle-horton.bsky.social, @emlbcohen.bsky.social, Dan Sheldon, Jaclyn Smolinsky, and David Wilcove.
May 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Grateful to collaborate with an amazing team on this work. @jbuler.bsky.social, Adriaan Dokter, @kyle-horton.bsky.social, @emlbcohen.bsky.social, Dan Sheldon, Jaclyn Smolinsky, and David Wilcove.
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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
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May 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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NEW: Today, NSF "disestablished" most of its scientific advisory committees.
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders
Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.
www.nsf.gov
April 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NEW: Today, NSF "disestablished" most of its scientific advisory committees.
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
These are committees of outside experts convened to help shape NSF programs. Only five statutorily required committees remain, the rest are gone.
www.nsf.gov/executive-or...
This could also jeopardize access to important climate and weather data for research.
This is potentially very bad for climate and environmental monitoring.
NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s main contract for its websites was not approved for renewal, so I’m told we should expect some of them to start to go down.
“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
April 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This could also jeopardize access to important climate and weather data for research.
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Thank you @bou.org.uk for nominating me for the award lecture and to a great audience, who had my heart racing for the whole talk! Now time to relax and enjoy talks to come on Frontiers in #ornithology @ #BOU2025. Special shout out to @natbzielonka.bsky.social for the thread below
1/ We are delighted to have @judyshamounb.bsky.social deliver the Alfred Newton Lecture at #BOU2025 Frontiers in Ornithology
Judy's research focuses on understanding movement ecology in birds 🧵
#ornithology #migrationresearch #movementecology 🪶🧪
Judy's research focuses on understanding movement ecology in birds 🧵
#ornithology #migrationresearch #movementecology 🪶🧪
April 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Thank you @bou.org.uk for nominating me for the award lecture and to a great audience, who had my heart racing for the whole talk! Now time to relax and enjoy talks to come on Frontiers in #ornithology @ #BOU2025. Special shout out to @natbzielonka.bsky.social for the thread below
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How does the migration of Swiss red kites change with age? Check out the blog post about our Elton Prize shortlisted paper! @vogelwarte.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social
Ying Chi Chan (she/her) provides the story behind her paper, “Ontogeny of migration destination, route and timing in a partially migratory bird“, which was shortlisted for this year’s Elton Prize. 🐦
animalecologyinfocus.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
How does the migration of Swiss red kites change with age? Check out the blog post about our Elton Prize shortlisted paper! @vogelwarte.bsky.social @animalecology.bsky.social
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Birds will be arriving soon! This map shows peak migration dates across the US modeled using radar data. Keep in mind, the dates represent peaks, but migration usually plays out across a couple of weeks, so estimate ± 1 week on either side of the dates on the map for max migration activity.
April 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Birds will be arriving soon! This map shows peak migration dates across the US modeled using radar data. Keep in mind, the dates represent peaks, but migration usually plays out across a couple of weeks, so estimate ± 1 week on either side of the dates on the map for max migration activity.
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So pleased to see this article about the incredible migration of flies on @theconversation.com!
Fly migration is so vitally important to humans but massively under-appreciated. I'd love to spread the word further - could anyone help?
theconversation.com/flies-are-ma...
Fly migration is so vitally important to humans but massively under-appreciated. I'd love to spread the word further - could anyone help?
theconversation.com/flies-are-ma...
Flies are masters of migration – it’s about time they got some credit
Flies are the most ecologically diverse and important migrant group. We just had no idea.
theconversation.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
So pleased to see this article about the incredible migration of flies on @theconversation.com!
Fly migration is so vitally important to humans but massively under-appreciated. I'd love to spread the word further - could anyone help?
theconversation.com/flies-are-ma...
Fly migration is so vitally important to humans but massively under-appreciated. I'd love to spread the word further - could anyone help?
theconversation.com/flies-are-ma...
This does not make America great. We ignore climate change to our detriment.
March 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This does not make America great. We ignore climate change to our detriment.
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Here’s another reason to support bird conservation—Birds contribute $279 billion to the U.S. economy and create 1.4 million jobs. 💸 #Birds are big business!
March 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Here’s another reason to support bird conservation—Birds contribute $279 billion to the U.S. economy and create 1.4 million jobs. 💸 #Birds are big business!
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Now this is exciting.
Antonin and his team have just published a study showing that the number of migrating hoverflies through Czechia are positively correlated with the numbers of birds!
Suggests that the birds are using the flies as fuel on migration.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Antonin and his team have just published a study showing that the number of migrating hoverflies through Czechia are positively correlated with the numbers of birds!
Suggests that the birds are using the flies as fuel on migration.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
March 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Now this is exciting.
Antonin and his team have just published a study showing that the number of migrating hoverflies through Czechia are positively correlated with the numbers of birds!
Suggests that the birds are using the flies as fuel on migration.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Antonin and his team have just published a study showing that the number of migrating hoverflies through Czechia are positively correlated with the numbers of birds!
Suggests that the birds are using the flies as fuel on migration.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
European data on animals aloft now publicly available
Weather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o...
go.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
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Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists:
www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists:
www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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Near-absence of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Little Terns Sternula albifrons across 13 European countries | www.tandfonline.com/... | @birdstudy.bsky.social | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
February 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Near-absence of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Little Terns Sternula albifrons across 13 European countries | www.tandfonline.com/... | @birdstudy.bsky.social | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
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New from @propublica.org: We studied a massive set of hospital discharge data to see what happened after Texas banned abortion. …
February 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New from @propublica.org: We studied a massive set of hospital discharge data to see what happened after Texas banned abortion. …
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Radar revelations: insect availability influences parental provisioning in breeding tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor | doi.org/10.1111/jav.... | @avianbiology.bsky.social | #ornithology 🪶
Radar revelations: insect availability influences parental provisioning in breeding tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor - Simons - 2025 - Journal of Avian Biology - Wiley Online Library
Airspace habitat is essential foraging space for tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor, which rely on flying insects as their main source of food. Insect availability can change quickly from hour-to-ho...
doi.org
February 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Radar revelations: insect availability influences parental provisioning in breeding tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor | doi.org/10.1111/jav.... | @avianbiology.bsky.social | #ornithology 🪶
Basic science is important for medical discoveries. Thank Gila monsters for Ozempic!
The discovery of a digestion-slowing hormone in the Gila monster's venom paved the way for Ozempic. When a Gila monster named Pebbles needed medicine in return, a pharmaceutical chemist pivoted to help save the species. nyti.ms/4i5w40U
February 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Basic science is important for medical discoveries. Thank Gila monsters for Ozempic!
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Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1
Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk of catching virus
The majority of the doses will be handed out to provinces and territories, which will decide when and where to deploy the shots
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1