Migration Biology Lab at the University of Illinois
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We study animal movement with a focus on migratory birds. Our research spans ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation and tackles important questions about migration systems in an era of environmental change. https://www.migrationbiology.org
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Our paper about the flow of nocturnal bird migration through Colombia is finally out today in #ProcB! Using weather radars operated by the #IDEAM, we found that low variability in wind underlies a pace of migration that is far more gradual than at temperate latitudes. #Ornithology 📡🪶🇨🇴
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June 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Our paper about the flow of nocturnal bird migration through Colombia is finally out today in #ProcB! Using weather radars operated by the #IDEAM, we found that low variability in wind underlies a pace of migration that is far more gradual than at temperate latitudes. #Ornithology 📡🪶🇨🇴
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New paper! Songbirds have long been thought to migrate independently, but our recent acoustic work finds that many migrants associate with other species in flight. Social information could play a larger role in songbird migration than currently understood. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kRi73QW8S....
January 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New paper! Songbirds have long been thought to migrate independently, but our recent acoustic work finds that many migrants associate with other species in flight. Social information could play a larger role in songbird migration than currently understood. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kRi73QW8S....
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A call in the dark: Nocturnal flight calls and their potential to advance the study of avian migration | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology
A call in the dark: Nocturnal flight calls and their potential to advance the study of avian migration
Abstract. Migratory birds have experienced widespread declines in abundance and face numerous threats. The conservation of migratory species relies in part
doi.org
January 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A call in the dark: Nocturnal flight calls and their potential to advance the study of avian migration | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology
We’ll see you there!
#BOU2025 | Frontiers in ornithology | 1 - 3 April 2025 | University of Nottingham, UK
Keynote - Benjamin Van Doren
Bird migration through urban landscapes: challenges and opportunities
Book your place now!
Early-bird closes 3 Feb
bou.org.uk/event/fro...
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Keynote - Benjamin Van Doren
Bird migration through urban landscapes: challenges and opportunities
Book your place now!
Early-bird closes 3 Feb
bou.org.uk/event/fro...
#ornithology 🪶
January 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We’ll see you there!
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New from me today in @technologyreview.com: for decades, scientists have dreamed of tracking migratory birds by listening in on their short, species-specific flight calls. Now, a new machine learning tool is unlocking a treasure trove of auditory data for the first time. 🐦🎙️
#naturewriting #scicomm
#naturewriting #scicomm
AI is changing how we study bird migration
After decades of frustration, machine-learning tools are unlocking a treasure trove of acoustic data for ecologists.
www.technologyreview.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:41 PM
New from me today in @technologyreview.com: for decades, scientists have dreamed of tracking migratory birds by listening in on their short, species-specific flight calls. Now, a new machine learning tool is unlocking a treasure trove of auditory data for the first time. 🐦🎙️
#naturewriting #scicomm
#naturewriting #scicomm
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Bird deaths at McCormick during fall migration:
2022 - 771
2023 - 1,280
2024 - 18
All it takes is stickers.
2022 - 771
2023 - 1,280
2024 - 18
All it takes is stickers.
For more than 40 years, migrating birds have been crashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center.
But this fall, when bird collision monitors performed their usual daily searches of the building’s grounds, they found something remarkable: just 18 dead birds.
But this fall, when bird collision monitors performed their usual daily searches of the building’s grounds, they found something remarkable: just 18 dead birds.
Bird deaths plummet at McCormick Place Lakeside Center after safety film installed
Crash fatalities down more than 90% this fall with 18 deaths compared to 1,280 deaths in the fall of 2023, Field Museum expert says.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bird deaths at McCormick during fall migration:
2022 - 771
2023 - 1,280
2024 - 18
All it takes is stickers.
2022 - 771
2023 - 1,280
2024 - 18
All it takes is stickers.