Nicole Michel
@nicolemichel.bsky.social
Director of Quantitative Science at National Audubon Society. PhD 🏳️🌈 Conservationist, birder, indoor cat mom, gardener, foodie, traveler. She/her
As always we had a productive and fun meeting reviewing our progress to date and planning the exciting new steps to come! As a bonus we spent a beautiful morning with Black Skimmers on the MS coast!
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
As always we had a productive and fun meeting reviewing our progress to date and planning the exciting new steps to come! As a bonus we spent a beautiful morning with Black Skimmers on the MS coast!
We wrapped up another successful team meeting for the NOAA RESTORE-funded Western Gulf Stewardship Task Force project. I couldn’t be more proud to lead such a wonderful team of scientists (ecological and social) and resource managers.
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
We wrapped up another successful team meeting for the NOAA RESTORE-funded Western Gulf Stewardship Task Force project. I couldn’t be more proud to lead such a wonderful team of scientists (ecological and social) and resource managers.
It's #WorldMigratoryBirdDay and time to welcome back your favorite feathered friends. Take a look at the Bird Migration Explorer to find out where your neighborhood birds spent the last few months: explorer.audubon.org
May 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It's #WorldMigratoryBirdDay and time to welcome back your favorite feathered friends. Take a look at the Bird Migration Explorer to find out where your neighborhood birds spent the last few months: explorer.audubon.org
This year, for the first time, I went back at dawn to watch them emerge. Instead of spiraling up into the air in a reversal of the dusk flight, they flow out and down like water. They leave in smaller groups, but the change in behavior is fascinating!
September 12, 2023 at 8:48 PM
This year, for the first time, I went back at dawn to watch them emerge. Instead of spiraling up into the air in a reversal of the dusk flight, they flow out and down like water. They leave in smaller groups, but the change in behavior is fascinating!
Migratory swift roosts are one of my favorite natural spectacles! Here in Portland, hundreds of people of all ages & walks of life come out to watch 10K+ Vaux’s Swifts funneling into a chimney at dusk, cheering as the swifts evade a hungry hawk waiting for dinner. Incredible!
September 12, 2023 at 8:48 PM
Migratory swift roosts are one of my favorite natural spectacles! Here in Portland, hundreds of people of all ages & walks of life come out to watch 10K+ Vaux’s Swifts funneling into a chimney at dusk, cheering as the swifts evade a hungry hawk waiting for dinner. Incredible!
#NewProfilePic 27 years after first learning about Project Puffin - an @audubonsociety project led by Steve Kress & now @don_e_lyons reintroducing Atlantic Puffins to islands off Maine - I finally made it to Egg Rock. Best of all, I got to hold a puffin chick!! Thanks Don!
August 7, 2023 at 12:33 PM
#NewProfilePic 27 years after first learning about Project Puffin - an @audubonsociety project led by Steve Kress & now @don_e_lyons reintroducing Atlantic Puffins to islands off Maine - I finally made it to Egg Rock. Best of all, I got to hold a puffin chick!! Thanks Don!