Luke Halpin
@seabirdresearch.bsky.social
PhD (Seabird Ecology). Thalassophile 🌊 Nemophilist 🌲 Cyclist 🚴
Research & conservation of seabirds.
🇨🇦 🇦🇺 #queerinSTEM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Subject Editor: Avian Conservation & Ecology https://ace-eco.org,
Northwestern Naturalist, Australian Field Ornithology
Research & conservation of seabirds.
🇨🇦 🇦🇺 #queerinSTEM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Subject Editor: Avian Conservation & Ecology https://ace-eco.org,
Northwestern Naturalist, Australian Field Ornithology
Nice one! We had a good haul of boletes and chanterelles last week which a Czech friend turned into a delicious sour mushroom soup.
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Nice one! We had a good haul of boletes and chanterelles last week which a Czech friend turned into a delicious sour mushroom soup.
Good evening from Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 🍁
October 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Good evening from Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 🍁
Good morning from #BritishColumbia if you zoom in you can see the dorsal of a bull transient killer whale
September 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Good morning from #BritishColumbia if you zoom in you can see the dorsal of a bull transient killer whale
Good evening from Hartley Bay #BritishColumbia
September 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Good evening from Hartley Bay #BritishColumbia
Cracker of a waterfall on the #britishcolumbia central coast 🇨🇦
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Cracker of a waterfall on the #britishcolumbia central coast 🇨🇦
Estuary goodness on the #britishcolumbia central coast
September 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Estuary goodness on the #britishcolumbia central coast
Steller sea lions in the beautiful Pacific Northwest #britishcolumbia #Canada
September 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Steller sea lions in the beautiful Pacific Northwest #britishcolumbia #Canada
Little Corellas against flag flying. #AusBirds #Cockatoos
May 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Little Corellas against flag flying. #AusBirds #Cockatoos
April 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Cape Barren Geese seem pretty smart…
January 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Cape Barren Geese seem pretty smart…
If you see this quote with flowers from your gallery
January 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
If you see this quote with flowers from your gallery
Last night I watched Australian Flatback Turtles nesting under a full moon in the Pilbara. What a great experience!
#WildOz #SeaTurtles
#WildOz #SeaTurtles
January 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Last night I watched Australian Flatback Turtles nesting under a full moon in the Pilbara. What a great experience!
#WildOz #SeaTurtles
#WildOz #SeaTurtles
A very young Bridled Tern chick. It’s a wonder how seabirds manage in the extreme heat of the islands off the Pilbara #WildOz #Australia #Seabirds
January 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A very young Bridled Tern chick. It’s a wonder how seabirds manage in the extreme heat of the islands off the Pilbara #WildOz #Australia #Seabirds
January 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Throwback to my time in the Canadian Arctic. This was a good day! Semipalmated Plover chick still fuzzy on Herschel Island, #Yukon #Shorebirds #WildCanada
January 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Throwback to my time in the Canadian Arctic. This was a good day! Semipalmated Plover chick still fuzzy on Herschel Island, #Yukon #Shorebirds #WildCanada
December 19, 2024 at 9:02 PM
December 17, 2024 at 4:55 AM
After a big day of #seabird transects in Bass Strait #Australia we managed to get a good look at some stunning rock formations around Wilson’s Promontory! An excellent #SeabirdSaturday #WildOz
December 14, 2024 at 9:30 PM
After a big day of #seabird transects in Bass Strait #Australia we managed to get a good look at some stunning rock formations around Wilson’s Promontory! An excellent #SeabirdSaturday #WildOz
Our results ➡️ #arthropods play ‼️👍 roles in influencing vertebrate reproductive output and modifying #trophic structure on #islands. This and other native arthropods may be important for the ongoing #restoration and #recovery of degraded islands. #seabirds
November 30, 2024 at 5:53 AM
Our results ➡️ #arthropods play ‼️👍 roles in influencing vertebrate reproductive output and modifying #trophic structure on #islands. This and other native arthropods may be important for the ongoing #restoration and #recovery of degraded islands. #seabirds
We found that #centipedes consume lots of vertebrate animals 🦎🐟🐤. Centipede predation was the main source of BWPE chick mortality (11.1-19.6% /chicks /yr). Despite this pressure on reproduction, the large BWPE population is doing fine. #seabirds #foodwebs
November 30, 2024 at 5:53 AM
We found that #centipedes consume lots of vertebrate animals 🦎🐟🐤. Centipede predation was the main source of BWPE chick mortality (11.1-19.6% /chicks /yr). Despite this pressure on reproduction, the large BWPE population is doing fine. #seabirds #foodwebs
We used a #stableisotope mixing model to estimate % contribution of #centipede prey to centipede tissues to infer #diet composition. 🧑🔬We spent many months in the field studying centipede #foraging and monitoring Black-winged Petrel (BWPE) #chicks 🐣
November 30, 2024 at 5:53 AM
We used a #stableisotope mixing model to estimate % contribution of #centipede prey to centipede tissues to infer #diet composition. 🧑🔬We spent many months in the field studying centipede #foraging and monitoring Black-winged Petrel (BWPE) #chicks 🐣