Dylan Bakner

Check out our new paper in @PLOSONE where we evaluated wood duck nests that were parasitized by hooded mergansers and black-bellied whistling-ducks. @KevinRingelman @LSUAgCenter journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

It’s that time of year again! I’m hiring three 🦆 technicians to assist in data collection for my Master’s project on Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks. Please share!

New paper! We analyzed coyote abundance across the continent working w/@RolandKays & SNAPSHOT USA Hunting seemed to ⬆️ abundance Wolf, puma, & bear effects were habitat-dependent Urban effects flipped from ➖ to➕as spatial scale increased Free access: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec…

So proud of @KatieMiranda_ who essentially completed at MS project during undergrad!

Please share with anyone who might be interested in joining our research team at @universityofri For more information or to apply, visit: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=9….

Woodcock are a peculiar shorebird and nest during their spring migrations (up to 6x). Here are some of the migratory movements taken between nesting attempts for individually GPS-tagged females during 4 breeding seasons in eastern North America #itinerantbreeding #EWMRC

Circling back to this old post as we have a new paper out regarding this topic! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… @KevinRingelman @LSUAgCenter @Ecol_Evol

Purpose-built open-source algorithm for classifying ducks from UAV imagery. Come see Zack Loken's talk at Ducks9 this week! (model currently instructed to ignore hens...not enough imagery right now for the model to parse them)

@nmasto1 Thanks man!

@DylanDoesDucks Congrats to you both!!!

Big social media day for this guy! Lizzi Bonczek is going to marry me! ❤️

My brother and I defended our dissertations! I’ve accepted a postdoc at @universityofri and @BaknerNicholas at @tennesseetech. We couldn’t have done this without the support of our family, friends, and PhD committees. Proud of you Nick!

Calling all 🦆 people! I’m hiring waterfowl technicians to collect field data for my Master’s project. Come on down to Louisiana and work with Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks, Wood Ducks, and Hooded Mergansers! @KevinRingelman @LSUAgCenter @DylanDoesDucks

Putting the finishing touches on our custom PyTorch machine learning algorithm that automatically enumerates and speciates ducks from drone imagery! @LSUResearch @LSUAgCenter @DucksUnlimited @NFWFnews

Congratulations to Warnell Ph.D. student Nicholas Bakner, the 2023 recipient of the E.L. Cheatum Award! This award recognizes excellence in academic achievements, personal qualities and participation in professional affairs and public issues.  @BaknerNicholas

@crwinsor @KevinRingelman They will check both natural and box cavities. My guess is that our boxes are easier to find than some natural cavities as they are erected over open water and highly visible.

@DylanDoesDucks @KevinRingelman Do you think the woodpeckers learn to recognize the box structure (unusual in a narural setting) as a food source or would they normaly check any tree/box cavities for nests?

New short communication in Food Webs by myself and @KevinRingelman. We used modified trail cameras to observe wood duck nests and found red-bellied woodpeckers depredate and consume eggs when nests are unguarded. authors.elsevier.com/a/1gtp48MrlBCx…

Congratulations to @KatieMiranda_ for defending her honors thesis! You’re an incredible person and taught me so much. She will be heading to Minnedosa, MB to work for @DeltaWaterfowl. Good luck Katie! I know you’ll succeed in whatever you decide to pursue!

@TheresaCrimmins Louisiana!

@DylanDoesDucks interesting... where are you? (that is, where did this occur)

Our team captured the first black-bellied whistling-duck of the year today. Like wood ducks, they are nesting ~1 month earlier than usual. Prior this year, the earliest capture we made was on April 22 during my first field season in 2020.

@KiirstiO Honestly, I’m not sure 🤷‍♂️