Dr. Sarah Saunders

Hi new followers! I am a conservation biologist/quantitative ecologist studying birds across North America. I was recently asked what ‘one sky’ means to me & wanted to share my response below since it serves as my daily motivation. Excited to learn about your research too!

#EEBer Dr. Kayla Davis from the @ZipkinLab and @audubonsociety team up to protect the #blacktern: strategically expanding conservation and land management practices outside of their breeding habitat can be key for this species' #conservation

Excited to see that our @audubonsociety science team's 2022 paper in @ESAApplications was in the top 10% of downloads! Data integration + birds + migration = 🪄

.@AmOrnith is seeking a new EIC for the journal Ornithological Applications - apply by 2/12! americanornithology.org/job-announceme…

Registration is open for a 4-day workshop 24-27 June 2024 @ Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempach, Switzerland taught by Marc Kéry and myself on hierarchical spatial modeling of species distributions using spOccupancy and spAbundance. Details here: doserjef.github.io/Switzerland24-…

Join us next Thursday 12/14 for an update on Great Lakes Piping Plover recovery progress! We have a lot to celebrate from this summer's breeding season! act.audubon.org/a/recovery-pro…

The @ZipkinLab is taking #robinhood approach to #modeling: getting info from data-rich species to inform conservation of data-poor species. In a new study at @AnimalEcology, they explore how integrated community models help us understand rare or elusive species

The @DefraGovUK and England Wild Bird Indicators, that I have helped create @_BTO, have been published today 🥳 The results aren't great, but I have mixed emotions of seeing our hard work published using fantastic citizen science data @BBS_birds @WeBS_UK @ukrbbp @Natures_Voice 🐦

5-day workshop by Marc Kéry, Dusit Ngoprasert, Ngumbang Juat on "Applied hierarchical modelling of species distribution and abundance with R package unmarked and spOccupancy" in Bangkok, Thailand. Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Some exciting new functionality in spOccupancy is now available on CRAN including: ✅ Multi-species, multi-season occupancy models ✅Multi-species spatially-varying coefficient occupancy models More details: jeffdoser.com/files/spoccupa…

For the first time outside the state of Michigan, captive-reared Great Lakes Piping Plovers were released into the wild. Find out more about this recovery milestone for the species—and how @Audubon_GL & partners worked to protect the endangered shorebird. bit.ly/3YwyixF

Were you involved in Great Lakes piping plover conservation this summer? Or do you just want to proclaim your love for these little shorebirds? Order your t-shirt today! All profits go to the UMN PIPL Conservation Team to support research & monitoring: brokenarrowwearstore.com/collections/gr…

Are you attending #AOS_SCO23 in London, Ontario? Join us on Tuesday 8/8 for this special presentation from @BirdsCanada! Guide to Helping Birds in Canada meeting.americanornithology.org/a-guide-to-hel… @SCO_SOC

*** PLEASE SHARE WIDELY *** We are recruiting! Department Head - Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at Colorado State University. jobs.colostate.edu/postings/130480 Posting ID:  202300246F Full Consideration Date:  9/8/2023 Close Posting Date:  Open until filled

Yes, long-distance power lines can kill birds. But they're a hell of a lot better for the avian world than climate change. New report from @audubonsociety calls for a massive transmission buildout to support solar and wind farms. My story for @latimes: latimes.com/environment/ne…

We @audubonsociety developed a new framework to translate hemisphere scaled processes, like bird #Migration, into local conservation actions. People need to be involved in every step. A fancy map can only do much. Local capacity and interest is key! doi.org/10.1111/csp2.1…

The Northern Lights were visible from the University of Michigan Biological Station along Douglas Lake, just south of the Mackinac Bridge, overnight (July 22, 2023). Watch the @UMBS time lapse to see the colorful sky dance. #northernlights #auroraborealis

The latest news from AOS & SCO-SOC 2023 (#AOS_SCO23). Merch is here! Order by midnight ET tonight (7/17)to receive in time for conference. Field trip registrations links now available! aos.informz.net/InformzDataSer……