Louise Blight

"Birds are just doing what birds do." #urbangulls @ed_kroc

The culmination of nearly a decade of work: my new paper with Louise Blight @procellaria11 and Wilson Cao on urban-nesting Glaucous-winged Gulls (GWGUs) of @CityofVancouver now online in Ecological Modelling. I'll give the highlights here, but more to come soon. 1/7

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus #HPAI has caused the deaths of MANY wild birds across the globe in recent years. It's finally made it's way to the #Antarctic region. We knew it would, but still. Devastated. bas.ac.uk/media-post/fir…

The fabled urban Heermann’s Gulls of Seaside, CA. Forced to relocate at least 7 times in the past 10-15 years due mostly to human inhospitality, this small but magnificent colony is one of the most stunning examples of #urbangull success and tenacity on the planet. 1/3

Great story by @SheenaGoodyear on the vagaries of #gull diet, and our perceptions of #UrbanGulls: "they get a bad reputation simply for being resilient and resourceful". cbc.ca/radio/asithapp…

I'm so chuffed to see this article published!!! And I can't think of a more fitting venue than @CanEntomologist for our Diplolepis #gall research. Special thanks to Dr. Bob Lalonde @fos_ubco for his mentorship and support as my Honours supervisor.

Strong displacement of loons in response to #offshorewindfarms leading to redistribution and impacting marine protected area. Garthe et al. nature.com/articles/s4159… #seabirds #northsea #windenergy #MPAs

Pleased to share our latest paper published in @plosone: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… - on obtaining #VesselTraffic baselines in a #MarineProtectedArea #ornithology #seabirds #OpenAccess

Today is a big news day for ocean science and economics @UBC. See below. @ubcSPPGA @SSHRC_CRSH @KillamTrusts @TylerPrize @envpriz @pewenvironment @oceana @OceanCanada @SolvingFCB @SeaAroundUs

Congrats to Lindsay Lalach @BirdsCanada on her new senior-author paper! (on using remote survey approaches at hard-to-access #KBAs) doi.org/10.3897/nature… via @naturecons @KbaCanada #gulls #seabirds

Ya se viene el Congreso Internacional de Pinguinos en Viña del Mar, Chile (4-9 Setiembre 2023). Más información en penguin-conference.com

Happy to share our recent #gull research comparing historical and current reproductive outcomes in #GlaucousWingedGulls in BC. With Will O'Shea & Greg McClelland. @ed_kroc #seabirds #ornithology @VictoriaNHS Read: ace-eco.org/vol17/iss2/art…

We're advertising a couple of PhD studentships on how #seabirds respond to anthropogenic environmental and landscape changes @IapetusDTP @UofG_SBOHVM @UK_CEH @_BTO @StirBES @HeriotWattUni Apply at iapetus2.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ until 6th January 2023

We're hiring a grad student to work with a team of scientists, policy-makers, and practitioners @CarletonBiology @ECCCSciTech @NatureCanada to explore outcomes of bird conservation in #cities. Come join our amazing team. Please share widely! (2/2) #AcademicTwitter #newPI

@TheCurrentCBC features the push to protect nature and wildlife with enshrined legal rights, with @JDMSnider, @andreajanereid, and @EarthLawCenter #LivingPlanetReport

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I'm excited to share our latest collaborative paper published in @EnvSciTech, "Stable Mercury Trends Support a Long-Term Diet Shift Away from Marine Foraging in Salish Sea Glaucous-Winged Gulls over the Last Century" pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

@dgkeyes Depends on deadlines, but to avoid overwhelm, generally try to focus on completing one or two projects or milestones. Also, check out @oliverburkeman's Four Thousand Weeks for a radical approach to time management.

I always struggle with how best to plan my work: Do I do a bit on each project every day? Or do I focus exclusively on one project for a few days and only pick up other projects after it's done? What do you do? Any advice on how to choose the best approach?