Rich Fischer

🐦Do some birds have #PrettyPrivilege? New paper! 💫We show that ~half the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1)visual appeal, 2)range size, & 3)# of universities w/in ranges. Here’s what we did: 🧵royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

@Delta ATL concourse T Skyclub exit line. No stairs. Small elevator. Flight boarding. 15 min wait to exit. This is not OK

@wku can parents get a text message about the fire tonight in PFT? Daughter is on the street with uncertainty about where to sleep tonight.

Bird collisions are something we can reduce but we don't. Our Opinion piece is simple: Enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act - Now! w/Andrew Farnsworth & @Kyle__Horton #LightsOut pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

#NewPaperAlert! Stoked to share our pub on the migration phenology of songbirds tracked with the #MotusWTS network as they travel through North America in spring, now published in @AnimalEcology! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… 🧵

#TWS2023 | Interested in birds and/or how biologists choose their study species? I'll be talking about bias in bird research TODAY from 1:30-1:45pm in the Conservation and Ecology of Birds I session (Breathitt--East Tower, 2nd Floor Ballroom Level)! Hope to see you there!

The answer is ~490 species! Plus 75 of those species are only found on DoD lands. Learn more about our NR program here: denix.osd.mil/nr/resources/p…

Considering your next study system/species? Don’t forget to check your subconscious bias…what are we missing out on by only studying colorful/boldly patterned and geographically convenient species? This is a plug for studying drab&distant birds (looking @ u, Gray Vireos!) 🩶🤎🩶

✨New preprint! We report that nearly half of the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in the US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1) visual appeal, 2) breeding range size, & 3) # of universities w/in that range. Here’s what we did:🧵 ➡️doi.org/10.1101/2023.1…

@Delta just another reason I fly Delta. Your employee Erica Waters, 480524, went well beyond out of the way to retrieve a lost item for me. Kudos to her for representing the Delta way.

@Hertz one person working the Gold booth at HNL with 20 people in line, then a holding area to wait for car. And only one exit open with a line wrapped around corner? You can do better....

@athleticsEHS $10 admission for a girls lacrosse game? Maybe you CAN charge that much, but should you? Really no surprise your concession stand hasn't had a single customer first half.

@Delta charging elite Diamond Medallions for a second international bag is a move in the wrong direction. Many disgruntled elites in ATL yesterday. Including me.

Introducing my favorite #GrayVireo of all time—045F! I banded her in 2017 during my 1st year of grad school. Since then, I’ve found her nests&tracked her fledglings every yr, tracked her migration with a geolocator, and have consecutive blood samples too. This bird is my hero🐦🥰

@Delta Anchorage with a great view of Denali. Next up Santiago on #Delta ?

Share a pic from your favorite trip, and we'll tell you where to go next.

@Delta huge thumbs up for the pop up SkyClub at ANC. Make this one permanent!

Very cool paper on migrant bird dispersal (the black box of avian population ecology): Empirical tests of habitat selection theory reveal that conspecific density and patch quality, but not habitat amount, drive long‐distance immigration in a wild bird onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

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Researchers identified military installations that likely contain — and don’t contain — habitat for secretive marsh birds, allowing the Department of Defense to plan for conservation and military readiness. uidaho.edu/cnr/about/feat…

The 2020 NMFWA annual meeting and training workshop is coming up March 9-13! Register today to secure your spot in the valuable training courses that will be offered. nmfwa.org/workshop2020.h…