Professor @UCLouvain_be. #nightjars and #skyglow. tree-climbing. #birdringer #ecologist #arborist #whiskeylover
Oud-Heverlee, België
Joined August 2009
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Ruben Evens retweeted
NEW #Nightjar STUDY
Pradervand et al. examine breeding and foraging habitat preferences, offering valuable insights for conservation efforts.
doi.org/10.1017/S09592709240…
Ruben Evens retweeted
NEW #Nightjar STUDY
Creemers et al. uses novel tracking techniques to explore how both natural and artificial light influence Nightjar foraging, and reveal complex interactions between light conditions and their activity under the light-polluted skies.
doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.202…
Ruben Evens retweeted
🌙✨ New study out! We show that #nightjars rely on both moonlight and #skyglow to detect prey. Published in @ELSenviron Environmental Pollution, our work highlights how artificial light affects #nocturnal #foraging.
🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.202…
#UCL @UAntwerpen @natuurenbos
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Vote for @MichielLat and his research on the migration of the European Nightjar to help him win the audience award of the Flemish PhD Cup where he will be competing in the final October 16th!
phdcup.be/publieksprijs
Ruben Evens retweeted
FIVE DAYS LEFT to the abstract deadline.
Not just nightjars, but anything related. Not just academics, but everyone involved in nightjar research.
We will have lots of discussion sessions, so please send us ideas for these, too. We'd love to hear from you!
Roll up, roll up, time to send in your abstracts for the #GlobalNightjarNetwork Virtual conference 2024!
Abstracts now being accepted!
All info in the image below - please get in touch with me, or any of the committee at [email protected].
Ruben Evens retweeted
Looking forward to a new season of #EBDSeminars? We're starting this Thursday!
🟦 The dark side of bright nights
🟧 Ruben Evans (@RevNJ), @UCLouvain_be
Thursday, 19th September. 13h CEST
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Headphones on, volume to max. #Nightjar chugging song ending (which suggests paired) at quarter speed. Calls as 2nd approaches, then wing claps (2 birds) & more calls as lead male flies off to right.
@PAABaxter @ScottishBirding @BTO_Scotland @conway_greg @RevNJ @britishbirds
Ruben Evens retweeted
Het vermoeden dat het om een onbeschreven soort gaat, is er sinds jaren '90. Ik hoorde de zang van deze soort op Timor reeds in 1995 maar veronderstelde dat het ging om de Large-tailed Nightjar. Intussen is duidelijk dat de territoriale zang van deze soort erg verschillend is.
Ruben Evens retweeted
Last week I had the opportunity to join a team of UAntwerpen out in the field, on a queste looking for nightjars! Three very intensive days delivered promising results. Looking forward to help out more this season & coming seasons.
@RevNJ
Ruben Evens retweeted
Last night in a dark place in Aberdeenshire with the irrepressable @PAABaxter! First #Nightjar ringed inland up here.
@ScottishBirding @BTO_Scotland
Ruben Evens retweeted
Excellent night last night with @PAABaxter. First #Nightjar chicks in Aberdeenshire in nearly 100 years. Furthest north in Britain in decades. (Had nest with eggs last year.)
Thx to @conway_greg for advice
@ScottishBirding @BTO_Scotland @britishbirds @BirdwatchExtra @_BTO
Ruben Evens retweeted
Our first #Nightjar chick has just hatched 🎉
This means incubation started way earlier than initially thought, around 20th May. With @BirderSouth
Data supplied to @_BTO #NestRecordScheme
Ruben Evens retweeted
Read our paper on "The use of protective practices against tick bites: a survey-based comparison between nature and gardens", published with @SpringerNature in Journal of Public Health!
rdcu.be/dIKoO
@MichielLat
Ruben Evens retweeted
Apparently, when on migration, Chuck-will's-widow (a nightjar), switches from insects to a diet of co-migrant songbirds. And swallows them whole!
- as described in this account fr 1899 from a steamer outside S Carolina, or by Owre 1966, as he disected one found dead in Florida
Ruben Evens retweeted
Ondanks de koude en regen, toch een 200-tal bezoekers op #DVDW in #NationaalParkBosland - @RevNJ Ruben Evens inspireerde de kinderen en hond met zijn onderzoek naar de magische #nachtzwaluw in #Pijnven
Dag van de Wetenschap 2023 zit erop! 🙌 Met meer dan 41.000 bezoekers kunnen we spreken van een TOP EDITIE! Bedankt dat jullie zo massaal van de partij waren! #DVDW2023
Ruben Evens retweeted
Hufkens et al. (2023) Evaluating the effects of moonlight on the vertical flight profiles of three Western Palaearctic swifts doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.09… @RSocPublishing | #ornithology #birdmigration | @RevNJ @LuisPascoalSil1
Ruben Evens retweeted
📢Third PhD chapter published in #ecologicalindicators!
Interested to know how European Nightjars make habitat selection decisions throughout their annual cycle? Read all about it in our open-acces publication (1/4)
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sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Ruben Evens retweeted
Morgen op @radio1be zal @sofie_lemaire het in #DeWereldVanSofie hebben over #noctalgia, het gemis van de sterrenhemel.
#spoiler, da's door de #lichtvervuiling. En daar mag ik een beetje aan meewerken! #lichthinder #astronomie @VVSbe @JVS_VVS @VSRUG @astropolisbe @LevendeNacht
Ruben Evens retweeted
Onderzoekers (#UAntwerpen) hebben aangetoond hoe kunstlicht de biologische klok van wilde dieren verstoort, waardoor ze ‘s nachts langer actief blijven. Die lichtvervuiling heeft zo een impact op het ecosysteem. Bioloog @RevNJ legt uit. @mondiaalnieuws
mo.be/nieuws/lichtvervuiling…