@geethansen

waterbird & shorebird ecologist. background riparian restoration, woodland birds, molecular ecology. working in eresearch, knowledge sharing & citizen science

 Ballarat, Victoria
Joined November 2014
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Prof Rich Fuller shares some good news about #easterncurlew with delegates at the @EAAFPSecretari1 #mop11 @vwsg_web @BirdlifeOz
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👇"a million or more Oriental Pratincoles" 👇 Wow! Amazing! Whole flyway population estimated at 2.88 million by @geethansen. See @IBIS_journal paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Summary of paper: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Generating population estimates for migratory shorebird species in the world’s largest flyway

Population estimates are widely used to underpin conservation decisions. However, determining accurate population estimates for migratory species is especially challenging, as they are often widesp...

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Global Flyway Network@GlobalFlyway24 Dec 2022
Amazing & important observations by @GlobalFlyway's Chris Hassell, reporting the probable passage of a million or more Oriental #Pratincoles in NW #Australia, the itinerant nature of the phenomenon showing importance of continuous on-the-ground scrutiny! globalflywaynetwork.com.au/l…
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As 2022 draws to a close on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, it's good to see that #WaderTales blogs have been read over 2000 times in the region this year. Highlights: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… Population estimates is the most read blog👇 #shorebirds #waders #ornithology
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I’m not totally convinced about the comparison but here’s some footage of an airborne Latham’s snipe (op cit)… youtu.be/a78i39l4uQw HT @geethansen
The OED@OED7 Oct 2022
OED Word of the Day: lightning bird, n. (A name for) any of various birds or flying insects whose behaviour is suggestive of lightning in some way. View the full entry, here: oed.com/view/Entry/90998027?…
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Time to do something then I think. I fear another tussle with another council 😒
Megan Good@MeganVGood24 Sep 2022
Replying to @geethansen
I know that spot on Norman st, I often think we should do more to restore that area.
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Looks like a beautiful #lathamssnipe count day in Queensland. Peterborough took the record again down south with 120 snipe. And a scabby abandoned industrial site on Norman Street in Ballarat took second prize with 97!
April Reside 🦇@april_reside24 Sep 2022
Plenty of waterbirds but no #Lathamssnipe for us on our swamp during the national count today ⁦@geethansen⁩ Pied stilts are always a treat though
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Great blog addressing some of the findings in VWSG member @geethansen's paper in @IBIS_journal a few months ago.
Graham Appleton@GrahamFAppleton10 Aug 2022
Looking for Curlew Sandpipers? They're now classified as 'Near Threatened' (@Birdlife_Data). Blog about a recent stocktake of the #shorebirds that fly to Australia and New Zealand: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… #waders #ornithology
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What's been happening to numbers of #waders #shorebirds that fly from Russia & Alaska to Australia and New Zealand, via the Yellow Sea? wadertales.wordpress.com/202… 2022 paper by @geethansen et al in @IBIS_journal #ornithology
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Want to know more about successful citizen science programs, including the Australian Shorebird Monitoring program? Check out this article by @geethansen "Learning from successful long-term citizen science programs" doi.org/10.1071/PC21065
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We're accepting abstracts for The Australasian Shorebird Conference online in 2022. Please visit the site to submit. Look forward to seeing all you wader people online in October!
Australasian Shorebird Conference 2022@theasc202213 Jul 2022
Exciting News for all those with a love for Shorebirds! The 12th Australasian Shorebird Conference is an upcoming online event being held from 29-30 Oct. The conference will delve into the theme “Global Strategies Local Actions” and explore findings which have emerged since 2018.
Photo: Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa cf. lapponica), posted with permission.

ALT Photo: Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa cf. lapponica), posted with permission.

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Exciting News for all those with a love for Shorebirds! The 12th Australasian Shorebird Conference is an upcoming online event being held from 29-30 Oct. The conference will delve into the theme “Global Strategies Local Actions” and explore findings which have emerged since 2018.
Photo: Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa cf. lapponica), posted with permission.

ALT Photo: Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa cf. lapponica), posted with permission.

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Quick summary of first nine #WaderTales blogs of 2022: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… Thanks to: @modelbirder @_Kristal_K @geethansen @i_woodward @TriinKaasiku @eldisarna @jennylinscott #waders #shorebirds #ornithology
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Millions of #shorebirds have left Australia, heading for China, Russia, Alaska etc. Recent stocktake by @geethansen and colleagues suggests that several species are in serious decline: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… #waders #ornithology
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#lathamssnipe are well on northward migration with one Aussie-tagged bird on Cape York and two Japanese-tagged birds back in Japan! lathamssnipeproject.wordpres… for latest update @wbsj_tsubame @JerraWetlands
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Great blog article highlighting the amazing study undertaken by @geethansen and colleagues to elucidate population estimates for waders using the EAAF. Not only does Birgita do important wader science, she deserves credit for the development and updating of our website!
Graham Appleton@GrahamFAppleton12 Feb 2022
How worried should we be about Australia's #shorebirds, such as Red Knot & Curlew Sandpiper? New paper in @IBIS_journal available as a #WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…… #ornithology #waders
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Just noticed that this is the 6th #WaderTales blog in a row to be based on a paper with a female lead author. @TriinKaasiku @jennylinscott @_Kristal_K @geethansen @modelbirder @itxaso_quintana #waders #shorebirds #ornithology Full list is 50/50: wadertales.wordpress.com/abo…

Wader Tales

WaderTales blogs are written by Graham Appleton, to celebrate waders and wader research. Many of the 160 articles are based on previously published papers, with the aim of making wader science avai…

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3⃣ #WaderTales blogs in 2022 HUNGRY OYSTERCATCHERS wadertales.wordpress.com/202… DISAPPEARING CURLEW SANDPIPERS wadertales.wordpress.com/202… ALARM CALLS OF CHICKS wadertales.wordpress.com/202… Summary of blogs from 2021: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology #scicomm
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To understand the magnitude of the crisis for #shorebirds on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, we need to know how many #waders there are. Stocktake blog from 10 Feb. wadertales.wordpress.com/202… Paper in @IBIS_journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #ornithology
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Red-necked Stint Classified as 'Near Threatened' Weighs the same as a sparrow New population estimate 475,000 Blog about #shorebirds of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway: wadertales.wordpress.com/202… #waders
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#WomenInScienceDay Last 3 #WaderTales blogs feature papers led by female scientists: Who eats Oystercatcher eggs? @itxaso_quintana wadertales.wordpress.com/202… Protecting networks of sites @modelbirder wadertales.wordpress.com/202… Shorebird stocktake @geethansen wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
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