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Conservation scientist, Mom, teacher. I study wildlife on farms & in cities-🦉🐦🐱🐛x🍇🥦🌻🌆 Faculty @UCNZ/ affiliate @e3bcolumbia @SmithFellows @WFA_WildFarm

 Aotearoa| NZ, NYC
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A new study published this week in @JAppliedEcology by NYC Audubon and research partners shows that weather forecasts and bird migration intensity data can be used to predict which nights pose the greatest collision risks for birds in urban areas. nycaudubon.org/blog/study-sh…
a graphic featuring at the top an infographic that has a dead white-throated sparrow next to information about what weather conditions in NYC are likely to increase collision risk. The bottom of the graphic is a screenshot of a published article in Journal of Applied Ecology.

ALT a graphic featuring at the top an infographic that has a dead white-throated sparrow next to information about what weather conditions in NYC are likely to increase collision risk. The bottom of the graphic is a screenshot of a published article in Journal of Applied Ecology.

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Weather forecasts can help us save migratory birds from collisions with city buildings🐦 Uses 5 years of bird collision counts in NYC to determine influence of nocturnal weather conditions & bird migration traffic rates on collisions with buildings Blog: appliedecologistsblog.com/20…
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This work will help @NYCAudubon and other bird conservation organizations better target messaging around the minimum buildings can do to reduce light pollution when birds are at high risk.
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This is all part of a process to make our cities and homes more bird safe- which will largely come down to using more bird safe materials in the long term nycaudubon.org/our-work/cons…
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Read more about our study here: nycaudubon.org/blog/study-sh…
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Collisions with windows kill hundreds of millions of birds each year in North America- our new research shows that combining migration and weather forecasts can help identify the most dangerous nights for #birds in #NYC @JAppliedEcology open access: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
Infographic showing a dead bird on the ground next to images of risk factors for high collision risk: In Spring= Higher migration traffic with westerly/northerly winds and low visibility. In fall= Higher migration traffic with westerly/southerly winds and low cloud ceiling

ALT Infographic showing a dead bird on the ground next to images of risk factors for high collision risk: In Spring= Higher migration traffic with westerly/northerly winds and low visibility. In fall= Higher migration traffic with westerly/southerly winds and low cloud ceiling

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We found that nights with headwind conditions for migrating birds and winds that blew birds toward the coastal city had higher numbers of window collision victims, and that visibility also played a role.
Dead bird on sidewalk in NYC

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We suspected that local weather could play a role in creating more dangerous conditions for birds. (Photo: Sara Kross)
Nighttime view of buildings in NYC with low cloud

ALT Nighttime view of buildings in NYC with low cloud

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We know that turning the #LightsOut in buildings can reduce collisions, but getting building owners and occupants to sustain this over a full migration season is a barrier. We also knew that even during peak migration, some nights are more dangerous to birds than others
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We used 5 years of data collected by @NYCAudubon volunteers as part of #ProjectSafeFlight to understand if weather conditions would help to better predict times that are higher risk for migrating birds (Photo: Katherine Chen)
Image of a dead bird on a NYC sidewalk with buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass windows in background

ALT Image of a dead bird on a NYC sidewalk with buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass windows in background

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I wrote a blog post with lead author Katherine Chen of @NYCAudubon about the work, which she completed as part of her masters research @Columbia Weather forecasts can help us save migratory birds from collisions with city buildings appliedecologistsblog.com/20…

Weather forecasts can help us save migratory birds from collisions with city buildings

In their latest research article, Sara Kross, Katherine Chen, Benjamin Van Doren and colleagues utilise 5 years of bird collision counts in New York City to determine the influence of nocturnal wea…

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More important news from Aotearoa
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Important news from Aotearoa.
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It wasn't a partridge in a pear tree, but a stuck chick in a drain got the full Christmas treatment from Dunedin firefighters. stuff.co.nz/national/1334800…

Christmas miracle for chick caught in drain

It wasn't a partridge in a pear tree, but a stuck chick in a drain got the full Christmas treatment from Dunedin firefighters.

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A group of chickens received a surprise visitor this morning, with a North Island brown kiwi deciding to make itself a new home in a chicken coop. stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-n…

Chicken wakes up to surprise visitor as kiwi moves in

A group of chickens received a surprise visitor this morning, with a North Island brown kiwi deciding to make itself a new home in a chicken coop.

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via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/12/04/world…

After Decades of Decline, a Feathered Icon Breeds in New Zealand’s Capital (Published 2023)

The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort.

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Oh man… I have to follow @Matt_HerringOz’s awesome talk about water sparing and sharing in agroecosystems @AOC2023BRISBANE
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Hello Brisbane! #AOC2023
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We’re wrapping up the #ucnzabc for 2023. It is SUCH an incredible event because of the brilliant student talks- supported by our amazing staff and this team of dedicated students @UCNZbiology
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