Shannon Curley
@shannoncurley.bsky.social
Postdoc at Cornell Lab of Ornithology using radar to study offshore bird migration with the BirdCast Team
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A new study looks at bird migration patterns over open ocean in an attempt to assess how much risk offshore wind turbines and other marine infrastructure might pose to them.
Radar study shows when offshore turbines pose greatest risks to migrating birds
When songbirds migrate through the Americas, they often cut through sections of the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico to save energy. A new study looks at their flying patterns in an attempt to…
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October 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A new study looks at bird migration patterns over open ocean in an attempt to assess how much risk offshore wind turbines and other marine infrastructure might pose to them.
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Functional and phylogenetic convergence of winter and breeding bird communities in the northeastern US vist.ly/32j8j #BetaDiversity #PhylogeneticDiversity
August 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Functional and phylogenetic convergence of winter and breeding bird communities in the northeastern US vist.ly/32j8j #BetaDiversity #PhylogeneticDiversity
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New paper out led by the awesome @peterw-ecol.bsky.social ! Check out how winter and breeding bird communities in the northeastern US are becoming phylogenetically and functionally more similar to each other over time (and in such an interesting way!)
Functional and phylogenetic convergence of winter and breeding bird communities in the northeastern US
Around the world, ecological communities are becoming more similar to one another in a process known as biotic homogenization – an increase in similarity among communities over time. While biotic hom....
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June 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
New paper out led by the awesome @peterw-ecol.bsky.social ! Check out how winter and breeding bird communities in the northeastern US are becoming phylogenetically and functionally more similar to each other over time (and in such an interesting way!)
My last trip to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as a postdoc 😭 I will truly miss this place! I have the best boss and colleagues and grateful for my 2+ years of growing professionally and personally. Not sure what happens next but forever grateful for this experience ❤️
March 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
My last trip to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as a postdoc 😭 I will truly miss this place! I have the best boss and colleagues and grateful for my 2+ years of growing professionally and personally. Not sure what happens next but forever grateful for this experience ❤️
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Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
Last year I had the opportunity to try a Zeiss DTI 4/50 thermal imaging camera to study nocturnal bird migration. It was awesome! I have hours of footage - can anyone recommend ways I can enhance the videos or darken the background? Also, note the ✈️ taking off from JFK 🤣
November 22, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Last year I had the opportunity to try a Zeiss DTI 4/50 thermal imaging camera to study nocturnal bird migration. It was awesome! I have hours of footage - can anyone recommend ways I can enhance the videos or darken the background? Also, note the ✈️ taking off from JFK 🤣
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If you are interested in #rstats, hierarchical modeling in ecology, and in particular occupancy models, then check out my blog!
The one post that gets the most traffic is this one here on how to combine presence-only and detection/non-detection data. 🧪
masonfidino.com/bayesian_int...
The one post that gets the most traffic is this one here on how to combine presence-only and detection/non-detection data. 🧪
masonfidino.com/bayesian_int...
A gentle introduction to an integrated occupancy model that combines presence-only and detection/non-detection data, and how to fit it in `JAGS`
Species distribution models (SDMs) are useful tools in ecology and conservation biology. As the name implies, SDMs are used to estimate species presence or abundance across geographic space and throug...
masonfidino.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:41 PM
If you are interested in #rstats, hierarchical modeling in ecology, and in particular occupancy models, then check out my blog!
The one post that gets the most traffic is this one here on how to combine presence-only and detection/non-detection data. 🧪
masonfidino.com/bayesian_int...
The one post that gets the most traffic is this one here on how to combine presence-only and detection/non-detection data. 🧪
masonfidino.com/bayesian_int...
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As director of CESAB, I'm incredibly proud to share the latest article of our postdocs today in Ecology Letters. 👏
They call for a more ethical academic publishing landscape but also ask to not let only the Early Career Researchers pay the price of this paradigm shift !
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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They call for a more ethical academic publishing landscape but also ask to not let only the Early Career Researchers pay the price of this paradigm shift !
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
🧪🌍
March 12, 2024 at 10:11 AM
As director of CESAB, I'm incredibly proud to share the latest article of our postdocs today in Ecology Letters. 👏
They call for a more ethical academic publishing landscape but also ask to not let only the Early Career Researchers pay the price of this paradigm shift !
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
🧪🌍
They call for a more ethical academic publishing landscape but also ask to not let only the Early Career Researchers pay the price of this paradigm shift !
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
🧪🌍
Excited to share this paper that has been in the works for some time! We demonstrate the homogenization between winter and breeding bird communities across the northeastern United States and highlight individual species/groups contributing to this change. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The Erosion of Seasonality in Avian Communities
Aim
Seasonality governs species composition at a given place and time. However, the effects of climate and land-use change can vary by season, altering species composition. These changes can lead to.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 1, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Excited to share this paper that has been in the works for some time! We demonstrate the homogenization between winter and breeding bird communities across the northeastern United States and highlight individual species/groups contributing to this change. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
This pretty much sums up my adventures in machine learning 🤣
March 8, 2024 at 11:36 PM
This pretty much sums up my adventures in machine learning 🤣
I mean, yeah, I guess…
March 4, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I mean, yeah, I guess…
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You can put googly eyes on anything. No one can stop you.
March 1, 2024 at 11:46 PM
You can put googly eyes on anything. No one can stop you.
BirdCast is officially back for the spring migration season, yay!!!!!
Live bird migration maps - BirdCast
See real-time analysis maps of intensities of actual nocturnal bird migration, as detected by the US weather surveillance radar network between local sunset to sunrise. Cornell Lab of Ornithology curr...
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March 2, 2024 at 12:18 AM
BirdCast is officially back for the spring migration season, yay!!!!!
This is the best day of my life 💚
December 2, 2023 at 6:37 PM
This is the best day of my life 💚
Couch potato 🦜
November 21, 2023 at 3:08 AM
Couch potato 🦜
Ughhh why are SLF such freakin jerks 🤬?! Good thing it is a slow migration night because I have no idea how long it has been on the lens…
October 20, 2023 at 12:44 AM
Ughhh why are SLF such freakin jerks 🤬?! Good thing it is a slow migration night because I have no idea how long it has been on the lens…
Some super scientific stuff happening here :)
October 18, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Some super scientific stuff happening here :)
So happy to see North Park open to the public! For 8 years I’ve had the opportunity to study the wildlife returning to Freshkills Park. The decades of planning, engineering and construction of this beautiful green space is beyond impressive.
How ‘Mt. Trashmore’ was conquered: Key figures recall landfill fight as Freshkills Park nears op...
“Everything was designed to delay any alternative and to keep the landfill going,” said Borough President Vito Fossella.
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October 16, 2023 at 3:23 AM
So happy to see North Park open to the public! For 8 years I’ve had the opportunity to study the wildlife returning to Freshkills Park. The decades of planning, engineering and construction of this beautiful green space is beyond impressive.
He hates my guts 🤣
October 16, 2023 at 1:21 AM
He hates my guts 🤣
FINALLY got back to Freshkills Park yesterday, and the birding was incredible! Here’s a very photogenic Yellow-billed Cuckoo and a less photogenic Red-headed Woodpecker (only my 3rd for Staten Island)
October 15, 2023 at 2:24 AM
FINALLY got back to Freshkills Park yesterday, and the birding was incredible! Here’s a very photogenic Yellow-billed Cuckoo and a less photogenic Red-headed Woodpecker (only my 3rd for Staten Island)
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Teaching intro data science or stats in environmental sciences / ecology this fall? The lterdatasampler package is now on CRAN, with curated real world datasets from the US Long Term Ecological Research program! Check it out: lter.github.io/lterdatasamp...
August 23, 2023 at 1:48 PM
Teaching intro data science or stats in environmental sciences / ecology this fall? The lterdatasampler package is now on CRAN, with curated real world datasets from the US Long Term Ecological Research program! Check it out: lter.github.io/lterdatasamp...
“Pending Decision” is the most stressful status update in the manuscript submission process… I know better but decided to go against my better judgement to check the status anyways 😭
October 9, 2023 at 7:25 PM
“Pending Decision” is the most stressful status update in the manuscript submission process… I know better but decided to go against my better judgement to check the status anyways 😭
After yesterdays mass avian collision/mortality event in Chicago, I have gotten a lot of questions from friends and colleagues about how the public can help. I have a list of suggestions specific to NYC/NYS but if anyone has broader resources to share please let me know!
October 7, 2023 at 12:17 AM
After yesterdays mass avian collision/mortality event in Chicago, I have gotten a lot of questions from friends and colleagues about how the public can help. I have a list of suggestions specific to NYC/NYS but if anyone has broader resources to share please let me know!
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Any #news media folks on here want to get the ball rolling? Much of the public remains unaware of events like these without reporters shining a spotlight on the issue. And public awareness is necessary to get building owners to make changes. #birds
October 5, 2023 at 9:58 PM
Any #news media folks on here want to get the ball rolling? Much of the public remains unaware of events like these without reporters shining a spotlight on the issue. And public awareness is necessary to get building owners to make changes. #birds