Kyle Horton
@kyle-horton.bsky.social
radar, birds, and Betty (🐶) and Blanche (🐶). Associate Professor at Purdue University in Forestry and Natural Resources studying bird migration.
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Using automated acoustic monitoring, citizen science, and centuries of ornithological research and understanding to quantify ecological integrity at scale.
The BirdsPlus Index, a novel method for assessing site-level conservation values.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The BirdsPlus Index, a novel method for assessing site-level conservation values.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Using automated acoustic monitoring, citizen science, and centuries of ornithological research and understanding to quantify ecological integrity at scale.
The BirdsPlus Index, a novel method for assessing site-level conservation values.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The BirdsPlus Index, a novel method for assessing site-level conservation values.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Interested in how animals use the sky? 🌌
I’m recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2026, Purdue University) to study Purple Martin flight behavior and airspace use using barometric transmitters.
Details ➡️ jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
#Aeroecology #AvianEcology
I’m recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2026, Purdue University) to study Purple Martin flight behavior and airspace use using barometric transmitters.
Details ➡️ jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
#Aeroecology #AvianEcology
October 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Interested in how animals use the sky? 🌌
I’m recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2026, Purdue University) to study Purple Martin flight behavior and airspace use using barometric transmitters.
Details ➡️ jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
#Aeroecology #AvianEcology
I’m recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2026, Purdue University) to study Purple Martin flight behavior and airspace use using barometric transmitters.
Details ➡️ jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
#Aeroecology #AvianEcology
Another massive movement of migratory birds underway tonight — nearly 1 Billion Birds! With the full moon, you might be able to see some silhouettes zipping by. You can make your own flow maps here (just hit record): aeroecolab.com/uslights
October 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Another massive movement of migratory birds underway tonight — nearly 1 Billion Birds! With the full moon, you might be able to see some silhouettes zipping by. You can make your own flow maps here (just hit record): aeroecolab.com/uslights
Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration
September 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration
7-Day Bird Migration Forecast
We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far — over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight.
We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far — over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight.
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
7-Day Bird Migration Forecast
We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far — over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight.
We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far — over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight.
Lots and lots and lots of birds taking off tonight. Here's what things look like detected by the Milwaukee radar (KMKX): Night of September 3, 2025.
September 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Lots and lots and lots of birds taking off tonight. Here's what things look like detected by the Milwaukee radar (KMKX): Night of September 3, 2025.
Migration is roaring across the Midwest tonight! Check out the real-time flow visualization to watch it unfold: aeroecolab.com/uslights
September 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Migration is roaring across the Midwest tonight! Check out the real-time flow visualization to watch it unfold: aeroecolab.com/uslights
Tonight’s forecast: 304 million birds expected to migrate across the U.S. 🕊️📡
The Upper Midwest is especially active – keep an eye on the skies and consider going “Lights Out” to help reduce risks for nocturnal migrants.
#BirdMigration #LightsOut #Midwest
The Upper Midwest is especially active – keep an eye on the skies and consider going “Lights Out” to help reduce risks for nocturnal migrants.
#BirdMigration #LightsOut #Midwest
September 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Tonight’s forecast: 304 million birds expected to migrate across the U.S. 🕊️📡
The Upper Midwest is especially active – keep an eye on the skies and consider going “Lights Out” to help reduce risks for nocturnal migrants.
#BirdMigration #LightsOut #Midwest
The Upper Midwest is especially active – keep an eye on the skies and consider going “Lights Out” to help reduce risks for nocturnal migrants.
#BirdMigration #LightsOut #Midwest
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aeroecolab.com/illinois
turn off non-essential outdoor lighting from 11 pm–6 am & close shades to reduce skyglow for migrating birds
turn off non-essential outdoor lighting from 11 pm–6 am & close shades to reduce skyglow for migrating birds
August 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
aeroecolab.com/illinois
turn off non-essential outdoor lighting from 11 pm–6 am & close shades to reduce skyglow for migrating birds
turn off non-essential outdoor lighting from 11 pm–6 am & close shades to reduce skyglow for migrating birds
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Combining weather radar data with environmental data, @birgenhaest.bsky.social and co-authors found that peak roosting phenology of migrating martins and swallows in the Great Lakes region is paced by both local and distant conditions. Read more on doi.org/10.1111/geb....
July 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Combining weather radar data with environmental data, @birgenhaest.bsky.social and co-authors found that peak roosting phenology of migrating martins and swallows in the Great Lakes region is paced by both local and distant conditions. Read more on doi.org/10.1111/geb....
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📡 Why do Martins and Swallows pass by the Great Lakes when they do - Great collaboration with Yuting Deng and @kyle-horton.bsky.social. @biodiversa.eu 📡
Combining weather radar data with environmental data, @birgenhaest.bsky.social and co-authors found that peak roosting phenology of migrating martins and swallows in the Great Lakes region is paced by both local and distant conditions. Read more on doi.org/10.1111/geb....
July 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
📡 Why do Martins and Swallows pass by the Great Lakes when they do - Great collaboration with Yuting Deng and @kyle-horton.bsky.social. @biodiversa.eu 📡
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Just over two weeks left to apply
We are hiring a new PhD candidate 🎉as part of the No-REGRETS (NOrth Sea Renewable Energy: Gaining the Required Ecological Knowledge for the TranSition) consortium. If you are excited too, have what we are looking for and interested in joining us please apply. #ornithology #animalmovement
New PhD position in our group! Join us to study gull foraging ecology at sea using GPS and accelerometry data! You will be working here Amsterdam Movement Ecology group under supervision of @judyshamounb.bsky.social, @rooskentie.bsky.social and me. Apply here werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
July 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Just over two weeks left to apply
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1. Did you know that the Corn Belt in the Midwest USA is so vast you can see it from space? 🌽 How would this affect billions of migrating songbirds passing through each year? 🐦 Check out our new study in @conbiology.bsky.social
to find out! 🧵1/8 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
to find out! 🧵1/8 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
1. Did you know that the Corn Belt in the Midwest USA is so vast you can see it from space? 🌽 How would this affect billions of migrating songbirds passing through each year? 🐦 Check out our new study in @conbiology.bsky.social
to find out! 🧵1/8 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
to find out! 🧵1/8 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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What to learn more? #BirdMigration #Conservation
Check out our full study in @conbiology.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/RCKH33...
Or read this great article by Kathi Borgmann summarizing these findings: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025....
@cornellbirds.bsky.social
Check out our full study in @conbiology.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/RCKH33...
Or read this great article by Kathi Borgmann summarizing these findings: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025....
@cornellbirds.bsky.social
Assessing the Corn Belt as an anthropogenic barrier to migrating landbirds in the United States
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conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What to learn more? #BirdMigration #Conservation
Check out our full study in @conbiology.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/RCKH33...
Or read this great article by Kathi Borgmann summarizing these findings: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025....
@cornellbirds.bsky.social
Check out our full study in @conbiology.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/RCKH33...
Or read this great article by Kathi Borgmann summarizing these findings: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025....
@cornellbirds.bsky.social
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Grateful to collaborate with an amazing team on this work. @jbuler.bsky.social, Adriaan Dokter, @kyle-horton.bsky.social, @emlbcohen.bsky.social, Dan Sheldon, Jaclyn Smolinsky, and David Wilcove.
May 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Grateful to collaborate with an amazing team on this work. @jbuler.bsky.social, Adriaan Dokter, @kyle-horton.bsky.social, @emlbcohen.bsky.social, Dan Sheldon, Jaclyn Smolinsky, and David Wilcove.
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Lots of Lights Out alerts tonight as we come into the mad rush that is Maygration.
#birds #spring #migration #LightsOutForBirds
#birds #spring #migration #LightsOutForBirds
May 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Lots of Lights Out alerts tonight as we come into the mad rush that is Maygration.
#birds #spring #migration #LightsOutForBirds
#birds #spring #migration #LightsOutForBirds
Spring is for the grouse and chickens! Colorado leks have been 🔥🔥🔥 (w/@carburt.bsky.social). Greater Sage-Grouse and Greater Prairie-Chickens 📷
April 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Spring is for the grouse and chickens! Colorado leks have been 🔥🔥🔥 (w/@carburt.bsky.social). Greater Sage-Grouse and Greater Prairie-Chickens 📷
Birds will be arriving soon! This map shows peak migration dates across the US modeled using radar data. Keep in mind, the dates represent peaks, but migration usually plays out across a couple of weeks, so estimate ± 1 week on either side of the dates on the map for max migration activity.
April 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Birds will be arriving soon! This map shows peak migration dates across the US modeled using radar data. Keep in mind, the dates represent peaks, but migration usually plays out across a couple of weeks, so estimate ± 1 week on either side of the dates on the map for max migration activity.
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Ornithology: Night flight communication across species boundaries | www.cell.com/current... | @currentbiology.bsky.social | #ornithology 🪶
March 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Ornithology: Night flight communication across species boundaries | www.cell.com/current... | @currentbiology.bsky.social | #ornithology 🪶
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New article out today in @nature.com by Gonçalves-Souza, @nickhaddad.bsky.social, @jon-chase03.bsky.social et al. on forest fragmentation and biodiversity:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A must read for anyone interested in this topic. See my summary here:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A must read for anyone interested in this topic. See my summary here:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Biodiversity declines across fragmented forests
Assessing the effect of forest fragmentation on biodiversity.
www.nature.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New article out today in @nature.com by Gonçalves-Souza, @nickhaddad.bsky.social, @jon-chase03.bsky.social et al. on forest fragmentation and biodiversity:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A must read for anyone interested in this topic. See my summary here:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A must read for anyone interested in this topic. See my summary here:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
European data on animals aloft now publicly available
Weather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o...
go.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
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Happy to co-organise a symposium on migratory birds and artificial light at night: from research to policy. #ornithology #aeroecology submit 👆🏽your abstract before March 15 😀 #eou2025
January 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Happy to co-organise a symposium on migratory birds and artificial light at night: from research to policy. #ornithology #aeroecology submit 👆🏽your abstract before March 15 😀 #eou2025
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Abstracts for #AOS25 Oral Presentations & Posters are due by 3/16/25. Share your research. The submission form includes a set of questions for those who want to be considered for the Student Presentation Award competition! meeting.americanornithology.org/call-for-abs...
February 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Abstracts for #AOS25 Oral Presentations & Posters are due by 3/16/25. Share your research. The submission form includes a set of questions for those who want to be considered for the Student Presentation Award competition! meeting.americanornithology.org/call-for-abs...
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There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WOS Research Award recipient @mikkojimenez.bsky.social writes about his efforts to ground-truth radar #ornithology data in Colorado.
Guest Post – Radar vs. Reality: Ground-Truthing NEXRAD Estimates of Migrating Birds
Every birder I know has been influenced by the integration of radar into ornithology.
wilsonsociety.org
February 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WOS Research Award recipient @mikkojimenez.bsky.social writes about his efforts to ground-truth radar #ornithology data in Colorado.
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Hey #ornithologists or really anyone. Help Flocks Take Flight by donating today: www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...
Donate to Help Flocks take flights for ornithologists!, organized by Ashley Dayer
We all need a space to feel we belong and where we are supported. This is wh… Ashley Dayer needs your support for Help Flocks take flights for ornithologists!
www.gofundme.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Hey #ornithologists or really anyone. Help Flocks Take Flight by donating today: www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...