Postdoc at @CornellBirds with @DrBirdCast - avian migration, evolution, ecology
Ithaca, New York, USA
Joined October 2009
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Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
📣The Swiss Ornithological Institute offers a 2-year post-doc in ecological modelling within the project “Scenarios for Protecting European Avian Redistributions (SPEAR)”.
👉my.jobalino.ch/de/jobpreview…
👉ebcc.info/the-swiss-ornithol…
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
Migration Alert!! 400 million birds will be migrating tonight—a good time to turn off nonessential outdoor lighting and to treat reflective windows to keep birds safe. Learn more at birdcast.info/science-to-act… #LightsOut #LightsOutAlert
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
Attention #birdwatching folks, #AnimalRights. Please join our #LightsOutNYC rally on Broadway for this important #BirdSafety bill by @CMFranciscoMoya. Hear scientists, bird experts, & @NYCCouncil members. Bring homemade signs! DM any questions. Thank you
In most of the "double-blind" reviews I've done, I find the authors' names in one place or another, like in the supplementary material or response-to-reviewers letter. Not saying this is done on purpose, but "accidentally" revealing oneself would give some people an advantage.
Our new paper @FunEcology: Double-blind peer review affects reviewer ratings and editor decisions at an ecology journal - doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14…
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
I am thrilled to present a new method to reconstruct the full migratory trajectory of birds from pressure sensors and wind data! 🦅🐦🌍
Check it out: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14…
#science #birdmigration #birdwatching #ornithology – at Manhattan, NY
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
Nice to see this out today, “Naive songbirds show seasonally appropriate spring orientation in the laboratory despite having never completed first migration”. Perhaps worth a read for those interested in #migratory #inheritance and #philopatry in birds! 👀 royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
I'd like to introduce pykanto, a new Python library that could be helpful for researchers who work with large animal vocalization datasets recorded in the field.
You can read the preprint here: arxiv.org/pdf/2302.10340v1.p…
And here's a thread for more information 👇🧵
ALT Screenshot of three pages of the preprint presenting the software library
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
**NEW** eBird Trend maps for N. America - Thanks to >1 million citizen scientists we now have fine-scale maps of population trends for >500 bird species. Many are deeply sobering, but they also contain hope that we can act @Team_eBird @CornellBirds science.ebird.org/en/status-…
ALT Map of North America with red dots showing where populations of Bobolink have declined over the past few decades. The map is awash with red dots, with a picture of a Bobolink in the bottom left corner.
@CornellBirds is hiring a quantitative ecologist to model bird movements using our exciting new #BirdFlow framework, powered by @Team_eBird. Apply by 28 November for this @NSF-funded postdoc w/ full @Cornell benefits. DM with any questions. 🐦🌎academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
This paper describes the #BirdFlow modeling framework that the quantitative ecologist will use: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
Freshwater ‘sea watching’ - Tibbetts Point on Lake Ontario - surprising diversity of sea duck, loons, grebes and gulls crossing the US/Canadian border 🇺🇸🇨🇦🦅 @global_birding @Team_eBird @CornellBirds #GlobalBigDay #BIRDSUNITEOURWORLD #BendTheCurve
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
We are looking for a quantitative ecologist to study the large scale demographic patterns of migratory birds in North America. Join our team @CornellBirds Find out more adriaandokter.com/opportunit… Apply by Nov 11
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
Wow! @DrBirdCast projects HALF A BILLION BIRDS will be in the air tonight as they migrate south. Could be great birding for Saturday's #OctoberBigDay! Also great time to turn out nonessential lighting and check windows for bird safety: birdcast.info/science-to-act… #LightsOutTexas
ALT colorful map of the U.S. Lower 48 with bright colors showing high bird migration. Text on image: BirdCast Migration Alert. Thursday Night 504 million birds predicted. Friday Night 445 million birds predicted. Saturday Night 349 million birds predicted.
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
Thursday Oct 6, 5.30pm ET - @Ben_Sheldon_EGI gives the @Cornell Mundinger Lecture on "Long-term lessons from a little bird". In person in B25, Warren Hall and broadcast live on Zoom/Facebook @Cornellbirds cornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
ALT Poster describing lecture with the title of the lecture in top left corner, three illustrations of birds, a photograph of the lecturer, and a short abstract of the talk.
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
MIGRATION ALERT. We keep saying fall migration is peaking, and it keeps getting bigger! Estimate for no. of birds migrating over U.S. creeps past 600 MILLION this weekend! Learn more at BirdCast: bit.ly/2yPr7sI Thx @DrBirdCast!
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
Did you know that over 32 million migrating birds will pass over Illinois tonight? Turn your lights off and let’s help the birds on their way.
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
Had a conversation with some NSF PIs recently and was reminded that it’s hard for some folks to reach out to NSF Program Officers (POs). I wish I had one weird trick to make it easier but I don’t. Instead, I’ll try to provide a few thoughts that will hopefully help.
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
Migration is looking massive this weekend, with 316 to 400+ MILLION migrating birds on the wing each night, according to @DrBirdCast. Should be great birding—also a good time to turn off nonessential lights to avoid disorienting birds. bit.ly/LightsOutForBirds #LightsOutTexas
Benjamin Van Doren retweeted
To people looking for an independent postdoc fellowship, apply for a Rose fellowship at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology by Oct 4! I've been on it for 2 yrs and I 💕 it. And no, you don't have to be a birder🙃. Happy to answer questions! @CornellBirds
birds.cornell.edu/home/rose-…
