Shivira
@shivira.bsky.social
Wildlife Biologist • She/Her Alum @edinburghnapier.bsky.social Member @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social https://indianseabirdgroup.wixsite.com/website
Behavioural repertoire and the onset of precocious sexual behaviours in juvenile ruffs (Calidris pugnax) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Finally the paper is published.
Behavioural repertoire and the onset of precocious sexual behaviours in juvenile ruffs (Calidris pugnax)
Adult phenotypes are shaped by developmental processes during early life. This also applies to reproduction and dominance-related behaviours before maturation, called precocious sexual behaviours. ...
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A collaborative effort to improve our understanding of seabirds distribution along the coast of India - check it out here! 🌍🪶🧪
Indian Seabird Group@indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · last yr.Through our annual Monsoon Seawatch event, we encourage seabirders based in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu to follow the Land-based Seabird Monitoring Protocol, and report your sightings! More details here: birdcount.in/event/monsoo... #seabirds #ornithology
For #seabirdsunday a shearwater skipping on the sea (taking off technically)! I wonder what is it like to take off from the water… Pastel and watercolor on panel. #birding #seabird
Petrel-passionate people, check out this blog post on ringing Storm Petrels in Cornwall by @sabiyasheikh.bsky.social for the @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social! #AcadmicSky #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds 🌍🪶🧪
Indian Seabird Group@indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · last yr.We are excited to launch our brand new blog, with the inaugural post penned by none other than our member and co-founder @sabiyasheikh.bsky.social! A PhD Student at the University of Exeter, Sabiya writes about Storm Petrel ringing in England: indianseabirdgroup.wixsite.com/website/blog
Anyone into seabirds, food webs, and tropical ecosystems? I am attending this talk tomorrow - feel free to join in! 🌏🪶 #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky
Indian Seabird Group@indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · last yr.We are starting May with a fascinating talk from @jenniferappoo.bsky.social on the impacts of seabird-derived nutrients on mangrove ecosystems! Follow this link and set a reminder now! www.youtube.com/live/muPejoo... 🌏🪶 #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky
Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Seabirds in crisis: Plastic ingestion induces proteomic signatures of multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration
Plastic consumption in seabirds causes blood signatures of widespread organ damage including brain, stomach, kidney, and liver.
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The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows
Frequent in the Northwest Indian Ocean, these Jouanin Petrels were spotted in the Arabian Sea, 300 miles off the western coast of Maharashtra🌍 by Sushil Kumar. Happy #SuperSeabirdSunday from India! #Seabirds #Ornithology #IndianOcean 🪶
Mirror mirror, on the water! A Red-footed Booby gliding over the open waters off Kochin, India 🌍 Shared with us by Sushil Kumar. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds #Ornithology #IndianOcean 🪶
We're getting some cracking photo submissions to the Gulls Eating Stuff project! Here are a few showing gulls predating a coot chick, a vole, a mole (!) and a GBBG that has just killed an adult moorhen. Keep 'em coming! Submit your photos of gulls eating stuff to citsci.org/projects/gul....
I wish I could contribute more to the initiatives trying to make up for the unjust grant cuts attacking important EDI projects in the US. But if you're now crowd-funding for a project and need someone to do graphic design for anything, message me and I'd be happy to volunteer my services
Where are all the Antarctic aficionados? We bring to you the daily lives of Adelies for #SuperSeabirdSunday! Photo taken at McLeod Island, Larsemann Hills, Antarctica 🌏 by our team member Anant Pande. #Seabirds #Penguins #Ornithology 🪶
📢 The Galapagos rail has been rediscovered on Floreana Island in the Galapagos after almost two centuries! Long-term monitoring programs are ESSENTIAL for the conservation and recovery of endangered species. 🌍🪶🧪 #ornithology @darwinfoundation.bsky.social www.darwinfoundation.org/en/news/all-...
Galapagos Rail Rediscovered on Floreana - Charles Darwin Foundation
Scientists from the Charles Darwin Foundation confirm the presence of the Galapagos Rail on Floreana Island for the first time in 190 years.
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Shear drama (pun intended) in the Indian Ocean 🌍🪶 #seabirds #ornithology #SuperSeabirdSunday
Indian Seabird Group@indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · last yr.This #SuperSeabirdSunday watch an intense aerial showdown as a Lesser Frigatebird gives a Wedge-tailed Shearwater a run for its wings over the Sunda Trench, 60 miles east of Sumatra, Indonesia! Video shared with us by Sushil Kumar 🌊 #seabirds #ornithology 🌍🪶
Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack vol 1 & 2 are full and curated !! ✨💚 Please share so they will fly into the blue sky 🦋🌈 Vol1 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack... Vol2 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack... Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in ! 🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾
Got some artistic skills? Enter our Seabird Pride t-shirt competition! 🕊️🏳️🌈🎽 Details below ⬇️ #SeabirdPride2025
Tropical seabirders alert! The Indian Seabird Group is finally on Bluesky with our first Researcher in Focus talk of 2025, featuring Dr. Suresh Kumar and Rajdeep Mitra from the Wildlife Institute of India. What's up with the nesting #seabirds of the Northern Indian Ocean? Join us as we find out! 🌏🪶
Indian Seabird Group@indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social · last yr.Hi Bluesky! For our first talk of 2025, Dr. Suresh Kumar and Rajdeep Mitra will present their research on the ecology of nesting seabirds on the Lakshadweep Islands. If you're interested in island #ecology and tropical #seabirds, join us! Event details here: www.youtube.com/live/7wUKpeI... 🌏🦉🪶
We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74. Go on girl. 😍
A giraffe weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) from east-central Madagascar. This cool creature wouldn't stop moving , so photography was kinda like running alongside a car and shooting. A tiny red car unlike any other cars.... 🌿 #insects #invertebrates #InverteFest
To everyone into #seabirds, we at the Indian Seabird Group are hosting Milan Sojitra as the first guest for our Researcher in Focus series - join us to learn how extreme weather affects the population dynamics of marine predators! Get notified when we go live: www.youtube.com/live/TUf0dBD... 🌍🪶🧪
Coral fungus from Ranomafana, Madagascar. I don't know much about coral fungi but this one was just blazing next to the trail and I couldn't stop looking at it. #NaturePhotography #fungi 🌿
As we discuss the Slender-billed Curlew extinction, I think focusing on key takeaways is vital: timely species assessments, understanding both the breeding and wintering ranges, and including ecological connectivity data in conservation plans. 🌍🪶🧪 #ornithology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global extinction of Slender‐billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)
In the current biodiversity crisis, conservation efforts are often focused on extinction prevention. However, it can be difficult to determine if a species is extinct, especially if the species has a...
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Her Highness, the Great Frigatebird Chick Great Frigatebirds are aerial acrobats and will often steal meals from other seabirds. Great Frigatebird chicks take a long time to develop, fledging in 4-6 months, depending on food supply. Isla Seymour Norte, Galapagos Islands
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
#WomenInSTEM alert! Hi, I am a wildlife biologist interested in #ornithology and all our feathered friends, but my favourite child is #seabirds! I will be following/posting/interacting with seabird research in particular, but I will also share my past research on Illegal Wildlife Trade! 🌍🪶🧪
