waterbird & shorebird ecologist. background riparian restoration, woodland birds, molecular ecology. working in eresearch, knowledge sharing & citizen science
Joined November 2014
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13 Mar 2023
Prof Rich Fuller shares some good news about #easterncurlew with delegates at the @EAAFPSecretari1 #mop11 @vwsg_web @BirdlifeOz
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
24 Dec 2022
👇"a million or more Oriental Pratincoles" 👇
Wow! Amazing!
Whole flyway population estimated at 2.88 million by @geethansen. See @IBIS_journal paper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Summary of paper:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
24 Dec 2022
Amazing & important observations by @GlobalFlyway's Chris Hassell, reporting the probable passage of a million or more Oriental #Pratincoles in NW #Australia, the itinerant nature of the phenomenon showing importance of continuous on-the-ground scrutiny!
globalflywaynetwork.com.au/l…
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
31 Dec 2022
As 2022 draws to a close on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, it's good to see that #WaderTales blogs have been read over 2000 times in the region this year.
Highlights:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
Population estimates is the most read blog👇
#shorebirds #waders #ornithology
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
7 Oct 2022
I’m not totally convinced about the comparison but here’s some footage of an airborne Latham’s snipe (op cit)… youtu.be/a78i39l4uQw HT @geethansen
OED Word of the Day: lightning bird, n. (A name for) any of various birds or flying insects whose behaviour is suggestive of lightning in some way.
View the full entry, here: oed.com/view/Entry/90998027?…
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24 Sep 2022
Time to do something then I think. I fear another tussle with another council 😒
24 Sep 2022
I know that spot on Norman st, I often think we should do more to restore that area.
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24 Sep 2022
Looks like a beautiful #lathamssnipe count day in Queensland. Peterborough took the record again down south with 120 snipe. And a scabby abandoned industrial site on Norman Street in Ballarat took second prize with 97!
24 Sep 2022
Plenty of waterbirds but no #Lathamssnipe for us on our swamp during the national count today @geethansen
Pied stilts are always a treat though
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
1 Sep 2022
Great blog addressing some of the findings in VWSG member @geethansen's paper in @IBIS_journal a few months ago.
10 Aug 2022
Looking for Curlew Sandpipers?
They're now classified as 'Near Threatened' (@Birdlife_Data).
Blog about a recent stocktake of the #shorebirds that fly to Australia and New Zealand:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
#waders #ornithology
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
26 Aug 2022
What's been happening to numbers of #waders #shorebirds that fly from Russia & Alaska to Australia and New Zealand, via the Yellow Sea?
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
2022 paper by @geethansen et al in @IBIS_journal
#ornithology
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
31 Jul 2022
Want to know more about successful citizen science programs, including the Australian Shorebird Monitoring program?
Check out this article by @geethansen
"Learning from successful long-term citizen science programs"
doi.org/10.1071/PC21065
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14 Jul 2022
We're accepting abstracts for The Australasian Shorebird Conference online in 2022. Please visit the site to submit. Look forward to seeing all you wader people online in October!
Exciting News for all those with a love for Shorebirds! The 12th Australasian Shorebird Conference is an upcoming online event being held from 29-30 Oct. The conference will delve into the theme “Global Strategies Local Actions” and explore findings which have emerged since 2018.
ALT Photo: Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa cf. lapponica), posted with permission.
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
Exciting News for all those with a love for Shorebirds! The 12th Australasian Shorebird Conference is an upcoming online event being held from 29-30 Oct. The conference will delve into the theme “Global Strategies Local Actions” and explore findings which have emerged since 2018.
ALT Photo: Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa cf. lapponica), posted with permission.
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
25 Jun 2022
Quick summary of first nine #WaderTales blogs of 2022:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
Thanks to: @modelbirder @_Kristal_K @geethansen @i_woodward @TriinKaasiku @eldisarna @jennylinscott
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
30 May 2022
Millions of #shorebirds have left Australia, heading for China, Russia, Alaska etc.
Recent stocktake by @geethansen and colleagues suggests that several species are in serious decline:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202… #waders #ornithology
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11 Apr 2022
#lathamssnipe are well on northward migration with one Aussie-tagged bird on Cape York and two Japanese-tagged birds back in Japan! lathamssnipeproject.wordpres… for latest update @wbsj_tsubame @JerraWetlands
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
20 Mar 2022
Great blog article highlighting the amazing study undertaken by @geethansen and colleagues to elucidate population estimates for waders using the EAAF.
Not only does Birgita do important wader science, she deserves credit for the development and updating of our website!
12 Feb 2022
How worried should we be about Australia's #shorebirds, such as Red Knot & Curlew Sandpiper?
New paper in @IBIS_journal available as a #WaderTales blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
Paper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/……
#ornithology #waders
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
16 Mar 2022
Just noticed that this is the 6th #WaderTales blog in a row to be based on a paper with a female lead author.
@TriinKaasiku @jennylinscott @_Kristal_K @geethansen @modelbirder @itxaso_quintana
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
Full list is 50/50:
wadertales.wordpress.com/abo…
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
6 Mar 2022
3⃣ #WaderTales blogs in 2022
HUNGRY OYSTERCATCHERS
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
DISAPPEARING CURLEW SANDPIPERS
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
ALARM CALLS OF CHICKS
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
Summary of blogs from 2021:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology #scicomm
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
10 Mar 2022
To understand the magnitude of the crisis for #shorebirds on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, we need to know how many #waders there are.
Stocktake blog from 10 Feb. wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
Paper in @IBIS_journal
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
#ornithology
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
11 Feb 2022
Red-necked Stint
Classified as 'Near Threatened'
Weighs the same as a sparrow
New population estimate 475,000
Blog about #shorebirds of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
#waders
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Birgita Hansen retweeted
11 Feb 2022
#WomenInScienceDay
Last 3 #WaderTales blogs feature papers led by female scientists:
Who eats Oystercatcher eggs? @itxaso_quintana
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
Protecting networks of sites @modelbirder
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
Shorebird stocktake @geethansen
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
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