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Rozy Bathrick @rozybathrick

PhD student in the Senner Lab at @UMass tracking post-breeding shorebird #migration

Joined June 2022
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anyone know of small (~$500 - $2k) grants that fund interdisciplinary projects in art & field ecology / ornithology? I have two projects in mind: an exhibit on bird-window strikes at UMASS and a short film on shorebird migration in Alaska. this is a long-billed dowitcher 4 fun
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My first chapter is published in Movement Ecology!
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oh tringa
Wim Tijsen@TijsenW
1 Apr 2024
Mrs. Bond(E07) fighting with neighbor W20 for the best territory next to a lapwing's nest, or does she want to hijack her husband...? Unbelievable what a spirit for my oldest(18yr) #redshank in my 25year studying #redshanks! @GlobalFlyway @WaderStudy @niooknaw @waderquest
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Oh boy, it might be happening. Lesser Yellowlegs we put transmitters on in King Salmon, AK are departing the breeding ground - will they continue down different flyways?? Stay tuned...
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We got one! Update from the LEYE: one bird from the AK Peninsula is seeming like it'll winter in the Pacific. Others are heading across the Gulf of MX to Central America and Caribbean islands.
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Los Angeles Audubon@LAAudubon
11 Sep 2023
Read all about the Greater Yellowlegs that flew in from Alaska and has been hanging out in the #LARiver for a month! --> laaudubon.org/blog/2023/9/11… By @rozybathrick of @UMassAmherst
Map of the Los Angeles River near Griffith Park showing points connected by lines that are locations of a Greater Yellowlegs (shorebird) within the river banks and a few points outside.

ALT Map of the Los Angeles River near Griffith Park showing points connected by lines that are locations of a Greater Yellowlegs (shorebird) within the river banks and a few points outside.

Photograph of Rozy Bathwick in hip waders holding a Greater Yellowlegs in a wetland in Alaska with a partly cloudy sky and somewhat stunted conifers in the background.

ALT Photograph of Rozy Bathwick in hip waders holding a Greater Yellowlegs in a wetland in Alaska with a partly cloudy sky and somewhat stunted conifers in the background.

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Compared to the population we're tracking from the interior, the Peninsula breeding birds are showing more variation in their initial departure (timing and destination). Seems that the Gulf offers some options...could be wind access?
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Thus I transition into my AOS oral presentation plug - I'll be talking Dowitchers and the Gulf of Alaska on Wednesday @ 4:30!
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Shorebird tracking in Alaska - field tech position open! I am hiring one early-career assistant to help with fieldwork from mid-May - early July in southwest AK. Apply here - review begins 3/14. 🧵careers.umass.edu/amherst/en…
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field sites will be varied, and our team will move around southwest AK quite a bit - so strong applicants will also have good organizational and planning skills to help with the many logistics of field prep
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applicant will work alongside myself (1st year PhD student in the Senner Lab at UMass) and one UMass undergraduate student. we will be nest searching for Yellowlegs spp. and deploying tracking transmitters on breeding adults.
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bird handling experience not required - more important is a sense of humor about long days of bog-tromping, contribution to a healthy and safe working/living environment, and an interest in the natural history of mosquitoes
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Ann E McKellar@DrAnnMcKellar
16 Jan 2023
Still seeking 1 grad student for Upland Sandpiper project! Great opportunity to study #migratoryconnectivity and population structure, working with an established set of collaborators across the species’ range. @usask @SCO_SOC #shorebirds #ornithology #birdmigration
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Journal of Thermal Biology@J_Therm_Biol
5 Dec 2022
An Allen's Hummingbird entering torpor 📸Erich R Eberts
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running a small and important experiment this morning. neoprene toe covers: do they keep the foot warmer inside or outside the shoe? Riding 10 miles at 25 F, 81% humid, sunny and low wind. Welcoming predictions. Stay tuned.
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Min 13 - both feet are cold. The internally lined is feeling squished. Hard to move the toes with so much material in the shoe. Mobility is limited. All toes painfully cold. As an aside, this is when my fingers actually warm up - hot pins and needles.
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Min 40 - arrive to campus. Left foot (internal) in considerably more agony than right. Generally both are not feeling great. Toes are mostly pink but a couple are ghost white. Please help.
Min 22 - External neoprene pulls ahead, toes are in noticeably less pain than those internally lined. Wouldn’t call them warm, but they are in less pain.
Alright everyone, the discourse has been riveting. TL;DR - I will NEVER shove my feet inside neoprene inside shoes again. dm me for a pic of feet.
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