📢 Our new paper is out in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social!

A step toward more comparable approaches in bioacoustics! We tested how different acoustic feature extraction and classification methods affect caller ID classification accuracy.

Read about it here: 🔗 shorturl.at/F31Pb

The three C’s that make ARU field recovery a living hell : canola, corn, and cows 🫠

148 out of 151 ARUs deployed for the 2025 season … I can see the light 🤩

Twas the night before the first AudioMoth deployment of 2025 and not a creature was stirring (except me because I prioritized evening birding over unit programming😂)
@openacousticdevices.info
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new preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/9055

Code used in research is key to the methods and scientific output and we should ensure it’s not just "available" but easy to verify and build on.

We present a practical tool to code review for scientists 🧪

work with @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social

Happy Friday! If you're reading this, you made it through another week. Migration is getting going, so be sure to go outside and look for birds this weekend! 🦆

@mattwilkins.galacticpolymath.com and @galacticpolymath.com are developing an open access web app for visualizing and analyzing sounds: SoundLab

If you're in this space, you know this is sorely needed

Please check this out and RT to spread the word

#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics

Flat illustration of a Northern Mockingbird singing in an upright position- semi-abstract bubble/balloon birds spring forth in the colorful shapes of many birds including a Blue Jay, Goldfinch, Robin, and Eastern Phoebe.

Want to learn more about #conservationtechnology? Check out the introductory courses created by Meredith Palmer:

💡Introduction to Conservation Technology:
📸Camera Trapping for Conservation
👂Introduction to Acoustic Monitoring

Browse and enroll here: wildlabs.net/courses

Bet a lot of folks will be interested in applying this Bayesian approach to estimating individual repertoire size from @rmcelreath.bsky.social to the species they work with

bsky.app/profile/rmce...

#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics

Code here: github.com/tozbu/mangab...

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A long wait for pollinators: Restored grasslands need 75+ years for full biodiversity recovery, study finds Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversity because specialized pollinators are slow to return. Kobe University's finding underscores the importa...

Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversity because specialized pollinators are slow to return..

phys.org/news/2025-03...

Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 1 By David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness of…

Please enjoy part 1 of a series of blog posts written by myself and @brettfavaro.bsky.social offering our advice on how scientists can effectively speak with jouranlists about our areas of expertise. Part 2 is coming next week.

Please read and share!

www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪

Workshops & Training Opportunities - AOS 2025 Annual Meeting The workshops and training sessions at AOS 2025 offer opportunities both for hands-on learning exercises, where participants engage in a mix of lectures and activities, and for panel discussions on a ...

Bird #bioacoustics folks: @kitzeslab.bsky.social is hosting a hands-on "Advanced topics in bioacoustic monitoring" workshop at AOS 2025!

We'll make custom sound ID models, estimate birds' positions using acoustic localization, and discuss how to use sound ID results to make ecological insights.

Missed opportunity to call a workshop "Bird is the word" IMHO 💅

But seriously this looks good

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Very proud to be a Canadian today. This could well be remembered as Justin Trudeau's finest hour. He was taking exactly zero bullshit and we all know that is the one and only way to deal with a bully. He is a truly excellent crisis prime minister.

Poilievre's stock is tanking for obvious reasons.

GitHub - benjamin-rosenbaum/bayesian-intro: Introduction to Bayesian statistics Introduction to Bayesian statistics. Contribute to benjamin-rosenbaum/bayesian-intro development by creating an account on GitHub.

I completely re-worked my course "Introduction to Bayesian statistics with brms" and taught it for the 1st time this week. It is meant as a tutorial for ecologists, but should be general enough for other sciences as well
github.com/benjamin-ros...
#stats #Rstats #brms #Stan #Bayesian

I love this flag and I love my country 🇨🇦

might be of interest to @lostanlen.bsky.social

and anybody else who likes to dynamical systems models 😜

One of Gabo's students has been working hard on a new Python package that wraps up their model
github.com/saguileran/b...

#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics

Roses are red, violets are blue,
Protecting nature protects us too. 🌎💚

The View From Home
Billie Rae Busby
2021
#Alberta