Live #seabirds #shearwaters continue to wash up in eastern #Australia. This means the #wreck event is ongoing. Please send us your #BeachedBird #CitizenScience data! Here’s how ➡️ adriftlab.org/news/reporti...

#FairyPrions are washing up on beaches in SE #Tasmania, particularly around Hobart.

Please do not touch the #birds. Instead, count how many you see, take photos, and upload your observations to our dedicated #BeachedBird #CitizenScience database

🔗➡️ adriftlab.org/beached-bird...

Two #seabirds with metal leg bands were reported to #AdriftLab this week during #BeachedBird surveys (these are ongoing, please keep sending us data!). The #CitizenScientists took excellent photos which ensured we could read the full number & report it to the banding office #ABBBS

Another #BeachedBird update tomorrow, but in the meantime, something fun. #AdriftLab was fortunate to meet with two PhD students today to discuss their projects. One of our lab mascots, Farley Mowat, enjoyed the meeting a little too much 🐶😆
#MarineScience #dachshund #PhDChat

Today the #BeachedBird #MassMortality event really hit home. One of #AdriftLab’s long-time partners found a FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER dead on a Sydney beach. The bird had a metal band on its leg, attached by Adrift Lab in 2017. HOW TO REPORT? ➡️ adriftlab.org/news/reporti...

If you’re in Australia, report your #BeachedBird observations here (especially important over the next 4-6 weeks) adriftlab.org/beached-bird...

It’s been a few days since our last #BeachedBird 🚨UPDATE🚨because no new #seabirds had been washing up. However, yesterday that changed & we’re asking #CitizenScientists to send us 📸 & data!
#MassMortality #wreck #MarineHeatwave #shearwater #Newcastle #Sydney @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social

#BeachedBird #MassMortality #wreck event in #Australia: no official place to report observations. In meantime, please compile photos, dates, # of birds (dead & alive sep.), how far you walked (search effort) & send to @adriftlab.bsky.social in message/email. We won’t reply, but are archiving records

Please keep sending your #BeachedBird data ➡️ we need photos (especially of the face to confirm species ID), date, # of birds & how far you walked (search effort). Send info to @adriftlab.bsky.social We may not reply bc we can’t keep up, but rest assured we’re archiving these #MassMortality records.

Another big day of #BeachedBird surveys by #CitizenScientists. The numbers coming in are…overwhelming. Why is this happening? Here are two excellent papers (hint: it’s NOT natural)
doi.org/10.3354/meps...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...

For the next 3 days #AdriftLab are away in the #RechercheArchipelago to survey #seabird & #SeaLion populations. Please note we have NO RECEPTION, we will reply to new #BeachedBird data submissions from #CitizenScientists on Tuesday - keep the data coming! 🐦🏝 @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social

Today’s updates on the #BeachedBird #MassMortality #wreck event: numerous records of dead FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATERS from QLD to central TAS. This is a #ThreatenedSpecies, so it’s particularly important we get accurate counts of how many #birds are impacted. HOW TO REPORT adriftlab.org/news/reporti...

Had our 1st record of a #BeachedBird NORTH of BRISBANE, we’re asking #CitizenScientists in the surrounding area to send us data. Photos are ESSENTIAL to species identification in this region. HOW TO REPORT adriftlab.org/news/reporti...
#MarineHeatwave #AdriftLab #MassMortality #wreck #seabird