Climate Connections features Elizabeth Znidersic

March 4, 2025 by The Wildlife Society

The Yale radio program shared how sound can uncover clues about how birds respond to climatic events

Sometimes the best way to detect species is to listen for them. A recent Yale Climate Connections radio program shared TWS member Elizabeth Znidersic’s work using sound recorders to detect secretive marsh birds. “You usually don’t see these birds. You only ever hear them,” Znidersic told the radio program. Her findings revealed that in response to flooding, the Australasian bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) shifted its breeding pattern. Yale Climate Connections interviewed Znidersic, a postdoctoral researcher at Charles Sturt University, at The Wildlife Society’s 2024 Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Listen to the radio segment here and rea an accompanying article on the Yale Climate Connections website.