You see this frontpage and do genuinely wonder what on earth the conversation must have been between the senior editors when they were laying it out...
Andrea Flack
@anflack.bsky.social
Group leader @mpi-animalbehav. Fascinated by đŠ. Studies ontogeny of bird migration, collective migration. Biologging. White storks. Head of the Flack flock. Mother of 2.
đŠđ Happy to see this big collaborative paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We address a seemingly simple question using geolocator data collected across many species and individuals: how much of bird migration actually happens at night? www.cell.com/current-biol... A shortđ§”
New research from #ProcB: Energetic flexibility as a hidden axis of life-history trade-offs: experimental evidence from a long-lived seabird doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | #Ecology
Dutch pied flycatchers raised in Sweden wintered about halfway between the usual Dutch and Swedish sites in West Africa, pointing to both inheritance and natal environment. doi.org/hb8qb4
Why these birds meet again in Africa: Flycatcher study reveals how genes and environment guide 13,000âkm migrations
Migratory birds such as the pied flycatcher typically have wintering locations in Africa close to others from the same breeding population.
phys.org
Great to see this one published! Worth a read if youâre into the role of collective behaviour in migration đŠ đ Very pleased how it came out, glad to be a (very) small part of it.
Joe Morford@morfjoe.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe WISDOM OF CROWDS emerges in flocks of thousands of migrating songbirds! Excited to share our work published by @aaas.org in Science Advances! doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Really pleased to see this paper out! We show that collective intelligence emerges in wild birds, using radar traces from flocks of migratory hirundines. Many wild social animals might benefit from similar processes, but we could also see Allee effects as migratory populations decline.
Joe Morford@morfjoe.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe WISDOM OF CROWDS emerges in flocks of thousands of migrating songbirds! Excited to share our work published by @aaas.org in Science Advances! doi.org/10.1126/scia...
The WISDOM OF CROWDS emerges in flocks of thousands of migrating songbirds! Excited to share our work published by @aaas.org in Science Advances! doi.org/10.1126/scia...
The wisdom of crowds emerges in flocks of thousands of migrating songbirds
Larger flocks of migrating songbirds orient more accurately toward their populationâs migratory direction than smaller flocks.
doi.org
Post-doc opportunity in raptor conservation at The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology in Cape Town, South Africa - with @megmurg.bsky.social and me. South African Citizen or have a valid work visa. science.uct.ac.za/fitzpatrick/... #Ornithology #RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology
Applications open for Quantitative Raptor Biologist postdoc at FitzPatrick Institute
Call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in quantitative raptor biology; deadline 15 May 2026
science.uct.ac.za
Ein "wissenschaftliches Alarmsignal": die neue Studie der französischen Kollegen zur Atlantikströmung #AMOC. đ Hört es jemand? đš www.fr.de/wissen/atlan...
âNĂ€her am Kipppunktâ: Atlantikströmung AMOC schwĂ€cht sich stĂ€rker ab als gedacht â mit verheerenden Folgen
Die atlantische UmwÀlzzirkulation AMOC verliert deutlich mehr an Kraft als bisher angenommen. Wissenschaftler warnen vor dramatischen Folgen.
fr.de
Extremely proud to see @wadertales.bsky.social be awarded the @bou.org.uk Janet Kear medal,for his excellent and tireless work on behalf of our Union and community #BOU2026
Hugely well-deserved @bou.org.uk Early Professional Award goes to @anflack.bsky.social for her excellent research and community contribution. Congratulations Andrea!
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 4mo agoFor research that "has transformed our understanding of bird migration" Andrea Flack is awarded the British Ornithologistsâ Union Early Professional Award @anflack.bsky.social As Andrea's students will attest, "she is an excellent supervisor" too. Congrats @anflack.bsky.social and the Flack Flock
For research that "has transformed our understanding of bird migration" Andrea Flack is awarded the British Ornithologistsâ Union Early Professional Award @anflack.bsky.social As Andrea's students will attest, "she is an excellent supervisor" too. Congrats @anflack.bsky.social and the Flack Flock
Welcome to #BOU2026 âBirds and people: challenges and opportunities of coexistenceâ the BOUâs 2026 annual conference. For the next 3 days weâll be in-person at the University of Nottingham, online on Zoom, and posting here on Bluesky. Follow the #BOU2026 feed to stay updated. #ornithology đȘ¶ đ§”1/3
Migrated to Bluesky as I'm excited to share our new paper on collective route memories in homing pigeons: rdcu.be/e73Qk We found flocks remembered old routes better than pigeons flying alone, likely because different birds remembered different parts of the route!
Well this is fcking crazy. Work from @msbbirds.bsky.social and others found that Black Metaltail hummingbirds can drop their body temperature down to 3 °C (37 °F) during torpor. đ€Ż Turns out birds aren't warm-blooded after all! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... đ· Steve Juhasz
While an amazing Annual meeting of the Ehtological Society has just passed, we are hoping to see many of you in beautiful Konstanz next year! Save the date: 24.â26. Februar 2027
two seagulls are walking in the grass in front of a house
ALT: two seagulls are walking in the grass in front of a house
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Enjoyed reading this Perspective from Tautz and colleagues which calls for a re-engagement on the part of classical genetics with the realities of complex phenotypes as revealed by quantitative genetics academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
Take-away aus der #Epstein -Chose: WĂ€hlt (demokratische) Frauen, wĂ€hlt Parteien mit Frauenquote, fördert u befördert Frauen, verbĂŒndet Euch mit Frauen. Nur wenn es an allen Schalthebeln der Macht mehr Frauen gibt, haben wir die Chance, diese patriarchale Shit-Show zu ĂŒberwinden.
A richly rewarding two days reviewing @ifv-whv.bsky.social: thriving under the brilliant leadership of Sandra Bouwhuis & Miriam Liedvogel. An exciting programme of research into avian migration & life histories with many future stars. Outstanding @commonternproject.bsky.social museum by frozen sea!
âšNew paperâš How do juvenile ravens find social groups? We describe how juvenile common ravens, who have left their natal territories seeking to join non-breeder flocks, use space with respect to other birds, and discuss what this means for social integration. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project. Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour. drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
33% der Menschen in Sachsen-Anhalt wollen eine Revolution, 22% wollen die Bundesrepublik abschaffen, ĂŒber ein Viertel wĂŒrde den Einsatz von Gewalt befĂŒrworten. Ein Interview mit dem Leiter des Sachsen-Anhalt-Monitors, Gert Pickel. (Geschenklink) www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Jetzt gerade @zeit.de: Ein interview von @christianbangel.bsky.social, dessen Inhalt unser aller Aufmerksamkeit brÀuchte (geschenkt): www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Sachsen-Anhalt-Monitor: "AutoritĂ€r verhĂ€lt sich die AfD ja nur gegenĂŒber anderen"
Ein Drittel der Sachsen-Anhalter will laut einer Umfrage eine Revolution. Ein GesprĂ€ch mit dem Forschungsleiter ĂŒber fragile Demokraten und rechte Umsturzfantasien.
zeit.de
interested in a collaborative project at #unifreiburg linking tick ecology and vector-pathogen interactions check out a PhD position in my lab here uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
UniversitÀt Freiburg
uni-freiburg.de
We are happy to announce that the next EOU Conference will be in Brno, Czech Republic in 2027! Check our website eounion.org and follow us on social media for regular updates! #ornithology #EOU2027
Happy and proud of the next fledgling of the Flack flock. Dr Hester BrĂžnnvik @hbronnv.bsky.social defended her PhD thesis today. She has done a wonderful job. I could not be happier! @imprs-qbee.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
đ Guess whoâs back? đ°ïžđ„łđ« ICARUS, our global wildlife-tracking system, returns to orbit aboard the GENA-OT satellite, which launched from Vandenberg SFB today đ This is step one for ICARUS 2.0: full global coverage, smaller sensors, near-real-time. Congrats @animaltracking.bsky.social + team ICARUS