🐦🌙 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 short🧵

🚨 Exciting news! The Swiss Ornithological Institute is starting a collaborative program that offers multi-sensor geolocators and analytical support for bird migration research, focusing on underrepresented species & regions. Interested? geopressure.org/GeoCollabForm/ Please share!

Register now: 159th DOG Annual Meeting 2026 in Mainz The 159th Annual Meeting of the German Ornithologists' Society will take place from 16th to 20th September 2026 at the University of Mainz. Registration for participation in the conference is possible until 14 August. www.do-g.de/veranstalten...

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.

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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...

New paper #ornithology #ortolanbunting #conservation Ortolan buntings consistently select breeding territories with structurally diverse crops on well-drained soils doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70324 Great outcome from Annika Jensen’s Master’s thesis, based on Jörg Grützmann’s >12-yr data.

Submit your poster presentation for the upcoming annual meeting now! The annual meeting will take place from 16 to 20 September at the University of Mainz. The main topics are #LifeHistory, #BehaviouralEcology, #MovementEcology, and environmental endocrinology. www.do-g.de/veranstalten...

Very happy to work together with PhD candidate Pattraporn Simla from Thailand for the coming months! Watch this video to learn about their work on studying & protecting the critically endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting on its wintering grounds: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4j0... #EastAsianFlyway

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New #ornithology paper 🚨 Migration patterns and hybridization within the Asian stonechat complex in response to a major geographical barrier doi.org/10.1093/evle... Led by PhD candidate Tianhao Zhao, we studied #birdmigration routes & #genetics of individuals migrating E, W & across Qinghai-Tibet

Small migratory birds cross deserts and seas as part of their annual migration. But how? Our new study shows how thrush nightingales do it: by flying night after night and stopping during the day, when they remain innactive🐦➡️(1/3) doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... @royalsocietypublishing.org #BirdMigration

A warm welcome to Pattraporn Simla (Bouquet) from King Mongkut´s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, who joined our group for the next six months to work on her data regarding threats for the critically endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting #EastAsianFlyway

Last week we @thiemokarwinkel.bsky.social @annikapeter.bsky.social @mguidotti29.bsky.social presented at the 12th RIN Conference on Animal Navigation at Royal Holloway College in the UK It was a fantastic setting, with plenty of engaging discussions and valuable exchanges throughout the event

Thank you to the organizers and participants of the 12th RIN Conference on Animal Navigation 🧭 It was fantastic to hear and share new discoveries & remaining knowledge gaps - let’s try to fill them together!

🐦 New PhD position! @prfju.bsky.social @ckecz.bsky.social Nest defence in passerine birds Interested in animal behaviour, fieldwork and evolutionary ecology? 📅 Start July 2026 | ⏳ 4 years | 💰 Fully funded Apply by May 10 → veselp03@jcu.cz / krausl07@jcu.cz #PhDjobs #PhDchat #PhD #ornithology

NEW PhD studentship in #ornithology to calculate how much power #birds need to fly, and how power varies among species and speeds: buff.ly/oS56wm1

EUFLYNET Training School: Basic Statistics Course A new training opportunity is coming! Course on basic statistics and R in Milan (15–19 June 2026). Check out details in the latest blog post: www.euflynet.eu/post/euflyne... Apply here: t.co/cFjv7ssc4e Deadline for applications: 30-March 2026

Meet Alice! + joined us as PhD candidate on pre-migratory flights & impacts of #pesticides on #birdmigration + has volunteered for multiple bird associations & participated in mig counts, passerine ringing & breeding bird surveys + has worked on climate change impact on bird phenology & behaviour

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We’re excited to join the community. And we’re starting with great news: 📣 New EUFLYNET funding opportunities are now open! Grants for researchers working on migratory species and flyway ecology. Read more and apply ➡️ wix.to/qLupLGr #ResearchGrants #EarlyCareerResearchers

New Call for STSM, YRI and ITC Conference Grants Now Open

We are pleased to announce that a new call for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM), Young Researcher and Innovator (YRI), and ITC Conference Grants is now open within EUFLYNET.These funding opportun...

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happy international women's day (c) of the beautiful female blackcap @co-la.bsky.social

“Empowered women empower women.” 👭 As we celebrate International Women's Day, we asked our fantastic senior female scientists to share a few words for the next generation of researchers; about curiosity, resilience, and lifting each other up along the way. Illustrated by Charlotte Hintzmann.

Oral Presentation and Poster submission is now open! Our upcoming annual meeting will take place from 16–20 September at the University of Mainz. The main topics are #LifeHistory, #BehaviouralEcology, #MovementEcology, and environmental endocrinology. www.do-g.de/veranstalten...

A warm welcome to Alice who joined our research group as a new PhD-Student today. We are happy having you with us for the next 3 years as part of the Cluster of Excellence "Navisense".

New Paper alert 📄 Rüppel et al. 2026 - "movetrack: An R package to model flight paths from radio-telemetry networks" -> this makes it possible to transform station-based radiotelemetry data into actual flight path, validated with a plane flight. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We are delighted to announce #ECBB2026 registration and abstract submission are now open! Conference Attendance Grant are also available, thanks to @asab.org and @ethoges.bsky.social support! www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...

My first scientific paper (based on my Master's research) is out! 🎉 We show how combining δ²H and δ³⁴S stable isotopes and tracking data can reveal different moult strategies in the Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). The study is published in Ibis and available here: doi.org/10.1111/ibi....

We are hiring! 🙂 We are looking for a research assistant to help analysing movement and demographic data of little owls! 🦉 @vogelwarte.bsky.social #ornithology tinyurl.com/9k6rj6rx

🚀 60% capacity reached! EOU Fledglings 2026 is filling up FAST! Registration stays open until we reach full capacity 👀 💸 Last chance TODAY for DO-G travel funding! 📅 Programme is now live! More info: eounion.org/fledglings @biologists.bsky.social #EOU26 #Ornithology

DOG Annual Meeting in Mainz 2026 Join us from 16–20 September at the University of Mainz for a deep dive into life history, behavioural ecology, movement ecology and environmental endocrinology. Excursions, a public evening lecture and a GNOR symposium await. www.do-g.de/veranstalten...

12th RIN Conference on Animal Navigation - one of my favourites 🧭🦉🐟🦇🐝🐜 - this time we tried a new format, inviting topical sessions to make sure we represent the wonderfully broad range of research in #animal #orientation and #navigation and are super excited about the lineup s.gwdg.de/EBROf7

NEW JOB in #ornithology chasing #nutcrackers in Switzerland to understand seed dispersal patterns: buff.ly/Cx0OOQy