Marine Ornithology
@marineorno.bsky.social
An International Peer-Reviewed #Journal of #Seabird #Science and #Conservation. http://www.marineornithology.org/issue?vol=52&issue=2 https://www.linkedin.com/company/marine-ornithology/
"Is plastic pollution getting worse?" It's the question we get asked more than any other. After 15 years of data from Lord Howe Island, we finally have a straight answer. 🧵 🔗 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Marine Ornithology 54(2) is underway! #Seabirds #OpenAccess www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_2/54_...
Now online in Journal of #Ornithology Open access Niche partitioning in diet and foraging habitat between two sympatric marsh terns link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Niche partitioning in diet and foraging habitat between two sympatric marsh terns - Journal of Ornithology
Understanding how ecologically similar species coexist in shared environments is a central question in community ecology, especially where closely related species breed sympatrically and exploit overl...
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Marine Ornithology 54(2) is underway! #Seabirds #OpenAccess www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_2/54_...
🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN... ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶
Our June 2026 newsletter has arrived in your inbox! 💌 We learn about the importance of @biosecuritylife.bsky.social and rescuing grounded shearwaters as well as celebrate 40-years of @smp-seabirds.bsky.social! Plus the usual Seabirder Spotlight, paper releases and some exciting news! 🗞️ #seabirds
Excited to publish the last paper from my PhD which explores how light can constrain chick provisioning behaviour in Manx shearwaters Thanks so much to all my co-authors and to everyone who helped support this manuscript! #seabird #science #research royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Day length may impose an ecological constraint on chick provisioning behaviour in a high-latitude seabird
Abstract. Variation in daylight hours may shape light-dependent behaviours both across seasons and among latitudinally distinct breeding colonies. We inves
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🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! Join us for our 16th meeting in Brno, Czech Republic! #EOU2027 | 23 - 27 August 2027 | www.eou27.cz Stay tuned for more updates! #ornithology 🦅
THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027! – THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027!
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Our Guillemates 2026/27 mentoring is now open for sign-up! 🐧 Join a colony of peers at a similar career stage 🤝 Be matched with a mentor (or become one!) 🎤 Take part in population-wide talks 🔹 Mentee sign-up: forms.gle/HyxYdjYz6Lgt... 🔹 Mentor sign-up: forms.gle/AQUHoa5NKa5h...
Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Range expansion resulted in hybridization between Little Tern and Fairy Tern avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/06/19/r... #ornithology
Range expansion resulted in hybridization between Little Tern and Fairy Tern
Retracing observations of tern hybrids in Australia.
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Marine Ornithology, society run and diamond OA @marineorno.bsky.social Haven’t published there myself (yet), but the editors have a strong reputation.
The big news is our next International Conference will be held in Gdańsk, Poland in Sept 2027! With the lovely @kasiawojczulanis.bsky.social and team as the local hosts. It's going to be amazing! Watch for further news after the (northern) field season... #seabirds #ornithology #Seabirds2027
The Seabird Group@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur June 2026 newsletter has arrived in your inbox! 💌 We learn about the importance of @biosecuritylife.bsky.social and rescuing grounded shearwaters as well as celebrate 40-years of @smp-seabirds.bsky.social! Plus the usual Seabirder Spotlight, paper releases and some exciting news! 🗞️ #seabirds
"The timing of snowmelt is closely linked to the initiation of breeding in little auks across all four studied populations." #Seabirds #OpenAccess
Journal of Animal Ecology@animalecology.bsky.social · 3mo ago25 years, 4 colonies across the Arctic: satellite snowmelt data & nest monitoring show that earlier snowmelt advances hatching in little auks — but fitness consequences are mixed. Will earlier breeding help in future? 📝 paper: buff.ly/G49YbQW 🎙️ podcast: buff.ly/LPMOT9w 🧊 blog: buff.ly/lMPDKkD
25 years, 4 colonies across the Arctic: satellite snowmelt data & nest monitoring show that earlier snowmelt advances hatching in little auks — but fitness consequences are mixed. Will earlier breeding help in future? 📝 paper: buff.ly/G49YbQW 🎙️ podcast: buff.ly/LPMOT9w 🧊 blog: buff.ly/lMPDKkD
Finally published, is the outcome of surveys and HPAI detections in skua species in 2024/25. Detections as far south as Marguarite Bay. 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Today is #WorldOceanDay! For many of us, the ocean is tightly linked with seabirds. Share your stories or pictures of the ocean, or your preferred seabird. #seabirds
We can track emperor penguins’ behavior… in the dark! During winter! When it’s just the males incubating eggs! This new tech gives us a leg up in understanding this iconic species 🌎🧪🦉🦑 Press release here: www.canterbury.ac.nz/news-and-eve...
For decades, researchers have measured #PlasticPollution by counting individual pieces. But those numbers don’t tell the whole story: internal damage caused by plastic (eg. inflammation) is largely invisible
It has been an honour to work with the long-term data set from Kent Isl. After a survival paper (doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.2710), here is a mate-switching paper. Huge thanks to @liamtaylor.bsky.social on this one! A third one is under review. #seabirds #OpenAccess www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Permanent and temporary mate switching in a long-lived seabird: insights from a 64-year study
In long-lived socially monogamous animals, pair bonds play a crucial role in breeding success. In many predominantly socially monogamous animals, howe…
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"Flying crosswinds slowed them down, but helped facilitate navigation and prey detection through smell.” #seabirds
Small seabirds rely on crosswinds to navigate the open ocean
Storm petrels are among the smallest and most mysterious seabirds. Until recently, the use of biologgers to track their movements was impossible. A new study published in Biology Letters reveals that ...
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Out of sight, out of mind... also works for juvenile seabirds, but it shouldn't. #seabirds #ornithology #conservation
Liam U. Taylor@liamtaylor.bsky.social · 4mo agoColony managers know it The literature ignores it! Many seabirds are young - juvenile, immature, subadult, prebreeder - and we know v little about them! Here's our paper on why you should care about young seabirds for conservation! W/ @ejgnam2.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/fee....
Book review: Where the Earth meets the Sky. Book by @louiseblight.bsky.social, review by Rachel Buxton. #seabirds #penguins #Antarctica www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_1/54_...
The next issue of @marineorno.bsky.social 54(1) has a special issue supplement with two longer-than usual MO articles that grew out of PSG’s dedicated purpose. #seabirds #ornithology #PacificSeabirdGroup
The next issue of @marineorno.bsky.social 54(1) has a special issue supplement with two longer-than usual MO articles that grew out of PSG’s dedicated purpose. #seabirds #ornithology #PacificSeabirdGroup
Our new research shows that HPAI increased Northern Gannet mortality by a factor of ~6 and ~4 at two of the world’s largest colonies. We predict this impact will take almost two decades to recover from. #biologicalconservation #seabirds #hpai Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887
Sir David Attenborough… on your 100th birthday, we thank you. For a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with such grace and wonder. Generations have fallen in love with nature because of you. Happy birthday, Sir. 🎉
