(1/4) Really excited that the first analysis of my PhD was published in Proceedings B! After analyzing half a million bird banding records across 92 species from @instbirdpop.bsky.social, we found lower female survival in 35 passerine species. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Female North American passerine birds have lower apparent survival than males

Abstract. Survival is a fundamental organismal trait which can vary by sex, yet the extent of sex-biased survival is largely unknown across most taxa. To a

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Music to my ears 🥹 "Dear authors, I'm satisfied with the changes made. The data editor has a few additional comments."

Thanks to IBIS @bou.org.uk for nominating our paper for best early career researcher paper of 2025! 🥹 There are a lot of great ones. Cast your vote by 23 March! bou.org.uk/ibis/ibis-be...

IBIS - Best ECR paper of 2025 - British Ornithologists' Union

Our Associate Editors considered 57 IBIS papers, published in 2025, whose first or corresponding author was an Early Career Researcher (ECR), nominating their favourites. The top-ranking papers are no...

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Really excited that the #GalbatrossProject was featured in a recent BBC The Documentary podcast! Hear their experiences searching for female birds during the 2025 #FemaleBirdDay, where they boldly found 38 species ♀️🐦 www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...

BBC Audio | The Documentary Podcast | Birding the gender gap

An exploration of how the study of female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature

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The winners of the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards were just announced, of which I had a small but very enjoyable role in judging the female bird prize. Which are your favorite photos? 📸🦜https://www.audubon.org/magazine/2025-audubon-photography-awards-winners

Love the poetic energy of this alt text about a capybara.

azteclady@azteclady.bsky.social · last yr.

Please add alt-text when sharing images, so that blind and low-vision people aren't excluded from the conversation. Some context and copy/paste or a brief description are often enough. Checking the "reminder to add alt-text" box in your accessibility settings helps a lot. Thank you.

A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius. This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · last yr.

The First GPS Observation of a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck | doi.org/10.1675/063.... | Waterbirds | #ornithology 🪶

Really great writing by @bittelmethis.bsky.social blending birds, human health, and the administration. Give it a read! #FemaleBirds #GalbatrossProject

Jason GRIZZLED Bittel@bittelmethis.bsky.social · last yr.

Science has historically overlooked female birds, leading to a partial view of these species' biology, ecology, and contributing to real-world conservation consequences. Important new 🦉🧪 by @joannaxwu.bsky.social Et al. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Science has historically overlooked female birds, leading to a partial view of these species' biology, ecology, and contributing to real-world conservation consequences. Important new 🦉🧪 by @joannaxwu.bsky.social Et al. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Bird science has a bro-bias

Scientists just recently decided to study female birds. What they found astounded them.

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Feeling very nerdy (and accomplished, too) because I used terminal to install some back-end C++ tools to run some STAN code 🤓👩‍💻 Thanks ChatGPT! #RStats

Job alert! We’ve got a great opportunity for a full time, permanent Senior Programme Lead to oversee the Bird Atlas 2027–31. For the full job description and to apply visit ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology

DEIA For Birds Could Help Avian Conservation, a study out of UCLA & Audubon Society, published by IBIS journal by @GrrlScientist #DEI #ornithology🦉 #birds🪶 #SexBias #ecology🌎 #conservation #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

DEIA For Birds Could Help Avian Conservation

A new study finds that overlooking the lives of female birds could have severe conservation consequences.

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I love when a scientist turned reporter writes about your work 🤓 Check out this great piece from @grrlscientist.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

DEIA For Birds Could Improve Avian Conservation

A new study finds that overlooking the lives of female birds could have severe conservation consequences.

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I gave an interview to the BBC at midnight while the #LAfires were raging outside and I couldn't sleep. Turned into one of the most thorough and well-researched articles on wildlife and wildfire I've had the pleasure of contributing to.

How wildlife survives after wildfires

The biggest danger for wildlife is the aftermath. But many species have evolved to rely on the opportunities created by others.

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Great paper! Immediately going into our proposal! We have a current project working on female Bicknell’s Thrush across the annual cycle. It’s hasn’t escaped me that this is one of my first projects as the only female conservation scientist at my org 🤔

Joanna Wu@joannaxwu.bsky.social · 2y ago

The first paper of your PhD is always so exciting! 🤩 An all-#Galbatross effort, "A focus on females can improve science and conservation!" See press release (www.audubon.org/news/researc...) and the study here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...! #FemaleBirds #FemaleBirdDay

The first paper of your PhD is always so exciting! 🤩 An all-#Galbatross effort, "A focus on females can improve science and conservation!" See press release (www.audubon.org/news/researc...) and the study here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...! #FemaleBirds #FemaleBirdDay

In Research, Ignoring Female Birds Harms Scientific Understanding

A new study shows that ecological research often ignores or excludes data on female birds and behavior, resulting in erroneous assumptions on conservation.

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