Back in the office (since Monday, but too many emails). A huge thank you to the organizers @isbe2026.bsky.social and all participants. I heard some amazing talks about exciting research. And thanks Italy for the food, the scenery (see photo, enabled thanks to the conf daycare!) and the people.

Are you at #ISBE2026 ? Today, 10:45, room Rome. Come hear about how #experience shapes the response to #anthropogenic pressures in a #migratory endangered eagle. Featuring: multi-year GPS tracking, integrated Step Selection, HMM, and lots of fun!

Ron Efrat@moveandconserve.bsky.social · 12mo ago

How are human-altered habitats affecting birds' migratory routes? And what is the role of age and wind conditions? We tested this for an #endangered #Eagle authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 🐾🧪🪶 @yaelbird.bsky.social @talavgar.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social #conservation #ornithology

Family stopover ecology along the migratory route to #ISBE2026 - storks in Liechtenstein and beautiful scenery in Switzerland. @yaelbird.bsky.social

2016: an entire week to create and record an animation from GPS data. 2026: 2 minutes with an LLM to write a script that downloads my data and creates the animation, 10 more minutes to make it exactly as I want. #ISBE2026 #movementecology #biologging #AI 🧪🐾🪶🌎

@isbe2026.bsky.social is only a week away! Time to get back on @bsky.app 😅 Who am I meeting there? What talks should I not miss? Here is a teaser for my talk 🪶🐾🧪🌎 #conservation #movementecology #ornithology #animalbehavior #migration

Do vote for the Egyptian vulture project! There are so many reasons why. Here is just one: this project, with the amazing people running it, was able to stabilize the population of this amazing species, years before it disappeared from the area. 🪶

BirdLife Europe & Central Asia@birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 3mo ago

𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗴𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲!🦅 After 35 years of tireless conservation efforts, this species is finally coming back from the brink of extinction.

This new format makes the review invitation feel much less personal and much less appealing. I almost deleted it because I thought it is another Wiley spam. @bou.org.uk 🧪🌎🪶

📢 Update: We’ve extended our survey deadline! During 2026, we will undertake a major renewal of the Movebank system. Help us build a more scalable, sustainable database for your projects. Your feedback will directly shape the future of Movebank. Survey: survey.academiccloud.de/f/221856?lan...

Who made these stickers, and why don't I have them yet??

There's a journal I really like and I was even lucky to publish in it. But, something in the publishing process there is wrong. Me and others had bad experiences, and here is an example from a recent publication. What can I do? Contact someone? Name them here on Bsky? 🧪🌎

Of course, I would love to participate in your very real conference that you so kindly sent me an invitation to. The fact that it is happening next week and you are still looking for key-note speakers is completely normal, and so are your highlights. How do you stop these #academic_spam emails? 🧪🌎

Would have been really interesting if that was the real result of the SDM.. Luckily, it was just a small mistake in my R code.

"To continue protecting birds in an age of chaos is an act of defiance against cynicism" An important and very relevant opinion: theornithologist.org/in-defence-o... 🪶🌎 #ornithology #conservation

In Defence of Bird Conservation in a Broken World

In a world torn by wars and crises, bird conservation can seem irrelevant. Yet to protect life itself is not indulgence – it’s resistance.

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This is how you connect people to nature through science. Well done @theguardian.com ! 🧪🪶🌎🐾 #ornithology #conservation #movementecology www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised

Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...

theguardian.com

She was inspiring. She really made a difference. And she really believed in mankind. RIP Jane Goodall, may we have the power to take the inspiration you gave us and keep fighting the fight for nature and mankind.

God@thegodshow.com · 10mo ago

Welcome to Heaven, Dr. Jane Goodall. You made the world a better place.

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

A vagrant juvenile Sanderling turned up in Israel—likely after a single non-stop flight from the Dutch Wadden Sea. Here’s thread explaining why that’s remarkable and interesting. @wadertales.bsky.social @globalflyway.bsky.social #Birds #Migration

Just started reviewing a paper that's supposed to be double-blind. There are indeed no names in the document, but the file names are the name of the first author... Which made me think - how often do you really not know who's paper you are reviewing? 🧪🌎

Happy to be included in the ‘Understanding Migration’ virtual issue at Functional Ecology — alongside many influential papers 🐦🎉 #birdmigration #movementecology #ornithology @funecology.bsky.social @besmovesig.bsky.social 👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

Understanding migration: Functional Ecology

<em>Functional Ecology</em> journal publishes high-impact research providing a mechanistic understanding of ecological pattern and process from the organismic to ecosystem scale.

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Larger than a blackbird, in one of the most populated areas in the world, but still unseen for who knows how long. A second paper from the story of the discovery of the Egyptian #Nightjar in the Dead Sea area was published recently. 🧪🐾🌎🪶 📷 Y. Wasserlauf #ornithology #conservation #ecology

Another touristic site with my parents, another cool #bird_behavior. This time, Mainau and its beautiful trees present a cool Nuthach. #ornithology

Took my parents to see the Rhine Falls today. They enjoyed the falls, I enjoyed other things enjoying the falls 🙃 #ornithology

A new study led by @moveandconserve.bsky.social used GPS tracking to test the monitoring potential of Eilat and Batumi. An invaluable step toward linking counted birds to their origins, but we found it needed some elaboration from a migration count perspective! Our commentary: tinyurl.com/nnbzu7kc

One million raptors: But where do they come from? — Batumi Raptor Count

As a migration counter, you can’t help but wonder: “Where did the bird I just tallied come from, and where is it going?” In light of BRC’s main aim — monitoring raptor population trends — this very ...

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This is now officially out with the new @currentbiology.bsky.social issue (current Current Biology issue 🙃). @yaelbird.bsky.social 🧪🌎🐾🪶 #ornithology #conservation #movement_ecology

Ron Efrat@moveandconserve.bsky.social · 12mo ago

How are human-altered habitats affecting birds' migratory routes? And what is the role of age and wind conditions? We tested this for an #endangered #Eagle authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 🐾🧪🪶 @yaelbird.bsky.social @talavgar.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social #conservation #ornithology

Science as a conversation: In January, we published a paper about migratory bird counts www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... For different reasons, we did not include the managers of the bird counts. But the @batumiraptorcount.org people had some important comments #conservation #ornithology 🧪🐾🌎

Using GPS tracking data to validate the conservation value of bird migration counts

Effective conservation of migratory birds requires gathering of information about their population trends, often acquired using migratory bird counts.…

sciencedirect.com

Someone's being enjoying our garden 🤩

A great thank you to the organizers of #BESMove2025! It was really nice meeting new and old friends, hearing about so many interesting studies and even enjoying nice weather that allowed me to see the local wildlife 😅. See you next year?

What a wonderful day at the #BESMove2025! Fascinating talks, great people, beautiful campus (see pic). Really excited to talk about the migratory movements of Steppe Eagles tomorrow.

First time in England (kind of)! Excited for the @besmovesig.bsky.social #BES #Movement_Ecology annual meeting.

Yes! I like the idea! But why stop there? What about removing human settlements from remote areas so that Putin can't attack them (and to reduce human effects)? Reducing the number of flights to avoid being targeted (and reducing CO2 emissions)? Any other ideas?

Zia Weise@ziaweise.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Update! Estonia joins Finland and Poland in exploring defensive bog restoration, the environment and defense ministries just told me. Talks still at an early stage, as in the other two countries. More here: www.politico.eu/article/esto...