The AOS has launched a Bridge/Completion Grant program to support AOS members who recently lost previously awarded funding as a result of U.S. federal policy changes and grant cuts. Applications due by 15 May 2026. americanornithology.org/awards-grant... 1/3🧵

Bird friends: This is a longshot, but does anyone have extra plastic color leg bands for size 0-band birds? Avinet has been out of many colors (e.g. yellow!!) for months and I need more colors to mark Cerulean Warblers in May-June! 🐦 🧪

New paper! @dlfwiley.bsky.social et al. investigated elevational replacement patterns in haemosporidian🩸infections in 🐦 3 vireo species—out now in Oecologia! Excellent to finally see it published after yrs in the works! @barrowevobio.bsky.social @jlwilliamson.bsky.social @msbbirds.bsky.social

Daniele (Dani) Wiley@dlfwiley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today marks a special day. 💚 We started this project nearly a decade ago when I was just a wee undergrad with a burning curiosity. Now to see it published in Oecologia as a PhD candidate is surreal... & on the one-year anniversary of my father's passing, no less. So grateful. doi.org/10.1007/s004...

An early view of this accepted manuscript is now available! I'll share it again once it is typeset and everything, of course. This is the first robin paper out from my dissertation! With coauthors T.J. Benson, Ryan Paitz, Kevin McGraw, & @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social academic.oup.com/auk/advance-...

Laying order predicts avian maternal investment in egg yolk hormones and nutrients but not embryo size in the asynchronously hatching Turdus migratorius (American robin)

Abstract. Parental investment can shape offspring growth, with consequences for sibling–sibling competition and survival. Altricial birds often face severe

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️@skwinnicki.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I am upping my game as I draw my next graphical abstract, as you can see (still using the "freeform scribble" tool in PowerPoint with a mouse, of course)

🚨 Hiring a postdoc (2 years)! We’re looking for someone with skills in data science, remote sensing, or computer science: 🛰️ Build next-gen nighttime light products 🦅 Link light spectra to migration & collision risk Apply or reach out! aeroecolab.com/opportunities

Purdue AeroEco Lab Opportunities

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Do you (or have you ever) worked with natural history collections? Are you trans or non-binary? If you said "yes" to both of those, @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and I want to hear from you! Please consider filling out our survey and please share with others! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🐛🦕🦴🌿 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Trans in Natural History Survey 2026

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Looking for opportunities for a graduate degree focused on #ornithology? Check out our free, volunteer-compiled Guide to Graduate Studies!

Guide to Graduate Studies in Ornithology in the United States and Canada

Information for undergraduates about graduate degree programs in ornithology.

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🐦 Do some birds have #PrettyPrivilege? 💫 New paper: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2846 We show that ~half the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1)visual appeal, 2)range size, & 3)# of universities w/in ranges. What we did & why it matters:🧵

Our IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group FrogLog article is now online: www.iucn-amphibians.org/wp-content/u.... We (@kruthsatz.bsky.social , @patricepottier.bsky.social) discuss the importance of life stage-specific 🐸 vulnerability to climate change based on our preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

📣 NOW OPEN: Applications for WOS Research Grants! These annual grants support research projects in all areas of #ornithology. The deadline is February 1! wilsonsociety.org/awards/resea...

I started getting reports of an unseasonal Joshua tree bloom in the last few weeks, and looking over records on @inaturalist.bsky.social it's pretty widespread! So we're putting out the call for folks to record this "bonus bloom" and help us study it 🌿 lab.jbyoder.org/2025/12/10/w...

Weird wet weather has Joshua trees flowering early — or late? Help the Yoder Lab map this “bonus bloom” to understand why

A flowering tree in Yucca Valley, CA, observed by iNaturalist contributor wanderingmojave on December 9. A tree with lots of flowers in Tehachapi, CA, observed by iNaturalist contributor tina9294 o…

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Huzzah! After a lot of work, I'm happy to share that the results of my first chapter have been published and are available for your perusal. In this paper, I was interested in understanding how characteristics of urban environments influence the diel activity of cats academic.oup.com/jue/article/...

Housing proximity and vegetation cover affect diel activity patterns of domestic cats (Felis catus) in regionally protected shorelines

Abstract. Free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) are among the most impactful non-native species globally, causing the extinction of 63 endemic vertebrat

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Add this to your to-do list if you work with undergraduates interested in #ornithology: Applications for our Burtt Undergraduate Mentoring Grants, which support research projects by undergraduate-mentor collaborations, are open until February 1! wilsonsociety.org/awards/jed-b...

ARTISTS! I need your help! In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend. Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...

STOTEN is now dead. It has been completely removed from Web of Science mjl.clarivate.com/search-results

Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠@jutfelt.bsky.social · 2y ago

Warning to environmental scientists! 🧪🦑🌎🐟 The journal STOTEN has been placed on hold by Clarivate, meaning it is under investigation and may lose its indexing (including impact factor). Consider publishing elsewhere. mjl.clarivate.com/search-results

parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole

I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest. I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

Consider Sharing Health Challenges With Colleagues (opinion)

Being open with my colleagues about my cancer diagnosis has allowed me to access an enormous source of support and comfort.

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Honored and excited to share that I am the winner of Nomis & Science Young Explorer Award!! Also thrilled to share that my article describing my research is out now in @science.org today! The normalization of (almost) everything www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/

The normalization of (almost) everything: Our minds can get used to anything, and even crises start feeling normal

Our minds can get used to anything, and even crises start feeling normal

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Please share! Folks at CSU and USDA-APHIS are looking for a #postdoc to predict avian-aircraft collisions around airports. Preferred skills include #avian movement modeling, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, machine learning, and radar #ecology. Apply here: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/166... #boost

Postdoctoral Associate - Predictive Modeler

We are looking for a highly skilled postdoctoral scientist (postdoc) to lead the development of models for predicting wild bird strikes in and around an airport’s airspace in space and time. The objec...

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Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about <species X>?!" So did we. So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Have you ever wondered about the disparities in #seabirds species at conferences? Are we talking about all the species? Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Who gets the spotlight? Disparities in seabird research attention at scientific conferences

Seabirds are among the most threatened bird groups globally, yet research effort is unevenly distributed among species, with some taxa receiving exten…

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🦉 Yours truly in the new TWS podcast promo photo! Adam Janke and I were recently interviewed about Out in the Field, the LGBTQIA+ initiative within TWS which I co-organize (wildlife.org/out-in-the-f...) — stay tuned for our episode release! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The Wildlife Society@thewildlifesociety.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Introducing the Our Wild Lives Podcast! The Wildlife Society’s new show will introduce listeners to an array of wildlifers and the important work they do around the globe. Tune into “Our Wild Lives” wherever you get your podcasts.

Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology? I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social! research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/

The Ivy Lab! - Welcome to the Ivy Lab!

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Interested in how animals use the sky? 🌌 I’m recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2026, Purdue University) to study Purple Martin flight behavior and airspace use using barometric transmitters. Details ➡️ jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id... #Aeroecology #AvianEcology

My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.

One of my favs: bioone.org/journals/the...

Ace is the place: Black-chinned Hummingbirds (Archilochus alexandri) have high nesting success and productivity inside a hardware store

Black-chinned Hummingbirds (Archilochus alexandri) began nesting inside a hardware store near El Paso, Texas, in the spring of 2015. At least 12 nesting attempts occurred inside the store through 2020...

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Jeremy Yoder says no war@jbyoder.org · 10mo ago

In service of a Thing I have been mulling for a bit: what are your favorite and/or least-favorite journal article titles? Recent, classics, even your own (but I reserve the right to side-eye bragging and self-flagellation) — quote-post or reply with ‘em

“Remote-control science” keeps power in the #GlobalNorth while local experts do the work without credit. Time to #decolonize research with fair authorship, funding & respect for local knowledge 🌍 #DecolonizeScience #ResearchEquity #GlobalSouth #FairScience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Remote‐Control Science in Ecology: A Hidden Face of Scientific Neocolonialism

We introduce the concept of “remote-control science” as a modern form of scientific neocolonialism in ecology, where researchers, preferably from the Global North, control projects in the Global Sout....

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Anyone else here going to TWS this year? 👀

The Wildlife Society@thewildlifesociety.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Meet the sponsors of 32nd annual conference of The Wildlife Society! The event officially kicks off in Edmonton, Alberta on October 5.

💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.

hi everyone!! popping back into this space briefly to share the fundraiser for my long-awaited top surgery! eek! we are SO close to reaching my goal! any form of interaction helps, even if you can't donate! thank you, i love you, and keep taking care of each other! #transrights! gofund.me/60c167de1

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