Sociable Weaver Project

Building & vigilance observations assistant applications are OPen estimated closing date : 2025-07-25 The Sociable Weaver Project is offering a position for a motivated field assistant with a keen interest in animal behaviour that will be in…

🚨Field assistant job in South Africa working with sociable weavers for nest building observations🚨

😎Experienced in behavioural observations?
🪹🪶Enjoy studying nest building and birds?

Find more information below! Applications close: 25/07/2025
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08.07.2025 14:48 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to @nicolasjsilva.bsky.social for publishing another chapter from his PhD! 🎉🪶

We show how deep learning can reveal differences across sexes in a seemingly monomorphic species 🐦🐦

Check it out here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

#AnimalBehaviourJournal

05.06.2025 18:45 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Feeding station and breeding monitoring assistant applications arE OPEN estimated closing date : 2025-06-08 The Sociable Weaver Project uses several automatic feeding stations to collect data on social network associations. These feeding stations …

🚨Field assistant job in South Africa working with sociable weavers 🚨

🔌Experienced in electronics?
🏷️Enjoy working with RFID technology?
🪶Like working with birds?

Find more information below!
Applications close on 08/06/2025

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#fieldwork #ornithology

16.05.2025 12:55 — 👍 15    🔁 32    💬 0    📌 2

Fascinating talk from Helga Fourie from CIBIO Portugal at the #ASABSpring2025 conference: Proximity promotes social partner choice in weaver birds.
#asab

24.04.2025 11:10 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Field managers applications ARE OPEN estimated Closing date : 2025-04-20 Every year, the Sociable Weaver Project hires 2 field managers to oversee different aspects of the project’s fieldwork and monitor re…

🐦 We are recruiting two field managers to work with us in South Africa on the fantastic sociable weaver system 🐦

Tasks include breeding monitoring and overseeing the field team activities 🪶

Deadline for applications: 20/04/2025

For more information:
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01.04.2025 10:54 — 👍 7    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1

In this paper, we compared three approaches: (1) strict time-window, (2) co-occurrence, and (3) arrival time methods to define associations for house sparrows on Lundy Island, UK, and Broken Hill, Australia; great tits in Wytham Woods, UK; and sociable weavers in Benfontein National Park.

11.02.2025 15:15 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

A evolução no dia a dia – e a urgência de a ensinar no ensino básico Em Portugal, muitos alunos chegam ao ensino superior sem uma compreensão sólida do conceito de evolução e sem conseguir aplicá-lo a questões do dia a dia.

To celebrate Darwin Day, we support the call for strengthening the teaching of evolution at schools in Portugal! 🪶

Em modo de celebrar o dia de Darwin, queremos mostrar o nosso apoio no ensino da matéria de Evolução no ensino em Portugal!

www.publico.pt/2025/02/12/c...

12.02.2025 12:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And congratulations to Dr Erwan Harscouet for his comparative work on sexual selection in nest building and song across weaver species!🪹🎶

Well done to Nico and Erwan for their excellent work!

13.12.2024 14:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🎉This December, we celebrate the brilliant PhD defenses of two theses on sexual selection in weavers! 🎉

Congratulations to Dr Nicolas Silva for his work on sexual selection in genetically monogamous and monomorphic sociable weavers!🐦💡

13.12.2024 14:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

🔌Interested in fieldwork and electronics?🔋

We need a tech-savvy bird enthusiast to manage our RFID feeding stations for sociable weavers!

🗓️ Start: Early Jan 2025

Experience with electronics is needed for this position

For more information see here:
sociableweaverproject.com/recruitment/...

15.11.2024 11:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🚨Job opening🚨
We are hiring two managers to help with data collection and oversee fieldwork on sociable weavers in South Africa!
Includes breeding monitoring

🗓️ Start: Feb 2025
📅 Apply by: End of Nov

Applications until the end of November:
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15.11.2024 11:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sociable weaver nests & pygmy falcons stealing the show at Tswalu & the KRC! 🤩

Big thanks to Robert Thomson, Sithabile Khumalo, Lesedi Moagi, Marta Manser, Tim Clutton-Brock and Walt Jubber for hosting Rita Covas. It was a fantastic trip in all ways!

15.11.2024 11:06 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0