Laima Bagdonaite

Diversity of bill morphology exemplified by Hawaiian honeycreepers.

Our review on #avian #island radiations is now published in
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology: doi.org/10.1101/cshp...

Great collab with Luís Valente, Martim Melo, JC Rando, and lead by fabulous Juan Carlos Illera.

#evolution #speciation #birds #ornithology 🪶🦜🏝️

🧵 1/8 (drafted by JCI)

Best screech! 😍

So I did have everything right, then I discovered an error, deleted, and redid the post. Thereby introducing two new problems... 🤦🏻‍♂️

DOI not activated yet, but the paper is at www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Naturally, I am calling #BirdSky for this one, not the evil place. 😉

#birds #ornithology 🪶

Når i mai??

A eurasian oystercatcher standing still in the water, its legs aren't visible and the orange bill reflects a little on the sea surface

The oystercatchers are back to Oslo and I spent some time watching and listening to them today! 😍🐦🪶

This is the first egg-laying amphibian found to feed its babies ‘milk’ Similar to mammals, these ringed caecilians make a nutrient-rich milk-like fluid to feed their mewling hatchlings up to six times a day.

Nature is wild.

🧪 #herps

Stock dove is sitting on the top of a naked tree branch while a great spotted woodpecker is just a few centimeters down.

Lesser spotted woodpecker is seen in the tree through the branches

A quick stroll through the botanical garden before work this morning produced 19 bird species. It really feels like spring is here (very early for Oslo..). Best observations were a surprise Lesser spotted woodpecker and a stock dove! 🪶

Thank you!!

Hey! Yes, please!! 😍🐦

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Haemosporidian infections are more common in breeding shorebirds than in migrating shorebirds | William Jones et al

onlinelibrary.wiley.... | #ornithology

A fabulous-looking bohemian waxwing surrounded by red berries

One can never post too many waxwing photos 🍒

#ornithology

And they're still hanging around on Sunday 😁

Terrible news from South Georgia: #HPAI has spread to Wandering albatrosses and killed at least 50 adult birds. #seabirds #avianflu www.acap.aq/latest-news/...

A waxwing sitting on a thorny branch with its back towards the camera, showing off the red and yellow feather tips.

Watching waxwings through the office window is known to increase happiness while simultaneously decreasing productivity 🤷‍♂️

#ornithology

ojoj dessverre! 😿

Oh nej! Ikke rosinene 🥲

Wow! This looks so cool!

Using UU facility, our colleague Per Alström recently recorded a talk on bird taxonomy, prepared for BirdLife Finland's 50th Anniversary meeting. Check it out, especially if you love to listen to the call variation in Hume’s Leaf Warbler:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDuU...

A female goshawk is sitting in the tree on a sunny day in the Oslo botanical garden. She's looking back at the camera over her shoulder

The perk of having an office in the middle of Oslo Botanical Garden is that lunch-time walks can always result in some nice bird encounters. I saw this female Goshawk flying into the tree where she stayed for at least an hour afterwards. Upon zooming in on her head, I saw some blood splatter. 🪶

Evolution 2024 Conference Information Evolution 2024 - the joint conference of the SSE, ASN, SSB, and ESEB

Symposia are up for the joint Evolution 2024 meeting!

@evolmtg.bsky.social
#Evol2024

www.evolutionmeetings.org/symposia.html

Come join us at the Natural History Museum in Oslo!