Derek Pomeroy, a leading figure in Ugandan ornithology died on May 29th, aged 90
If Derek Pomeroy said to meet him at 7am, you were expected to be there by exactly 7amโnot a minute later. Punctuality was not just a preference; it was a principle. Whether in a zoology lab, aโฆ
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Derek Pomeroy arrived in Uganda in 1969 to study marabou storks. What began as ornithological curiosity became a lifelong project.
For many, he didnโt just teach the study of birds. He taught them to stay, to build, and to give back.
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We created these Raptor Conservation Regions using cluster analysis to group countries by raptor community. Read all about it for FREE!
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We recently developed Raptor Conservation Regions by combining countries with similar raptor communities. Read all about it for FREE!
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Expanding our Work to Tanzania
After remarkable success protecting African vultures and raptors in Kenya, weโre thrilled to announce our expansion into Tanzania! Read more about this new program at https://bit.ly/3S6Jm2o
Lappet-faced Vulture ๐ท Munir Virani
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Malagasy wildlife champion wins top global conservation award
Malagasy scientist Lily-Arison Renรฉ de Roland has been announced as the winner of this yearโs Indianapolis Prize, which recognizes โextraordinary contributions to conservation efforts.โ In itsโฆ
Malagasy scientist Lily-Arison Renรฉ de Roland has been announced as the winner of this yearโs Indianapolis Prize, which recognizes โextraordinary contributions to conservation efforts,โ that has led to the discovery of several species & the establishment of 4 national protected areas in Madagascar.
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Our Madagascar Program Director, Dr. Lily-Arison Rene de Roland, has been named the 2025 Indianapolis Prize winner! Congratulations, Lily!
Read more about Lily's accomplishments and the Indianapolis Prize at https://bit.ly/4klk1Od
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Man faces the camera in a portrait photo. He is wearing a ball cap and holding a small bird in his right hand.
A male Madagascar pochard duck floats on turbulent water. Its left side is visible.
Congratulations to Dr. Lily-Arison Renรฉ de Roland, one of six DeHaan Finalists for the 2025 Indianapolis Prize. Renรฉ de Roland helped establish 5 protected areas in Madagascar, preserving 1,550 sq miles of habitat, and helped discover the Madagascar pochard duck. @indianapolisprize.bsky.social 1/
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Graphic with a photo of a Black-throated Sparrow by Mick Thompson and an IBP logo hat in the southwest by Kiley Rose. Text says: We're Hiring!
Seasonal Point-Count Technicians in Southwest National Parks Project Dates (tentative): April 1 - July 3, 2025. Spend your summer doing field work in the beautiful National Parks of the Southern Colorado Plateau! We are looking for Seasonal Point-count Technicians (3) to conduct breeding bird point-count surveys as part of a long-term monitoring plan for the National Parks.
๐ชถ๐๐งช Join IBP in the Southwest this spring! These fulltime (40 hrs/week) IBP seasonal staff positions pay $18/hr (before payroll taxes), and do not include fringe benefits. We will additionally provide free shared housing and reimbursement of project-related mileage in personal vehicles.
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International Program Director @ HawkWatch International
Research Affiliate @ FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
raptor ecology | GPS tracking | research | conservation
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BRC is devoted to study and help protect the migration of over 1 million raptors along the Georgian Black Sea coast | batumiraptorcount.org
wildlife; birds; landscapes; 322 ppm; dad vibes; science; critical thinking; woke = compliment; views mine; don't care if you call them "seagulls".
Assoc. Prof. in NREM, OKState.
Past-President, Wilson Ornithological Society
https://timoconnell.wordpress.
Explore the remarkable diversity of birds with Birds of the World, the world's leading collection of avian life histories published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with a global editorial team of avian experts. birdsoftheworld.org.
Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative, Seven Bends Nursery, Conservationist, Nature Photographer, Horseback Rider, Beekeeper, and lover of all things living ๐ฑ๐
We make it more fun to be a Denver Broncos fan. #BroncosCountry
Assoc. Prof. in Wildlife Conservation at Edith Cowan University. Editor in Chief: Pacific Conservation Biology. Studies birds, herps, rodenticide impacts on wildlife. Living on 5 acres in Western Australia on Whadjuk Noongar country.
www.wildlifelab.org
Nature stuff!! Mainly birds, bird ringing and moths but probably other stuff as well. Based in west Dorset.
A science-based NGO dedicated to conservation and study of birds and biodiversity in New Caledonia and the Pacific
e-mail: birdconservationcaledonia@gmail.com
Wikelski Dept. / www.ab.mpg.de/wikelski / Myriads of organisms migrate. We strive to predict animal decisions on their journeys, interactions with the environment, and consequences on ecosystems and humans.
Advancing Wildlife Science
Postdoc at Senckenberg @sgn.one | research associate at Smithsonian NZCBI | conservation and museum genomics, seabirds, conservation biology | managing editor @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social
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Sax-Zim Bog Naturalist. Follow birds (and owls!) as I hike the Minnesota Boreal Forest. Get free PDF copies of my owl children's picture books via my blog where I post about birds and other wildlife ... https://www.365daysofbirds.com/
More than a million species could be lost to the Extinction Crisis in the coming decades. Learn about our work to save Earth's wildlife & wild places. www.biologicaldiversity.org
Award-winning nonprofit media outlet publishing global environmental science & news in 6 languages via bureaus in India, Brazil, Africa, Latin America, Indonesia & US: https://mongabay.com
NFWF partners to foster sustainable and impactful conservation solutions so that people and nature thrive together.
Doctoral candidate at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior IMPRS/UniKonstanz. Animal behavior, movement, tropical ecology, birds.