K. L. Cockle

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A bright red male Robust Woodpecker throws bits of wood out of the cavity he is excavating in a dead tree.

Check out our new paper from the Atlantic Forest: "Resource suitability drives low use of avian‐excavated tree cavities: A multi‐state occupancy dynamics approach." Journal of Animal Ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Open Access by CAPES (Brazil)! Foto: Carlos Ferreyra

Fantastic paper and beautifully written. Gripping, actually. Highly recommend to all in academia.

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The full September issue of The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology is now available online! Peruse a range of new research on topics ranging from female song in orioles to egg cannibalism in gulls. www.tandfonline.com/toc/uwjo20/1...

New Natural History Miscellany Note available ahead of print! "Poles Apart: The Structure and Composition of the Bird Community in Bamboo in the Eastern Himalaya" by Srinivasan et al.
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Hidden Nests: Advances and Challenges in the Research and Conservation of Cavity-Nesting Birds in the Neotropics - American Ornithological Society In the Special Feature Ecology and Conservation of Cavity Nesters in the Neotropics, seven field studies, a perspective, and a review contribute to understanding the ecology and conservation of cavity...

Check out our Special Feature on cavity-nesters in the Neotropics! americanornithology.org/cavity-nesti...

Aplica a la ronda 2025 de las becas Skutch Research Grants (ex becas Bergstrom Grants for Latin Americans) Normalmente damos cinco becas anuales de 1500 USD cada una. Restringidas a investigadores de Mexico, America Central, Sudamerica y el Caribe. Pueden aplicar estudiantes de grado/licenciatura, doctores, postdocs y personas fuera de la academia. Dirigidas a promover investigaciones y otros proyectos que aumenten nuestro conocimiento de la historia natural, ecologia y/o conservacion de las aves silvestres. Fecha limite de aplicacion: 15 de junio, 2025 Aplica y lee mas en la pagina web de la AFO: afonet.org/grants-awards

¡Atención, estudiantes, investigadores y ornitólogos! Está abierto el llamado para aplicar a nuestras becas Skutch Research Grants.

Estas becas son exclusivas para latinoamericanos que estén buscando fondos para sus investigaciones.

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ISO Trans/Nonbinary (Non-English) Language Experts. Want to help make free trans-inclusive resources for language learning and get paid for your expertise? I’m looking for people to participate in an online professional learning network April 1-May 6 who are in-community and can bring their language and cultural knowledge to help us collaboratively develop free language education materials. Do you qualify? 1. Are you trans/nonbinary (in the broadest sense of these terms)? 2. Are you at least 18 years of age or older? 3. Do you know a language other than English? 4. Would you like to work with a language teacher to create trans-inclusive open educational resources? April 1-May 6, 2025 10 hours Flexible Scheduling. If matched with a teacher, you will receive $250 compensation for co-creating an educational resource. Fill out a short interest form or ask questions: https://bit.ly/TLangExpert

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Are you trans and know a language other than English? I'm looking for people who are in-community and want to collaboratively develop free language learning materials.

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Workshops & Special Event Help us shape the program of the 2025 meeting.

Coming to #WOS2025 this June? Join us for our annual LGBTQIA+ and Allies Social, a safe opportunity for community and conversation.

The AOS Conservation Committee is offering seven grants of up to $5K each to support early-career scientists from Latin America & the Caribbean for conservation-related research on migratory or resident birds in those regions. Apply by 3/3/25.
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Like birds and models? Dr. Erin Bayne and I are currently recruiting a 2 year postdoc to come work with us at the Boreal Avian Modelling project on boreal bird models and applications of those models. Full details are here tinyurl.com/4yxju63k. Feel free to get in touch with qs!

A graphical abstract that reads: How can research teams share power and promote justice in publications? Colonialism excludes people and ideas. 1. We recognized interlocking systems of oppression: Academic capitalism, White supremacy, Ableism, Imperialism, Cis-heteropatriarchy. 2. We intervened. Tools we used in organizing a special feature and a review article: Citation politics, Collaboration ethics, collective governance & authorship decisions, Reveal 'hidden curriculum'. 3. Participants reflections: "We strengthened ties across marginalized groups." "We highlighted Indigenous and Afro-descendant knowledge." "We valued healing and rest." Cockle, Cuatianquiz Lima, Nuñez Montellano, Bonaparte et al. 2025. Ornithological Applications.

Published online early today! Find out how our research team has been using collective governance and citation politics to more effectively share power and recognize Latin American contributions to ornithology. doi.org/10.1093/orni... PM me if you want a copy without the paywall.

Yatevo bamboo (Guadua trinii) flowers every ~30 years like clockwork. Photo from Corrientes, Argentina, 2016.

I don't have the net part but you could buy the carbon fibre telescoping pole from China and affix any butterfly net to it. Pm me for pole company details if you want; I'll need to search my email.

Position: Research Associate in Indigenous approaches to quantitative research We are looking for two experienced researchers who are fluent in Indigenous approaches to quantitative methods. Experience can come from community research, graduate degrees, and/or research positi…

We are hiring a Research Associate to deepen research & education in Indigenous approaches to math, statistics & quantitative methods. See the link for details:

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A beautiful book that got me through 2024, our first year under Milei in Argentina, by focusing on solidarity networks, coalition building, and a culture of care. I come back to these ideas again and again, in my work and friendships.

SCIENCE IRL: Community SciComm mini-grant Skype a Scientist is offering $300-1,000 mini-grants to support boots-on-the-ground science communication. The Science IRL mini-grants will support projects that put either 1) important science messa...

I am extremely excited to announce that for the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!!

Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable others to get their projects off the ground!

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Ecology and conservation of cavity-nesting birds in the Neotropics: Recent advances, future directions, and contributions to ornithology Abstract. About 35% of tree-cavity-nesting bird species inhabit the Neotropics, a region crucial to understanding their breeding ecology, conservation, and

Bonaparte et al. 2024. Ecology and conservation of cavity-nesting birds in the Neotropics: Recent advances, future directions, and contributions to ornithology. doi.org/10.1093/orni...

Secondary Amazon rainforest partially recovers tree cavities suitable for nesting birds in 18–34 years Abstract. Passive restoration of secondary forests can partially offset loss of biodiversity following tropical deforestation. Tree cavities, an essential

Dantas Oliveira et al. 2024. Secondary Amazon rainforest partially recovers tree cavities suitable for nesting birds in 18–34 years. doi.org/10.1093/orni...

Di Sallo & Cockle 2025. Wood hardness drives nest site selection in woodpeckers of the humid Chaco. doi.org/10.1093/orni...

Bonaparte et al. 2025. Rural children know cavity-nesting birds of the Atlantic Forest but may underappreciate their critical habitat. doi.org/10.1093/orni...

Tree cavity density is a limiting factor for a secondary cavity nester in second-growth Andean temperate rainforests Abstract. Cavity-nesting bird populations are most frequently limited by the number of tree cavities available in second-growth forests. However, this poss

Altamirano TA, Novoa F, Ibarra JT, Navarrete SA, Bonacic C, Martin K. 2024. Tree cavity density is a limiting factor for secondary cavity nester in second-growth Andean temperate rainforests. Ornithological Applications 126. doi.org/10.1093/orni...

Ecosystem engineers show variable impacts on habitat availability for cavity nesters in South American temperate forests Abstract. Ecosystem engineers are organisms that impact their environment and co-existing species by creating or modifying habitats, and thus they play imp

Cuatianquiz Lima et al. 2024. Ecosystem engineers show variable impacts on habitat availability for cavity nesters in South American temperate forests. doi.org/10.1093/orni...

Our Special Feature on Cavity-nesting in the Neotropics (2024-2025 at Ornithology and Ornithological Applications) includes lots of great bird papers led by ECRs from Latin America. I'll drop some links below.

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Jude the obscure.

I especially enjoyed learning more about the deep relationships between cavity-nesting birds and Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and thinking about how these relationships influence bird populations, human well-being, and collective resistance to cultural assimilation.

Published today "Editor's Choice" (free access) in Ornithological Applications - Ecology and conservation of cavity-nesting birds in the Neotropics: Recent advances, future directions, and contributions to ornithology. doi.org/10.1093/orni...