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#AOSMembers: Join us for "Who knows where the food is? Exploring intra- and interspecific information transmission in cowbirds" at Noon (ET) today w/ Charo López, PhD candidate, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Free for AOS members!
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•Early Professional Award nominations (if you are nominating someone other than yourself) are due by **11/16**.
•Full nominations due by 12/15/25 for AOS Council, Fellows & Elective Members, & Awards.
•AOS-sponsored Student Membership applications due 12/31.
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#AOSMembers: Join us for "Revealing migration strategies of high-latitude breeding myrtle warblers using multi-sensor geolocators & stable isotopes" on 11/17 at Noon (ET) with Steph Szarmach; AOS Student Research Grant, 2022.
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Weathering the storm: We've compiled information into a new web hub to share what the AOS is doing in response to recent political decisions & to help our members navigate disruptive policy changes.
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#AOSMembers: Join us for "Patterns of collective host selection in the Brown-headed Cowbird system" on 11/10 at Noon (ET) with Juliana Villa, PhD student, George Mason University; AOS Student Research Grant, 2022.
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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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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.

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#AOSMembers: Join us for "Endocrine mechanisms behind an adaptive maternal effect: linking breeding site quality & offspring behavior," Mon 11/3, Noon ET w/Haley Gee, AOS Josselyn Van Tyne Memorial Research Grant 2024
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#AOSMembers: Join us for "Endocrine mechanisms behind an adaptive maternal effect: linking breeding site quality & offspring behavior," Mon 11/3, Noon ET w/Haley Gee, AOS Josselyn Van Tyne Memorial Research Grant 2024
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#AOSMembers: Join us for "Telomeres, mitochondrial copy number (mtDNAcn), organismal metabolic rate & growth rate—what is the connection in the developing House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)," Mon 10/27, Noon ET w/ Holland Galante, PhD candidate, NDSU
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Humans outperform Merlin Sound ID in field-based point-count surveys - American Ornithological Society Merlin’s sound classifier feature has revolutionized interaction with the avian world since its release in 2021. It works by learning the unique features of a species’ vocalization, and then recognizi...

The latest on Wing Beat: "Humans outperform Merlin Sound ID in field-based point-count surveys" by Brooke Goodman
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#AOSMembers: Join us for "Telomeres, mitochondrial copy number (mtDNAcn), organismal metabolic rate & growth rate—what is the connection in the developing House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)," Mon 10/27, Noon ET w/ Holland Galante, PhD candidate, NDSU
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#AOSmembers | Join us at noon (ET) Monday (10/20) for a seminar: "Modeling the effects of wildfire smoke, body condition, & diet guild on the oxidative status of migrating birds" w/ Megan Miller, 2024 AOS Student Research Grant winner.
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#AOSmembers | Join us at noon (ET) Monday (10/20) for a seminar: "Modeling the effects of wildfire smoke, body condition, & diet guild on the oxidative status of migrating birds" w/ Megan Miller, 2024 AOS Student Research Grant winner.
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Distinctive casque morphologies among cassowary species - American Ornithological Society For more than 150 years, the conspicuous cranial casque has been acclaimed as the most iconic feature of cassowaries—perhaps, in addition to the lethal daggers adorning their inner toes.

The latest on Wing Beat | "Distinctive casque morphologies among cassowary species" by Todd L. Green
Blog post: americanornithology.org/distinctive-...
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#AOSmembers | Join us at noon (ET) Monday (10/13) for a seminar: "Causes and consequences of social structure in Golden-crowned Sparrows" w/ Annie Madsen, 2022 AOS Student research grant winner.
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Explore #research contributing to #EnvironmentalPolicy, with articles from @amornith.bsky.social, @asnpls.bsky.social, Radiation Research, Rangelands, and more.

Free to read through October 15. bio-one.co/3KaFj49

#AOSmembers | Join us at noon (ET) Monday (10/13) for a seminar: "Causes and consequences of social structure in Golden-crowned Sparrows" w/ Annie Madsen, 2022 AOS Student research grant winner.
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Volume 127 Issue 3 | Ornithological Applications | Oxford Academic Ornithological Applications publishes original research, syntheses, and assessments focusing on the application of scientific theory and methods to the conservation, management, and ecology of birds.

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#AOSmembers: AOS 2026 nominations and applications are open for positions on the AOS Council, Special Membership Classes (Elective Members and Fellows), Achievement Awards, and AOS-sponsored Student Memberships!
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Congratulations to the 2025 Classes of AOS Fellows and Elective Members! Individuals are elected to these special membership classes in recognition of their exceptional and sustained contributions to ornithology and to the AOS
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Volume 127 Issue 3 | Ornithological Applications | Oxford Academic Ornithological Applications publishes original research, syntheses, and assessments focusing on the application of scientific theory and methods to the conservation, management, and ecology of birds.

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#AOSMembers: Join us at noon ET Monday (10/6) for a seminar: "The solar reflectance properties & structures of iridescence in Sturnidae & their potential biomimetic applications" w/ Samantha Rutledge, 2023 AOS Student research grant winner.
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We have your weekend reads! Catch up on the latest issues of the AOS journals Ornithology and Ornithological Applications available online through @oxfordunipress.bsky.social!
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#AOSMEMBERS: Join us at noon ET today for an AOS student research grant seminar, "From Fairways to Forests: Assessing the Avian Community Response to Habitat Restoration Techniques" w/ Lauren Gingerella, University of Georgia.
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Great episode of the @aba.org podcast!

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The AOS journals are piloting a new Peer Editing Program to provide English-language editing assistance for AOS members whose primary language is not English to assist authors before their articles are sent out for peer review. Learn more!
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#AOSMEMBERS: Join us at noon ET on Monday 9/22 for a lunchtime Student Research Grant Seminar, "Exploring the complex genomic architecture of divergence in a North American backyard bird, the Northern House Wren" w/ William Anderson. americanornithology-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Supporting our members during uncertain times: We've compiled information into a new web hub to share what the AOS is doing in response to recent political decisions & to help our members navigate disruptive policy changes. More:
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