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17.10.2025 17:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A juvenlie great blue heron with wings spread and flying just above blue water.
For #FlyDay an incoming juvenile great blue heron announcing its arrival.
#birds #nature #photography
Now online in Journal of #Ornithology
Different migration strategies under warming ocean anomalies in penguins: a study of spatial, oceanographic, and isotopic niche segregation
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
WOS member Dustin Reichard is among the researchers behind this very cool new study. #ornithology
16.10.2025 20:02 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1Konshau Duman's research, recently published in the WJO, documents that White-crowned Sparrows regularly mimic the calls of other sparrow species. #ornithology
16.10.2025 15:02 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0The structure of the annual migratory flight activity in a songbird | royalsocietypublishi... | Proceedings of the Royal Society B | #ornithology πͺΆ
16.10.2025 05:33 β π 45 π 14 π¬ 0 π 1Job Alert! Director of Science & Conservation at The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation in Saranac Lake, NY! Run their common loon research project! Please reskeet! More details: www.conservationjobboard.com/job-listing-... π§ͺπ¦
16.10.2025 13:51 β π 7 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0Why WOS? βMy favorite thing about being a WOS member is that I feel valued as an individual, and that this support from the WOS Council is extended to every student. As a Councilor, I have firsthand experience with how the WOS puts in the work to have hard conversations that: a) listen to and respond to student member needs, and b) prioritize inclusion and accessibility. I am a proud member of the WOS community!β βMaggie MacPherson, WOS Elected Councilor
If you're already a WOS member, now is the time to renew for 2026βand if you're not, it's a great time to join! We strive to provide professional development and community for everyone involved in #ornithology. wilsonsociety.org/membershipbe...
15.10.2025 22:01 β π 12 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0New article alert π¨ for the #FireEcology Journal! By Chris Ray, Rodney B. Siegel, Robert L. Wilkerson, Lynn Schofield, Morgan W. Tingley, Sonia Aronson, Sylvia Haultain, Sarah Stock, and Kent van Wagtendonk #SNFECO π₯
Read it here: ow.ly/RFjr50XazhK
Left: Examples of novel objects used. Each black/white bar is 5βcm long. The objects ranged in size from a third to half the size of the subjects: (a) Southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius, (b) Moluccan eclectus, Eclectus roratus, (c) RΓΌppellβs vulture, Gyps rueppelli, (d) gray-winged trumpeter, Psophia crepitans, (e) common waxbill, Estrilda astrild. Right: Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) at Adlerwarte Berlebeck, Germany, interacting with a novel object. Image credit Kai Caspar.
Fear of novelty varies across species & individuals, impacting adaptability & survival. @themanybirds.bsky.social @drrmiller.bsky.social &co assess #neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 #bird species, identifying phylogenetic influences & broad ecological drivers @plosbiology.org π§ͺ plos.io/4haLEsN
15.10.2025 12:55 β π 9 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0Have you checked out our Guide to Graduate Studies in #Ornithology? This free, volunteer-compiled resource lists graduate programs in ornithology in the U.S. and Canada.
15.10.2025 14:04 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0The problem of bird-window collisions made NPR's All Things Considered last week! #ornithology
14.10.2025 21:01 β π 18 π 9 π¬ 0 π 1Common raven. Photo by daniel Koch.
Fig. 1 from the article: Experimental setup of the playback experiment.
Fig. 3 from the article: Differences in (a) latency to resume feeding after stimulus between age groups and (b) frequency of anti-predator events between different audio stimuli.
Fig. 4 from the article: GardnerβAltman estimation plot that shows the Hedges' g between (a) juveniles, and subadults and adults, and (b) bird of prey calls and gunshots.
NEW PAPER: do common ravens show consistent boldnessβshyness responses to risk? Reactions of individually marked ravens vary by age but not over time. Ravens fear bird-of-prey calls more than gunshots, suggesting flexible, not fixed, personalities.
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Marketing birds: The traits birdwatching tourism companies highlight in Costa Rican tour itineraries | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology πͺΆ
14.10.2025 15:47 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Diagram of effective bird-window collision deterrent methods.
Latest articles from the WJO - Bird-window collisions: a critical review. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
14.10.2025 13:03 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Data and predictions from non-linear least squares models of the relationship between the number of days with location data and the distance between centroids derived from global location sensor loggers and platform terminal transmitters deployed on Black-browed Albatrosses Thalassarche melanophris
New paper!! Geolocator error decreases with an increase in the number of days of data. By @bennett-sophie.bsky.social et al.
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess #biologging
A picture of two slender-billed curlews in the Natural History Museum's collections.
with the official IUCN listing for the slender-billed curlew now being Extinct here is the rather sad piece I wrote about what went into this decision
I tried to include everything we know about their behaviour and biology, which is tragically little πͺΆπ§ͺ
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
(a) Map showing the study area at Cape Peirce and its location in Alaska. (b, c) West cliffs, seen from the north after a snowstorm on 29 April 1973 (b) and in June 1970 (c). (d, e) South cliffs, western half in aerial view, with Cape Peirce to the left and Nanvak Bay in background center (d), and cormorant nesting areas (upper left) along Shaiak Strait as seen from Shaiak lsland in foreground (e).
Latest articles from the WJO: Breeding biology of the Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus) at Cape Peirce, Alaska. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
10.10.2025 18:01 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Membership benefits include... Free personal subscription to The Wilson Journal of Ornithology and a 25% discount on Open Access publication fees Reduced registration for our annual meeting Kowa Optics and Princeton University Press discounts Eligibility for a range of grants, awards, and professional development opportunities Plus the intangible benefit of being part of a community of like-minded individuals, focused on advancing the field of ornithology, supporting students, and fostering diversity!
Attention WOS members: Membership renewal messages for 2026 will hit your email inboxes TODAY! You have until December 31 to renew to avoid a lapse, but why not take care of it now? wilson.wildapricot.org
10.10.2025 12:02 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0BIRDBASE, a new publicly available dataset, brings together "ecological and life history traits for 11,589 bird species across 254 families." #ornithology
09.10.2025 19:02 β π 59 π 20 π¬ 0 π 2Good morning, and Happy Thurs-Jay!! Peace! California Scrub Jay... #birds #birding #birdwatching #jays #corvids #scrubjays #thursjay #peace
09.10.2025 15:27 β π 34 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Eastern Bluebird. Photo: Paul Danese, Wikimedia Commons
Fig. 2 from the article: mean and standard error of three experimental eggs for perceived differences in color and luminance (in JND) between the natural bluebird eggs and each of the three experimental treatments: darker, regular, and lighter eggs.
NEW PAPER: do cavity-nesting birds use egg brightness (luminance) or nest light levels to recognize foreign eggs? In eastern bluebirds, 413 trials with altered blue model eggs, neither factor affected rejection, suggesting luminance doesnβt guide egg recognition
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#ornithology
Location of Kentucky Lake, Kentucky, USA, mudflat sampling sites (aβc), a representative mudflat (d), and shorebirds foraging near an exclosure (e) in September 2023. Star symbols in (a) and (b) show the location of Kentucky Lake in the United States and Kentucky, respectively. Star symbols in (c) represent, from north to south, Jonathan Creek, Wildcat Creek, and Blood River mudflat sites.
Latest articles from the WJO: Shorebird abundance, migration phenology, and invertebrate prey availability at a mid-continental stopover site in Kentucky, USA. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
09.10.2025 15:02 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0photo of a boreal owl, a small brown-streaked owl with a round face and yellow eyes, perched on a branch by the trunk of an evergreen tree
Latest articles from the WJO: Demographic trends for the Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus, using standardized migration monitoring data in eastern North America. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
08.10.2025 22:01 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0An Atlantic puffin at the colony.
New paper alert: Behavioral response of Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica to marine heatwaves in the Gulf of Maine, USA: A webcam study. By Julie Wallace et al.
#seabirds #OpenAccess #HeatWaves
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...
Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology?
I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!
research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/
"I hope that this article will get more people thinking about learning and mimicry in calls and call variation in general. Clearly there is a lot to be learned on this topic, even in one of the most thoroughly studied North American bird species." #ornithology
08.10.2025 14:03 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0WOS members, your periodic reminder: Bookmark wilson.wildapricot.org (our member portal) for quick, free online access to The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology! Just log in, click on "Publications," and follow the links there.
07.10.2025 20:01 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1Connectivity and evolution between forest macrorefugia: a niche and morphological study of South American birds | doi.org/10.1093/biol... | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | #ornithology πͺΆ
07.10.2025 11:30 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0#newpaper out in @natecoevo.nature.com on Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds, co-led by @jameskennerley.bsky.social when he was a PhD student at @eegcam.bsky.social . Nice summary on the @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/birds-all-ov...
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