New in Resonance (Indian Academy of Sciences):

Explores how birds balance feeding with vigilance, and how simple observations by birdwatchers can contribute to real field research.

🔗 www.ias.ac.in/article/full...

#Birdwatching #Ecology #CitizenScience

This new #RSOS study shows that simple photos and modern #AI tools can reliably identify individual #birds and help monitor their behaviour without disturbing them. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... @paritosh97.bsky.social

Individual identification and confirmation of nest site fidelity in painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) using deep transfer learning Abstract. Accurate individual identification is vital in field studies. Since traditional marking techniques, though effective, can be intrusive and obtain

Our new paper is out in @royalsociety.org Open Science!

We tracked an individual painted stork (“Ringo”), first seen in 2022 with a neck scar, and confirmed its identity across 4 years using different methods

#Ecology #AI #WildlifeResearch

royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

Formatted version of our new #allometry paper is out!

doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Great one!

Scientists' Call on Congress to Commit to Preventing Extinction, Safeguarding the ESA | Center for Conservation Innovation Join this scientists' letter calling on Congress to commit to protecting species threatened with extinction by upholding the ESA and the science-based framework that underpins it.

We know a lot of our membership either works on, or at least cares, about endangered species. There are recent governmental efforts to alter the Endangered Species Act. If you're concerned about this then you might want to consider signing this letter:

defenders-cci.org/sign-on/safe...

Turns out gulls don't like being shouted at (or stared at!) New paper led by excellent masters students @uniexecec.bsky.social with @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

So Cool!

Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.

Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Gannets go through quite the plumage change, being primarily black as juveniles and white as adults!

Have a scroll through this thread to see how their plumage changes on the way to adulthood! #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

One of the risks of bowerbirds sharing space with a university - sometimes scientific equipment (and samples) get pinched! Soy sauce containers also seem to be popular

ASAB Autumn Newsletter 2025 We’ve got updates from the exciting summer conference in Kolkata, call for nominations for the Christopher Barnard award & ASAB Medal 2026, news from the ASAB Grants & Education Committees and the Animal Behaviour Journal. And if that wasn’t enough there’s also a ‘Meet ASAB’ piece on our former Meetings Secretary: Joah Madden. You can also find infomation on our upcoming confrences!!

Our autumn newsletter is OUT! 🍁 🍃 🍂

Don’t forget to sign up at asab.org to have it sent directly to your inbox tri-annually 💌

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#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com

@behavecol.bsky.social

Victoria’s riflebirds are masters of time, accelerating their dance tempo by reducing the durations between movements by just 50 milliseconds, before leveling off at 3 alternations per second and flashing their yellow mouth.

Read more about this spectacular dance here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...

Congratulations! Great work!!!!

New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Thank you so much Friend🤩

Just wrapped up one of the biggest chapters of my life—successfully defended my PhD! 🎓✨
Years of fieldwork, writing, and countless late nights have finally come together. Feeling grateful, relieved, and excited for what’s next. 🌿🪶 #PhDDefense #NewBeginnings #BehaviouralEcology

Extinct-In-The-Wild Bird Species Is Breeding On A New Island Home The Guam kingfisher was extinct in the wild for almost 40 years but this species was recently released into the wild where it is now…

Extinct-In-The-Wild Bird Species Is Breeding On A New Island Home

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#Extinction #conservation🌏 #birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #rewilding #Guam🇬🇺 #Zoology medium.com/grrlscientis...

Sound on 🔊 Over the last few months our team released 56 headstarted Curlew in Norfolk! 🙌 The birds are already visiting the coastlines and moving around nicely.

Raghavendra Gadagkar welcomes people to the closing ceremony

Sumana Annagiri delivers the vote of thanks

And just like that, #Behaviour2025 is finished! Huge thanks to the organizers and everyone who made this happen!

Super talk! 💯

Excited to share that I presented at the Behaviour 2025 Conference in Kolkata 🎓🕊️. My talk focused on nest site fidelity in painted storks, i.e. their tendency to return to and reuse nesting sites across seasons.
#Behaviour2025 #Ornithology #PaintedStork #BehaviouralEcology