White-backed vulture close-up in tall grass, with inset journal header about breeding population in western Serengeti.
A new study published in Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology documents a steep decline of breeding in White-backed Vulture in western Serengeti. https://bit.ly/3PZIsXv
📷 Munir Virani
#RaptorResearch #Ornithology 🪶
(1/) According to the 2025 BBS Report, finches are fluctuating in England. The fortunes of 3 familiar species that regularly visit gardens, Greenfinch, Chaffinch & Goldfinch are changing. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitizenScience
It’s official (get it in your diary!) 📅 🦅
The 16th Pan-African Ornithological Congress (PAOC16) will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, from 12 to 17 April 2027.
The website is being updated—check back for details on symposia and abstract calls soon: paoc.africa
#Ornithology #AfricanOrnithology
A map showing the migration of Cuckoo Arthur from the UK to Africa and back again is shown, with his current location in Suffolk. A headshot of Cuckoo Arthur features, alongside the wording: He’s made it to the UK! After arriving in Spain, Arthur headed across the Bay of Biscay and into France. Then he powered on, eventually crossed London overnight, and headed straight for Suffolk.
Where are the BTO Cuckoos? 🌍 One has touched down in the UK, another arrived but returned to France and the rest of our tagged birds are on their way!
Follow their migrations on our interactive map at www.bto.org/cuckoos #Ornithology
Can personality predict how species adapt to global change? A recent analysis in our sister journal OIKOS shows that boldness influences key demographic rates in wandering albatrosses, but its impact on long-term population dynamics is limited by low heritability and large variance.
#ornithology
NEW PhD studentship in #ornithology to calculate how much power #birds need to fly, and how power varies among species and speeds: buff.ly/oS56wm1
Two Sandhill cranes are in flight. They are large birds with long necks and legs, with a small patch of red atop their heads. They are moving from left to right across a yellow circle. The background is a patchwork pattern of map fragments.
Spring Migration
Sandhill Cranes
New work, currently featured at QAC Gallery in Belleville
Show runs through the month of April
12" x 12", acrylic on vintage map collage on panel
Send a message for pricing
#sciart #migration #ornithology #birds #maps
🐦 New PhD position!
@prfju.bsky.social @ckecz.bsky.social
Nest defence in passerine birds
Interested in animal behaviour, fieldwork and evolutionary ecology?
📅 Start July 2026 | ⏳ 4 years | 💰 Fully funded
Apply by May 10 → veselp03@jcu.cz / krausl07@jcu.cz
#PhDjobs #PhDchat #PhD #ornithology
A few from around my patch today, a pair of Common Sand being the highlight, + Sedge, Sprawk & Blackcap. 96 for the patch this year. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #dorsetbirds #ukbirding #birds #ornithology
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
External structures at the nest-site predict asymmetric architecture of nests in a mud-building bird | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Nicolas M. Adreani, Victoria Morales Latorre, Lucia Mentesana | #ornithology 🪶
Your daily Avian Hybrids story!
Does founder-effect speciation occur in the Silvereye?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/d...
#ornithology
Emperor Penguins Added to IUCN Red List — Their Population Could Drop 50 Percent by 2080. Via @discover.magazine #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Ornithology 🐧
Clour photo of a crackle in flight
#photography
#photooftheday
#picoftheday
#birds
#birdphotography
#ornithology
#nature
#naturephotography
#birdwatching
#crackle
Want to help garden birds? Don't feed them in warmer months, says RSPB. Via @bbc #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Ornithology 🪶
Ruff Persistence: the role of pre-sexual selection and male-male partner choice in maintaining intraspecific diversity - PhD thesis by James D.M. Tolliver
www.waderstudygroup.org/article/20183/
#research #waders #shorebirds #ornithology #OpenAccess
Westhoek saltmarsh – important staging site for Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea in the Dutch Wadden Sea
NEW RESEARCH PAPER by Kleefstra and Schekkerman
www.waderstudygroup.org/article/20171/
#shorebirds #waders #ornithology #research
On this day in 2023 - Wigeon seen at Earlswood Lakes Warwickshire UK - 13-04-23 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography #photograpersofbluesky
On this day in 2023 - Pied Wagtail at Earlswood Lakes Warwickshire UK - 13-04-23 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography #photograpersofbluesky
Blackbird - Bartley Green Birmingham UK - 09-04-26 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography #photograpersofbluesky
OK - no need to shout!! Loud Robin in the garden - 08-04-26 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography #photograpersofbluesky
🌿 Birds of New Guinea: the essential field guide to one of the most extraordinary birding destinations on Earth. Perfect timing if you’re planning your next adventure!
#BirdsOfNewGuinea #BirdsofParadise #Birding #Ornithology #FieldGuide #Birdwatching #LynxNatureBooks #WildlifeBooks
A warm welcome to our new team member, João Paulino!
João worked with birds in rice fields during his PhD (including #WhiteStorks) and is now joining our field efforts to monitor and track storks across southern Portugal! 🪶
#ornithology
Roll up, roll up! Looking for a postdoc? Want somewhere that's academia adjacent? Interested in seabirds, plastics, and conservation? Come work with me and @adriftlab.bsky.social!
If you want to help develop an application, get in touch! #ornithology #seabirds #PhDjobs #PostdocJobs
⏰ DEADLINE TOMORROW!
Would you like to play a central role in delivering our journal IBIS and engaging with the #ornithology community?
Join us as our Journal and Engagement Manager!
⏰ Apply by 09:00 BST 14 April
bou.org.uk/vacancy-j...
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Photo of a singing bird in side view, framed by flowers. Dark background. White text on top of the photo: Extreme climate events can change how birds sing Birds sing differently after extreme climate events--and may no longer recognize members of their own species.
In my latest blog post for Beaks & Bones, I cover research that showed how extreme climate events can affect the #evolution of #songbirds through a fascinating chain of events. 🪶🧪
Read the full story here:
beaksandbones.substack.com/p/drought-in...
#scicomm #ornithology #climatechange #research
Now online in Journal of #Ornithology
Intraguild predation and competition between avian top predators: do expanding Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo) contribute to the decline of Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis)?
Open access
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
NEW on #theBOUblog from Jacopo Cerri
Acclimatization shapes vulture movements after release
bou.org.uk/blog-cerr...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
