To initiate my Bluesky profile: this June, I got a dream PhD position working with the #Seychelleswarbler! Then, I presented the result of the internship at the latest European Ornithological Union in UK and in the Italian ornithological conference. Last week I presented my PhD project at the NVG.

Why some bird couples 'divorce' and some stay together forever Birds choose between loyalty and divorce in relationships. Staying together often helps breeding, but divorces can open better opportunities.

Birds ‘divorce’ for better opportunities, but there are also risks: Birds choose between loyalty and divorce in relationships. Staying together often helps breeding, but divorces can open better opportunities.

#BirdDivorce #AvianBehavior #SeychellesWarbler #Ornithology #BreedingSuccess #EarthDotCom

Check it out: first #preprint of Frigg Speelman’s PhD ‘Causes and consequences of divorce in a long-lived socially monogamous bird’ #seychelleswarbler doi.org/10.22541/au....

Congrats to Arne van Eerden on this #preprint 'Nest-site selection and nest predation in a tropical passerine in relation to food, friends and foes' #seychelleswarbler doi.org/10.32942/X28...