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Help Flocks take flight! With no further NSF funding for this project, we need your donations to move forward with this important initiative for diversity and belong in #ornithology.

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📢 Proposal submissions are still open for our latest Special Feature 'Twenty years of evidence-based conservation: progress, promise, and future directions' with @jappliedecology.bsky.social and @peopleandnature.bsky.social Learn more here 👇 https://buff.ly/3ZMKgEi 🌎🧪

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[SOUND ON] Need to calm down? Try some birdsong and breathing. 🪶

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Thank you to Ornitela for being a Silver Sponsor of #WOS2025!

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Need a break today? Why not check out this fun story about Iceland's volunteer puffin patrols?

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New preprint on why we should care about young seabirds (a.k.a. juveniles, immatures, subadults, prebreeders) that you!☝️ might find interesting for marine conservation, future movement ecology studies, life history, etc. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #seabirds #conservation

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Pre- and Post-Copulatory Sexual Traits Influence Male Fitness Across a Mosaic Hybrid Zone | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

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"When I started my PhD, I was surprised to find gaps remaining in our validation of weather radar. Our use of this tool hinges on our assumption that these data accurately reflect biological activity. Isn’t it crucial that we can trust that assumption?" #ornithology

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Nominations for the @fieldinclusive.bsky.social fellowship we sponsor are open thru 3/31! Nominate a student to spend the summer studying painted buntings at Cape Fear Bird Observatory. Individuals w/ marginalized/historically excluded identities esp. welcome.

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Shorebird nerds! If you know a thing or two about shorebird (any spp) migratory stopovers / habitat use in Newfoundland, please get in touch! I have questions :)

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Here's the clue for this week's #BitOBird game! Can you ID this bird from just this little bit? (Note: we stick to North American birds, if not we’ll tell you.) 1st to reply w/ the correct answer gets bird nerd bragging rights. If you're stumped, we'll post the answer in 2 hrs 🪶

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We all need a space to feel we belong and where we are supported. Help our Flocks take flight! Support our joint effort with @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social & @fieldornith.bsky.social! Every bit of help makes a difference. gofund.me/b82daffb

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On the schedule for #WOS2025: a workshop on "Intro to R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis." Free with meeting registration!

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Your Friday #ornithology read: White-throated Sparrows will overturn all of your assumptions about the differences between bird sexes.

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TGIF. A Bald Eagle makes its exit at the behest of a determined American Crow. #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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Three subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit share non-breeding sites in the world's largest river delta | www.sciencedirect.co... | Avian Research | #ornithology 🪶

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Thank you to Vortex Optics for being a Gold Sponsor of #WOS2025! Will we see you in Los Angeles this June?

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Did you know our members get 15% off purchases from Kowa Optics? Log into our online membership portal and click on "Member Benefits" to use your discount!

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With NSF funding for this project eliminated, we're seeking your support for our joint initiative with @amornith.bsky.social and @fieldornith.bsky.social to promote diversity and belonging in #ornithology. Please help spread the word!

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Did you know, the record number of birds found in one nest box was 61 Wrens? 👀 They are very small, but that's still a lot of Wrens! Do you have a nest box? Who would be your dream birdy tenants? #ThoughtfulThursday

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Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶

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Excited to write about the first chapter of my dissertation, which was supported by @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social and published awhile back!

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There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WOS Research Award recipient @mikkojimenez.bsky.social writes about his efforts to ground-truth radar #ornithology data in Colorado.

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Geographic Variation in Body Size of Black-Headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus | doi.org/10.2326/osj.... | Ornithological Science | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

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It's #WoodpeckerWednesday again! Here's my final full chart for this winter's cast of unusual characters. I document the individual intergrade (and otherwise unusual) Northern Flickers that turn up in my yard. This winter had some returnees plus a bunch of new faces! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt

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Want to see some cool California birds this June? Details on #WOS2025 field trips are now up on the meeting website!

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As if the plumage of birds-of-paradise wasn't already amazing enough, new research shows that males of most species are actually biofluorescent, meaning they absorb and re-emit light! #ornithology

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Two sparrow species for #Twosday. A feeding Eurasian Tree Sparrow in front of a male House Sparrow in an orchard at Faddiley near #Nantwich, #Cheshire. #birds #birdphotography #photography #photo #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

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🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project 🧵1/5

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There is a lot going on, and in the face of this uncertainty @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social , AOS and AFO are working to keep our Flocks going to support ornithologists in affinity groups. And we need help raising the funds to make it happen. Can you help us? 🧪🪶🌎 www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...

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Reminder: For you planners out there, registration and lodging costs are now available on the #WOS2025 website. (Early bird registration opens next month!)

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Reminder: The Ornithological Council is currently seeking volunteer editors, chapter leads, and chapter authors to work on an updated edition of their Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research. #ornithology

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Love is in the air… and at sea! 💕🌊 Yelkouan Shearwaters (Garnija) are seabirds that take ‘soulmates’ to the next level—95.5% of them return to the same partner every breeding season! 🥰 They also stick to the same nesting site year after year💙 #ValentinesDay #SeabirdSoulmates #YelkouanShearwater

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Colony Site Selection of Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea) During the Breeding Period at Multiple Spatial Scales | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

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The WOS Council, our governing body, includes a Student Councilor—a full voting role open to any current undergrad or master's student interested in providing a voice for students in an ornithological society. Nominations are open through 2/19! #ornithology

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My love for you is like a peregrine falcon. One more valentine from a past year.

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A pop of color to start your day - a brilliant Hooded Oriole from Sonora, #Mexico.

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Historical bird sightings continue to be uploaded to eBird—meaning that you can now find records of extinct birds in the database. Fascinating and sobering, courtesy of the Audubon Society. #ornithology

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Did you know that WOS members receive a 30% discount on purchases from @princetonupress.bsky.social? To access the discount, log into our online member portal and click on "Member Benefits."

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Cretaceous Antarctic bird skull elucidates early avian ecological diversity | www.nature.com/artic... | @nature.com | #ornithology 🪶

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A rather awesome Scarlet-chested Sunbird. 📍Kigali, Rwanda. #Birds #NaturePhotography 🪶

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Thank you to the Moore Lab of Zoology for being a platinum sponsor for #WOS2025!

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Yeah, we know the Super Bowl was Sunday, but it's never too late to celebrate some Superb Owls, right? #ornithology

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Assistant Professor of Waterfowl Ecology and Management #jobs apply.interfolio.com/160483.

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Despite its morphological and vocal distinctiveness, the sooty fox sparrow is, for the time being anyhow, “just” a subspecies. It’s on the same side of the species border, if you will, as the red fox sparrow. Borders and boxes are ingrained in our Western worldview... www.aba.org/how-to-know-...

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Nominations (including self-nominations) are now open for three-year terms on the WOS Council, our governing body! There are no minimum qualifications other than an interest in participating and bettering our community. Details are on our website! #ornithology

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Coming to #WOS2025 this June? Join us for our annual LGBTQIA+ and Allies Social, a safe opportunity for community and conversation.

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Testing the abundant centre hypothesis in a seabird: higher energy expenditure at the wintering range centre does not reduce reproductive success https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.07498 #Birds #Movement #Migration

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Here's the clue for this week's #BitOBird game! Can you ID this bird from just this little bit? (Note: we stick to North American birds, if not we’ll tell you.) 1st to reply w/ the correct answer gets bird nerd bragging rights. If you're stumped, we'll post the answer in 2 hrs 🪶

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We are seeking pre-submission proposals for Review, Perspective, & Methods papers for The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology, for which we can offer waivers to eliminate Open Access fees. Details here:

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