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Van Doren et al. 2023: Automated acoustic monitoring captures timing and intensity of #birdmigration Journal of Applied Ecology 👉doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… Benjamin Van Doren Vincent Lostanlen Justin Salamon Adriaan Dokter @Cornellbirds | #ornithology

Out today in Western Field Ornithologists I describe the first Tropical Kingbird 🪺 found in NM! Likely wasn’t the first time trki’s have attempted to nest in the state and certainly won’t be the last as they continue to expand their breeding range northward archive.westernfieldornithologists.org/archive/V54/54…

New research published today reveals the extinction and ongoing loss of Australia’s rarest bird of prey, the #RedGoshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus), over two-thirds of its historical range in just the past four decades…. doi.org/10.1080/015841…

Check out my illustration of the endangered Madagascar Serpent-Eagle in a fresh paper led by Luke Sutton and researchers with The Peregrine Fund, including McClure 🦅🦉🦤. They model the species distribution and identify areas of suitable but unprotected habitat doi.org/10.1017/S09592…

One step closer to understanding why superb starlings-and potentially other species-form such complex societies! Thanks Dustin Rubenstein & WILSON NDERITU for maintaining the incredible long-term study at Mpala Live! found at www.mpalalive.org, making these analyses possible! PNASNews pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Peter Kaestner wants to be the first person in the world to see 10,000 species––and he only needs 144 more. I tagged along with him in Peru to find out what the quest––a lifelong pursuit––really takes. Outside outsideonline.com/culture/essays…

How is sensitivity to altitude affected by evolutionary adaptation? We studied blood of 77 species of Andean hummingbirds for >15 years to find out. 🚨New paper🚨, now out in Ecology Letters! Christopher Witt Ethan Linck 🧵 1/

Another beautiful addition to my home office. This one comes from the talented Bryce W. Robinson! I basically begged him to paint a harrier. Check him out on Instagram at ornithologi and at his website: ornithologi.bigcartel.com

We ranked all bird species by conservation priority. Here’s how we did it and what we found. Illustrations are by Bryce W. Robinson. 🧵

The Red-tailed Hawks of North America (north of Mexico). From top left, abieticola, alascensis, borealis, calurus, harlani, fuertesi, kriderii, and umbrinus, illustrated for the subspecies guide on the Red-tailed Hawk Project website redtailedhawkproject.org

Last week in Oklahoma, our team (including some keen Cornell University undergrads) captured this white Red-tailed Hawk! Learn more: redtailedhawkproject.org/2024/03/05/a-w… Photos by Nicole Richardson, deposited in Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab through eBird checklist ebird.org/checklist/S163… Cornell Lab

Learning to take analysis-quality, standardized photos in the field is a whole thing, y'all! This is still a work in progress. I immediately spilled tea on my cardstock. Grateful to Jim Barnett Nicole Richardson & Bryce W. Robinson for their expertise! #FieldWork #SongSparrowResearch

🎉🎉🎉 I’m SO EXCITED: In Fall 2025, I will join the University of Wyoming as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology & Physiology! UWyo Zoology & Physiology UWyo College of Agriculture Life Sci & Nat Res UWyo News

Excellent work on an excellent bird led by an excellent person.

I wasn't part of this excellent paper describing the two species of Giant Hummingbird, but I did join Jessie Williamson in the Peruvian Andes last summer where I experienced the subtle differences between the two species, summarized in these illustrations shared by PNASNews .

Going official with the release of something we've been cooking up for the last 3.5 years--a complete phylogeny of the world's birds! We = Emily Jane McTavish, Avibase (Denis Lepage), and other great collaborators from Open Tree of Life and Cornell Lab. Why is this such a big deal? A few reasons.

Why do some raptors have more than one plumage morph? In a new publication in Ornithology, we outline what is currently known, and the rich research potential provided by plumage polymorphism in this group. doi.org/10.1093/ornith…. American Ornithological Society

New paper on the musical #dance of the Albert's #lyrebird. #birdsong journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…… Fiona Backhouse Animal Ecology Lab Bryce W. Robinson

The 2nd paper from my postdoc work on yellowthroat genomics is now online at Molecular Ecology! Populations of Common Yellowthroats in eastern North America have notable differences in sexual selection on similar plumage ornaments ... 1/4 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

Brand new manuscript, led by Lucas DeCicco "Phylogeography of the Island Leaf Warbler Reveals Rapid Secondary Sympatry or Ecological Speciation". Totally open access in SSB Bulletin, learn more about the complex evolutionary history of this iconic group: ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb…