Every spring, colorful wading birds make their great pilgrimage to New York City’s harbor to nest. But the numbers of some species are going down. Scientists, ecologists, and the NYC Bird Alliance are working to stop this decline. insideclimatenews.org/news/06072024/…

There are no rain delays during seabird flight training. In preparation of fledging, thousands of young Laysan albatross, or mōlī, simulated flying during a rain shower at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week.

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This is the first known video of the Amazon weasel, a rare small carnivore. Filmed by a group of coffee producers in Bolivia, where the species hadn't been recorded before. An example of the importance of citizen science to #biodiversity knowledge. 👉 bit.ly/3LrWmfl

I couldn't believe my eyes June 2022, my first time in the Caribbean & Puerto Rican humid forest was full of endemic birds and...Black-faced Grassquits??? This observation sparked a project out today in Ecology Letters w/ Eliot Miller Matt SM onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨 With Dr. Joe Niederhauser and a stellar cast of SUNY Oswego undergrads, we explored how urbanization affects Northern Cardinal behavior. Out now in Wilson Ornith Soc! meridian.allenpress.com/wjo/article/do… Here’s what we found.👇 1/5

This little seabird is our first-ever Wilson’s storm-petrel! (Many OMGs over here.) We’d be more excited to see this rare ocean-dwelling visitor if he weren’t in such bad shape. He crash-landed on a boat far off shore, but the crash was likely the result of an illness because

Whoa…. Really important paper here!

Nocturnal avian migration drives high daily turnover but limited change in abundance on the ground nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec… #eBird #bird #migration #stopover Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

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PhD Assistantship in Biodiversity Science at the University of Florida We (baiserlab.com) are recruiting a new PhD student to the lab! Check out the details here: baiserlab.com/opportunities/

A great egret walking down Madison Ave is not a sight you ever want to see, but that’s where this poor bird was found. There were no injuries, but he was emaciated and very weak. We provided fluids and other supportive care but honestly didn’t expect him to survive the first

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Come join our team! In collaboration with Mass Audubon, my lab is looking for a graduate student to study the movements of shorebirds along the coast of Massachusetts. If you're interested, you can find more info at sennerlab.com. Reach out if you have any questions!

Today, we remember all those who lost their lives on 9/11. And tonight, NYC Bird Alliance has the profound honor of monitoring the #TributeInLight Memorial, as we have for 22 years 🏙️

Our VIP guest is still very much with us! It’s been a week of treatment for window-collision injuries, and this purple gallinule is more active and putting on weight. We’re concerned about an eye injury but are hoping to see improvement with continued care. 📷: Rachel Frank

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