Bob Cole, the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games, dies at 90 cbc.ca/1.7184556

🚨 New study out!
We've been thinking a lot about how avian influenza viruses enter Australia to prepare for HPAI. Here we investigate virus incursion and subsequence expansion in Australia of H4 and H10 low path viruses. Huge collab with many partners!
👉biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Oh baby! Bob Cole :( cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

Hello Australia! It's lovely to see you again.

❗️Seeking input on the Globally Threatened Bird Forums❗️

Discussion topics regarding proposed Red List changes for birds in 2024 are currently live and the deadline for comments is fast approaching.

Have your say via the Forums (4 days remaining):

👉 forums.birdlife.org/red-list-chang…

We're pleased to announce the 3⃣ successful applicants of our 2024 training grants 🥳

Gwennan Butler is heading to Skokholm Island, Jelaine Gan is visiting Isle of May Bird Obs, & Jonathan Dodds is going to 🇺🇦🕊 Bardsey Lodge & Bird Obs!

We hope they have wonderful #seabird -filled experiences! 🐦🏝️🌊

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Vibes mostly

Remember kids, if someone says your paper has too many details and that you should remove them, there's a poor grad student trying to replicate results from a publication with barely any information

There is not one line in this that isn't, by itself, the funniest thing I've ever read.
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I am ready and willing to be a judge at next year's event. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Despite living in #Cambodia ’s capital city Phnom Penh the Cambodian Tailorbird ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) remained new to science until its discovery in 2009. This image was taken yesterday showing well the #bird ’s orange crown, black throat and “matching eyes” [BirdingInChina.com].

The return of the mullet (hair style, not fish) is a great example of why restoring to a previous state may not be a good idea #EcosystemRestoration

professor x: whats your superpower

ostrich: i lay big egg

professor x [telepathically to x-men]: i can save us money on breakfast

ostrich [telepathically]: egg no for sale

Fuegian Storm Petrel: a new taxon for the Western Palearctic?

Bob Flood summarises the occurrence of this intriguing taxon in the East Atlantic and suggests that it may be visiting WP waters: bit.ly/4aCBpt6

Ugh this is way too real 😭😭😭

If you've ever taken 'display screen equipment' H&S training, you'll know they recommend a break every 20-30 minutes from screens. What if we all just leave meetings, training, or other online things that last more than 30 minutes for a 5-minute break.

One round cat for your Monday morning

Come climb with me - it's actually a respectable length and won't take an hour to read this time, because sometimes I offer you mercy.
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