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If you are a beginner researcher, this paper will help you.

🐦‍⬛🦜Did you know that almost half of the world's #bird species are traded, with southern #Asia, #Africa, and #SouthAmerica ranking highest in the number of heavily traded species.🐦🦚 Learn more about #wildlifetrade in Donald et al's article.  doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1… #science

Apply now for a 2025 AOS Kessel Fellowship. This year, our early-career Fellowship grant amounts will be $15K each for #OrnithologicalResearch & one $30K grant for #ArcticResearch. Applications are due by 1/31/25. americanornithology.org/awards-grants/…

Want to do a PhD in social evolution? Unfazed by challenging fieldwork? You have 11 days left to apply for our PhD exploring social evolution in the wasps of Africa, including a 3-month internship in wildlife filmmaking at the BBC Natural History Unit. tinyurl.com/AfricanWaspsPhD

Deadline extended 🚨 You can still apply for this #PhDposition until Jan 17th! Find all the information here: tinyurl.com/4xknfw8n

My PhD thesis on the smell of birds is now published! You can find it here pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2993613 or here researchgate.net/publication/38… #ornithology #birdsmell #preenoil

Some pretty cool jobs open at Maine Audubon right now, including the “Field Naturalist” working with me on programs & communications (based in Falmouth, ME). A bunch of seasonal jobs in conservation too, at maineaudubon.org/careers Pls share if you know anyone looking 🙏

Interesting Job Posting! Conservation Data Analytics and Visualization Research Associate at Disney (yes, that Disney): disneycareers.com/en/job/-/-/391…

With a background in graffiti and a proclivity for palettes of blues, greens, and purples, the Violet-green Swallow makes the perfect subject for muralist Christian Penn. Learn more about the process behind painting this climate-threatened species: audubon.org/news/violet-gr…

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Are Wagtail subspecies supported by genetic data? buff.ly/40ubelN #ornithology

The AOS Conservation Committee is offering seven grants of up to $5K each to support early-career scientists from Latin America & the Caribbean for conservation-related research on migratory or resident birds in those regions. Apply by 3/3/25. americanornithology.org/awards-grants/… #ornithology

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Identifying priority conservation areas for the Andean Condor in Colombia sciencedirect.com/science/articl… por María Alejandra Parrado Vargas 👏🏽👏🏽

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Pandemics don’t start with announcements. They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and ‘no cause for concern’ statements. Pay attention.

Once again I am begging folks to stop letting their cats outdoors unsupervised and unrestricted.

There is a 100% chance of duck facts if you join in on my talk next Monday! And a 99% chance of duck puns. 🦆

Adopt a goose hybrid! Due to university budget cuts, my experiment with captive goose hybrids will be terminated. To avoid culling the birds, I hope to relocate them a new and warm home. If you are interested in adopting a goose hybrid, you can reach out by DM or mail.

Did you know that owls are uh, pink? 🦉 I'm so excited to announce that our work on the "hidden" variation of fluorescent pigment in LEOW plumage is now out as Open Access (!!!) in the WJO by Wilson Ornith Soc . Check it out (for free!!!) here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…