A lot of influential science has come from Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center ornithologists who created these Font Hill plots, and so much amazing research has been done since the inception decades ago. I think about this often while taking in the beauty of it all. #FontHill #Jamaica #Ornithology

Something incredible happened today! I saw a strange bird foraging near a net, unlike any other migrant we see in Jamaica. I lifted my binos and IT WAS A KIRTLANDS WARBLER 😱 This is the first known record of a KIWA in JA. I still can’t believe it! #ornithology #JamBirds2019

In Myanmar's tropical forests 99 million years ago, a baby bird left the nest for the first time. It didn't get far. audubon.org/news/see-ancie…

#AOSMember Chris Tonra (@OSU_AvianEco) is quoted in this great story on students working to reduce bird collisions with windows at the Ohio State University! #ornithology

Currently, Jamaicans are fighting to keep their land wild as it is threatened by mining and development. I have the privilege of studying birds in 🇯🇲 and their endemic species are breathtaking (not just birds), important, and deserve to be protected. #savecockpitcountry

Really exciting that Jessica Meir has made it to the space station! First ornithologist in space!

The #Prothonotary #Warbler Working Group met at #AFOWOS19. Five papers this year and we're excited for what's still to come! #SwampCandle lesley bulluck @OSU_AvianEco @BovesLab Audubon Louisiana SELVA

Bergstrom award winner Aaron Skinner: Eastern Whip-poor-wills use overwintering habitats with increased edge habitats #AFOWOS19 @OSU_AvianEco #migration #ornithology #nightjars

Migratory connectivity for Rusty Blackbirds demonstrated with GPS tags on birds from across North America - Jay Wright. #AFOWOS19 #ornithology #migration @OSU_AvianEco

Got my acorns and #AmericanChestnuts planted in the #BlueJay and titmice caches I found earlier this year. Here’s hoping we see some lil’ oak and chestnut seedlings in a couple months! @chestnut1904 School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) #ornithology #RestorationEcology

Ever found a big, brown spider in your woods or in your house? I made a video all about the dark fishing spider, which is one of the most common “giant” spiders in Eastern North America. *spoiler alert: they’re harmless! #spider #scicomm #fishingspider youtu.be/hRuMES1VjG8

Presenting our new paper in Ecology with Peter Marra Jay Wright Liz Ames: The first experimental evidence that resident #birds compete with wintering migrants! bit.ly/3pNg9IS #ornithology #interspecificcompetition #jamaica #warbler Desiree L. Narango, PhD Ricardo Rocha

Did you hear that? That was the sound of a new PhD being minted! Congrats to Dr. Andrew Hoffman on the stellar presentation and defense of his research "Managing forests and understanding social intolerance for Ohio’s declining timber rattlesnakes." School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) #rattlesnakes

Congratulations to Dr. Meaghan G, Ph.D. on a phenomenal dissertation and defense! Couldn't be prouder or more inspired. She's a force to be reckoned with, so keep your eyes on her. Excited to see future work with @marmmunoz! @OSU_AvianEco School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) Lauren Pintor @graysm25

New #RustyBlackbird #MigConnectivity paper out in Avian Conservation and Ecology! Archival GPS tags from 3 breeding sites show variable #migration timing and numerous long stopovers Peter Marra Luke L. Powell Jeremiah Kennedy #ornithology

OSU's Brian Tsuru (Brian Tsuru) received a 2021 WOS Research Grant for his project "Post-breeding ecology in the Prothonotary Warbler: Evaluating potential tradeoffs between breeding, molt and migration phenology." Congrats to all 2021 recipients! wilsonsociety.org/2021/08/16/202…

bird beats: wood thrush ✨ !!!!!! happy to be making these again. also we kind of match a little bit?

My MSc research looking at the impact of rainfall patterns on Swainson's Warbler space use has been published! Read our paper (w/@OSU_AvianEco Peter Marra ) to see how these secretive birds respond to changing conditions! American Ornithological Society Birds Caribbean 🐦🇯🇲 academic.oup.com/auk/advance-ar…

New Swainson's Warbler paper out! 🚨 SWWA breeding in LA and wintering in Jamaica tracked to identify an East/West migratory divide. Migration phenology and rate differed between indv. from each pop. and most birds took direct overwater diurnal flights! 😎doi.org/10.5751/JFO-00…