NEW PAPER in the June issue of Animal Conservation shows the success of #flyway-scale #conservation efforts for #vultures: buff.ly/3zq63Zc

To migrate or not to migrate - characteristics such as age, sex and size can influence migratory behaviour in Red Kites. Read the new blog post by Stephanie Witczak based on a study from Vogelwarte_Science - buff.ly/3VN6QL7 🪶 (image by Valentijn van Bergen)

We are looking for students to join our project to entangle the causes of hatching failure 🚫🐣 in Europe. If you are interested to join this very exciting project then don't hesitate to contact us and we will help to write up your mobility application. 😇 Please, RT

Still overwhelmed and blushing from all the feathers and flowers thrown my way last night. What an honour to be the first recipient of such a wonderful award by the BOU (BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈), recognising research, but also community contributions in the broadest possible sense. 1/4

NEW PAPER in #ornithology uses #telemetry data to quantify the extent to which #raptors rely on human food subsidies: buff.ly/4eyNRfr

NEW PAPER in #ornithology provides a tool to identify nesting and success from #telemetry data using #raptors as an example Paper: buff.ly/4h9mpGL R-package: buff.ly/3UclmMs App to find nests in the field: buff.ly/3Y2db6E

NEW STUDENT opportunity in #ornithology - if you are looking for a MSc thesis topic with #birds, check out:

Our new study by @switczak5@urskorme benedetta_catitti @PatrickScherler Valentijn van Bergen and Martin Grüebler in Ecology shows that migration strategy in partially migrant Red Kites influences subsequent reproductive success! Read more here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Check out my blog post on #theBOUblog summarizing our new study looking at the reproductive consequences of migration strategy in partially migrant Red Kites. Vogelwarte_Science Ecology bou.org.uk/blog-witczak-r…

New study explores individual variations in Natal Habitat Preference Induction in red kites. Using integrated step selection functions, we delve into how early experiences shape habitat preferences across landscapes. Discover more in Scientific Reports! #NHPI nature.com/articles/s4159…

I love asking people to guess how big passenger pigeon flocks could get. 100,000 birds? A million? Try two billion. In 1860 one writer described a flock of birds a mile wide that took *14 hours* to pass overhead, packed so dense that it blocked the sun.

Something big is definitely happening over on Bluesky, with masses of cool people constantly joining, many TwiX refugees. Things are *really* taking off. This platform's role in helping fascists get elected just might have something to do with it.

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Scientists & researchers have always been an early and core community on Bluesky. The science presence on Bluesky continues to grow! bsky.app/download

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Remember - not many sleeps left before Trump takes over. Rebuild in the other place.

For my Dutch friends: De landelijke roofvogel dag is aanstaande 22 februari in schouwburg Ogterop. Vrije inloop op een dag vol roofvogel onderzoek en mooie verhalen uit het veld. Zie hier het programma: werkgroeproofvogels.nl/index.php/land…

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