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Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This article, written by Morgan Morris in response to our new review on 'iOrnithology' led by @connorpanter.bsky.social in ibis ( lnkd.in/dW3QAkTD ), covers the backstory on how I came upon the idea of using web-sourced photos for ornithological research www.nature.com/articles/d44... #iOrnithology

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How online images are giving ornithologists a bird’s-eye view

From Google Images to social media, web-sourced photographs and videos are opening new ways to study where birds live, what they eat and how they behave.

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Martin Whiting @lizardlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

New PhD opportunities in behavioural ecology at the University of Tasmania and Macquarie University working with Geoff While and Martin Whiting plus multiple international collaborators on lizard sociality and communication. Please spread the word! #phd

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Creating access points to beaches puts pressure on breeding waders. Blog from 23 Aug 2021 🎂5️⃣ #ornithology

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Anthony Lowney @anthonylowney.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I don’t twitch often, but this long-tailed shrike had been in the area for quite a while now, so yesterday I went to check it out #glosbirds #birdsseenin2026

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Anthony Lowney @anthonylowney.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Recently, we published a little study looking into the movement ecology of the pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) — Africa's smallest diurnal raptor. Read the paper here doi.org/10.3356/jrr2... | Journal of Raptor Research | #ornithology #RaptorResearch

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BTO England @btoengland.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Brilliant news for headstarted Curlew in East Anglia!

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Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

#Callforapplications for a near-term #ecologicalforecasting #course with Prof Jasper Slingsby to be held in #CapeTown 21-25th July 2025. Applicants please complete the form (more details there). Closing date 9 June. Please share among your networks across Africa! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology @africanornithology.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This paper is authored by Fitzpatrick Institute's Hon. Research Associate Megan Murgatroyd & @arjundevamar.bsky.social and builds on their work aiming to make wind energy in Africa more sustainable #AfricanOrnithology

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