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ARAA @araa.at · 03/10/2026

Its a Saturday but all the laptops are out to finally build the ARAA website 😎💻

JZ, Awani, Mat and Jen all sorting in a living room on their laptops

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ARAA @araa.at · 30/09/2026

Some of our members made their inspection this morning - the new bird halls are looking great 😊 🙌

Five folks in front of a stuffed bird display

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ARAA @araa.at · 26/09/2026

September pub social at Brandauer Bierbögen, accessed by impossible-to-find creepy elevator 👻

Group of people at table with beers with bird stuffies

Group of people crammed into a dark graffitied elevator

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ARAA @araa.at · 14/09/2026

Very lovely view at the top of Dunkel Stein! We had a picnic and signed the guest book. Safe to say the first ever Goffin camping trip was a success 🥰

Folks walking on a grassy trail into the trees from behind. Martina is striking a pose

A group of smiling folks in front a valley view. Jen has a walking stick and Lona and Martina are holding paper cranes

Group of folks smiling at a picnic table with a checkered picnic basket in the woods

Louise signing a guest book in front of Jen by a box, Eva is sneaking to half pop up behind the box

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ARAA @araa.at · 13/09/2026

For our hike up to Dunkel Stein 🪨, the campers had the “tool trail” to solve (20 pictures of tools - had to guess which species used which and for what 🛠️) Extra points for each origami crane they found on the path!🏅 Kudos to @zewaldj.bsky.social who made it and got up super early to set it up!🙏😮‍💨

Folks gathered around trees with signs on them writing on paper

Kiwi pointing to a crane, Lona holding a small frog and Thibault picking up a crane from a stump

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ARAA @araa.at · 13/09/2026

The first ever Goffin lab camping trip was a complete success, despite the surprise autumnal cold snap! 🍂

Group of folks around the campfire including a dog. Alice is imagine the guitar

A series of tents on a field. Folks putting up those tents with Martina giving a thumbs up. Beautiful sun hitting an old Austrian house

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ARAA @araa.at · 12/09/2026

Very successful visit to the Goffin lab: the birds were met, the birds were pet, then showed off how clever (and mischievous) they can be

Group of smiling folks in front of the aviary, little white goffins cockatoos are watching from the other side

Folks watching a demo in the aviary, there is a bird on a table approaching a puzzle box and two scientists watching

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ARAA @araa.at · 12/09/2026

It was a cozy fit getting everyone into the office at the Goffin lab HQ but we managed for some fantastic talks by @theroesa.bsky.social 🐦 @thibhly.bsky.social 🐊 and Lona Lalić 🥰

A crowd of people in an old fashioned room, photos of Theresa, Thibault and and Lona on the floor by laptops and a big screen

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ARAA @araa.at · 11/09/2026

Bit of a rainy day but the Goffin lab visit must go on! First: climbing a massive hill.

Group of folks in the rain with umbrellas and rain jackets in the country side

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ARAA @araa.at · 09/09/2026

So proud that two of our ARAA folk won awards at #ECBB2026! 🤩🥰 Congrats to @annaek.bsky.social and @awanib.bsky.social 🙌

Anna in front of the stage holding an award from Jacob Dunn

Awani in front of the stage holding an award from Jacob Dunn

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ARAA @araa.at · 31/08/2026

August pub social at Jetzt bar

Group of ppl around a table smiling with bird stuffies
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ARAA @araa.at · 01/08/2026

Rooftop meet up at Brandauer Gerngroß. Luckily a bit of wind so the 30C evening weather wasnt too oppressive! 🌡️🌝

Group of people with a view of the city and a church behind them

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ARAA @araa.at · 18/07/2026

It was our pleasure to have a guest talk on macaw numerical cognition from @jimeloism.bsky.social, visiting us from Uni Buenos Aires. Had a great roundtable after about international differences in academia and then a fun time at Nice Guys pub (they were in fact, nice guys)! Thx UBB for hosting 😊

Jimena in front of a group of people with a macaw on a slide

A group of people laughing and smiling in a circle

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ARAA @araa.at · 15/07/2026

2nd European Bird Song Network Meeting Austria 2026, Nov 2-4 More info here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

2nd European Bird Song Network Meeting Austria 2026
We are pleased to officially announce the opening of the registration period for the 2nd in-person meeting of the European Bird Song Network (EBSN). The meeting will take place between the 4th and 6th of November at the College Garden Hotel in Bad Vöslau (Johann Strauß-Straße 2, 2540), approximately one hour from Vienna.

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ARAA @araa.at · 08/07/2026

Very excited to hear this talk! Join us on July 17

AVian Research Association Austria (ARAA) presents Guest lecture: Constraints on adaptive quantity discrimination in macaws (Ara chloropterus): What causes Weber's Law Dr Jimena Lois Milevicich University of Beunos Aires Friday July 17 16:00 at UBB Seminarraum 5.1 Right after we will have our monthly ParCor social event at Nice Guys Bar (Karl-Farkas-Gasse 18 1030), Feel free to attend and have a drink afterwards to chat and connect. Find the zoom link at araa.at/macaws

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ARAA @araa.at · 27/06/2026

Apparently no parrots were allowed at the Salettl 🙅🏻‍♀️🦜, the Bird Yard on the other hand was an excellent parrot place haha

Sign reading DANKE
FÜR EUER VERSTÄNDNIS. Sorry folks. With a symbols for no bicycle, no scooter, no suitcase, no pram, no dog, no cat and no parrot.

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ARAA @araa.at · 27/06/2026

Pub social pt 1 & 2 at Salettl UniWien then the blessedly air-conditioned Bird Yard. Sweltering 36 degrees, happy so many came out regardless ☀️ 😎

Large group of people at outdoor table under umbrellas

Group of people in front of bird mural and flower lights

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ARAA @araa.at · 30/05/2026

May pub meet up at 7Stern Bräu ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Large group of people and a dog at a table with a raven, cockatoo and goose stuffie

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ARAA @araa.at · 27/05/2026

Thanks to all of our members who joined the 28,000 folks today to protest the massive proposed university budget cuts in Austria ✊🏻 It was hot as hell thanks to the heat dome, but it’s critically important that we protect higher education at all costs 📚

A group of people holding protest signs decorated with parrots : Tieren helfen sparkurs stoppen, Bird researchers want science to soar, education cuts are nuts.

A group of people holding protest signs decorated with parrots : Bird researchers want science to soar, education cuts are nuts.

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ARAA @araa.at · 20/05/2026

Congrats to Dr. Gabriella Smith (@explanimals.bsky.social) for a successful PhD defensio at Vetmeduni Vienna! Read more about her thesis work on curiosity in parrots: 🦜 doi.org/10.1098/rsos... doi.org/10.1162/OPMI...

Gabby wearing a grad hat with origami monkeys down the tassels

A grad hat with a kea made of green paper holding a wand on top and yellow stars including one saying magic

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ARAA @araa.at · 18/05/2026

Our first ARAA book club event went really well! We discussed the representation of animal cognition and other themes in @aptshadow.bsky.social’s Children of Time 🕷️🚀✨📚 Shout out to @zewaldj.bsky.social for the creative powerpoint summary and @kiwiow.bsky.social for the themed make up 😍

A group of people around a table with a laptop with hybrid participants, a laptop with children of time book on it and photos of spiders and spaceships, three copies of the children of time novel, and a stuffed raven, goose and cockatoo

Kiwi with pink hair and starry galaxy eye make up with a gem-stoned ant

JZ in front of a laptop with little jumping spider figures in front of a planet

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ARAA @araa.at · 15/05/2026

Congrats to our phone photo contest winners, Eva (left photo) and @tizianasrdoc.bsky.social (right photo) 🏆 👏🏻

Two pelican heads each facing another direction

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ARAA @araa.at · 15/05/2026

Our “Bird Research at Schönbrunn Zoo” day went super well! We had an official guided tour, talks by Barbara Steininger on bald Ibis and @guillmcivor.bsky.social on crows, “Bird Behaviour Bingo,” a picnic and a photo contest 😍🪶☀️

Group of folks in front of the Vogelhaus at the zoo

Guill with a stuffed crow, Barbara in front of the bald ibis enclosure, Barbara giving a talk in front of a group of folks

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