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samuel tamekloe (he/they)

@etornham.bsky.social
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biodiversity conservation, ornithology, phd hopeful…

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Wieland Heim @wielandheim.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We need your help - four of our satellite-tracked quail have gone missing in France! Any information would be interesting, e.g. if the signal comes from near a fox den, buzzard nest or hunting area 🦊🦅🔫 If you can recover the tag, we can re-use it - and you can name this quail 😉 Pls share widely 🇫🇷
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𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔 @bksandercock.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
New paper in Glob. Change Biol. compiling a massive dataset on phenology of grassland birds in the Great Plains. Breeding seasons becoming shorter in the arid south but longer in the prairie potholes. Led by @ksellis.bsky.social with a big team of contributors. #ornithology doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Maps of nesting phenology for grassland birds in the Great Plains
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
New paper: Can blood parasites limit birds’ ability to cope with life at high elevation? Haemoglobin increased with elevation in uninfected but not infected birds, implying that infection constrains the ability to cope with lower oxygen availability. ➡️ vist.ly/5mwei #ornithology #birds
Small bird perched on a green plant stem with its beak open.Fig. 3 from the article: Relationships between haemoglobin concentration (g dl−1) and ecological or infection-related factors. (A) Haemoglobin concentration by infection status, (B) elevation and haemoglobin for infected and uninfected birds, with linear model fits shown. (C) haemoglobin concentration by migratory strategy and (D) showing haemoglobin concentration by season and infection status.
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Alice Boyle @birdfiddler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Even the 401 is beautiful in mid-October! It is almost enough to make up for the dread of the long, dark, gray, dead months
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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Our paper on how orangutan mothers plan and alter their space use at personal costs so their offspring may play with similarly aged offspring (independent of kinship and fruit productivity) has transitioned from preprint to peer reviewed publication doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Maternal ranging strategies facilitate offspring social play at energetic cost in the most solitary ape | PNAS
In most vertebrates, social play among peers is considered essential for behavioral development. Yet in solitary species bearing single offspring, ...
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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Genuinely SO HAPPY to see this out. My last - and favourite - chapter of my PhD - 7 years after submission 😅 We found, using GPS + HMMs, that adult breeding nightjars avoid poor conditions + forage more when light, cloud, + temp are favourable. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Interacting moonlight, weather, and sex influence foraging in a nocturnal insectivore <i>Caprimulgus europaeus</i>
Animals use a variety of environmental cues to identify profitable conditions and increase their foraging efficiency. Identifying environmental correlates of foraging behaviour can help to understand...
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𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔 @bksandercock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New paper in J. Appl. Ecol. on collision mortality of migratory Black-necked Cranes. Seasonal mortality highest in juveniles but declined with age and experience. Project led by Lijia Wen, Yumin Guo and @yanjiexu.bsky.social with partners in China, Spain, Finland and Norway. doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Migration routes and collision mortalities of Black-necked Cranes in ChinaSeasonal survival and hazard rates for different age-classes of migratory Black-necked Cranes
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Monash University is offering a fully-funded PhD scholarship to an outstanding student in animal behaviour/evolutionary ecology. Choose from eight project areas. For information about what project I'm offering, please DM me or see application form: forms.gle/ia9t4KPD3FKT.... Deadline: 15 Nov.
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Dr Michelle LaRue @drmichellelarue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Come to University of Canterbury to do a PhD on penguin genetics with Sarah Flanagan and me! Everything you need to know is in the link below, check it out and please spread the word 🧪🦑🌍🦉🐧 www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/uc-gra...
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Leveraging lessons in international conservation from Antarctica to build adaptive management plans for taonga species in Aotearoa | UC
This project focuses on the conservation of two iconic penguin species, who live in two extremes: emperor penguins, the largest penguins who breed on the extreme cold, isolated ice in Antarctica; and ...
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Blake Matthews @ebmatthews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Three new evolutionary ecology PhD positions are open in Switzerland (Eawag, and Uni. Bern) to work on Greenland lake ecosystems. We are interested in how stickleback and copepods evolve, and how their evolution affects the trajectories of lake ecosystem development. apply.refline.ch/673277/1403/...
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3 PhD positions in the fields of Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary Genomics, and Ecosystem Science
The Department of Fish Ecology & Evolution (FishEc) has vacancies for
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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your PhD journey starts here and now! 🚀 🎓 We are recruiting PhD students in the life sciences for our international and fully funded graduate program IMPRS-BI in the Munich area, Germany. 📆 Apply from: 01 October 2026 ⏰ Deadline: 10 November 2026 ❗ Apply now: imprs-bi.mpg.de/51861/How-to...
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Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To investigate migration patterns and genetic differencecs in the Asian stonechat complex, Zhao et al. studied migration routes and population genetics of populations around the migratory divide in Russia and Mongolia. doi.org/10.1093/evle...
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Migration patterns and hybridization within the Asian stonechat complex in response to a major geographical barrier
Migratory divides can be found in birds whose migration routes run across geographical barriers. Hybrids of parental types that employ alternative routes a
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samuel tamekloe (he/they) @etornham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
camera traps don't mount themselves. this one meant an extension ladder…
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After two calm days of westerlies, migration really kicked off as the wind turned SE in Pape, Latvia. 10,000 Chaffinches passing every half hour and also 100s of Great & Blue Tits and Great Spotted Woodpeckers… quite surreal from a W European perspective. And some nice surprises in the nets!
Northern Nutcracker of the eastern macrorhynchos ssp Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today we say bye to Bouquet, who is heading back to Thailand after six months with us! It was amazing to have you here! Safe travel back, and hopefully see you again soon!🦅
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
First days at the ringing camp in Pape, Latvia 🇱🇻 Main goal is to try these new Blumorpho (Bluetooth) devices, here on a Yellow-browed Warbler. Hopefully, we could get nice trajectories of this species in Europe coupled with the genomic origin of each bird.🤞
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Alice Boyle @birdfiddler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are all SO EXCITED to announce that @margaretatwood.bsky.social has chosen to support the centre for @animalsonthemove.bsky.social and @westernu.ca with this incredibly generous gift! news.westernu.ca/2026/09/grae...
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Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology created at Western Western News -
A $1-million gift from Margaret Atwood in honour of her longtime partner will create the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology at Western.
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD @explanimals.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Dream PhD opening! Innovation in wild falcons! Application deadline Aug 1🦅
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Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Post-doc opportunity in raptor conservation at The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology in Cape Town, South Africa - with @megmurg.bsky.social and me. South African Citizen or have a valid work visa. science.uct.ac.za/fitzpatrick/... #Ornithology #RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology
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Applications open for Quantitative Raptor Biologist postdoc at FitzPatrick Institute
Call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in quantitative raptor biology; deadline 15 May 2026
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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We are hiring! Interested in doing a PhD and excited about forest management, ecosystem services, simulation modeling and beta diversity? Come work with us @edfm-tum.bsky.social at @tum.de, full job ad here: cloud.edfm.ls.tum.de/index.php/s/...
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Rebecca Runting @rkrunting.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We're recruiting for two funded PhDs exploring restoration in agricultural landscapes! Project 1: Barriers & opportunities for restoration in coffee landscapes (see below for details) Project 2: Spatial optimisation of restoration for ecosystem services findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
Funded PhD Project:
Barriers and opportunities for restoration in coffee production landscapes
The University of Melbourne
Restoration can benefit biodiversity while enhancing crop productivity through ecosystem services such as pollination and pest control. However, these benefits take time to materialise, while establishment costs and lost production are immediate. Therefore, the aim of this interdisciplinary PhD project is to explore the barriers, opportunities, and benefits from different types of restoration within coffee production landscapes. The successful applicant will conduct ecological field work and interviews in coffee farms in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest region and Australia’s north-east coast. This PhD will be integrated with an Australian Research Council “Linkage” project on optimising restoration to balance production and conservation objectives.
Selection Criteria (essential):
A master’s degree (including a research component) or a first-class honours degree (with thesis) in ecology, geography, or related disciplines.
Fluency in Portuguese and English.
Experience in social or ecological field work.
Selection Criteria (desirable):
Experience in GIS and statistics.
Evidence of publishing in international journals.

The successful applicant will be awarded an annual stipend of AUD$38,500 and relocation costs. The preferred start date is early 2027 (negotiable). They will be enrolled at The University of Melbourne and will be supervised by Dr. Rebecca Runting, Prof. Jean-Paul Metzger, Prof. Margie Mayfield, and Dr. Sofia Lopez-Cubillos. The successful applicant will also spend substantial time as a visiting student at Universidade de São Paulo, in Prof. Jean-Paul Metzger’s research group. To express interest please send a cover letter, CV and academic transcript to rebecca.runting@unimelb.edu.au by 30 June 2026, or contact for more information.
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Danijela Popović @popovicdani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚨PhD opportunity! Study brown bears in the Balkans using ancient DNA 🧬🐻 Interested in paleogenomics & conservation? Apply! @lpcg.bsky.social 🔗 Details here: www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u... #PhD #AncientDNA #Paleogenomics #ConservationGenomics #WildlifeConservation
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María cortazar-chinarro @cortazar-chinarro.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A new phD position in my lab about amphibian, infection diseases in a global changing world. Check it out! And spread the word ;)
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Alice Boyle @birdfiddler.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I am super excited to share that Yolanda Morbey and I at the centre for @animalsonthemove.bsky.social are recruiting for a postdoc with expertise in analysis of #Motus data! Please help us get the word out! Deets here: www.uwo.ca/cam/research...
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Opportunities
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
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samuel tamekloe (he/they) @etornham.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
hahaha. the feeling of being the new kid.
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samuel tamekloe (he/they) @etornham.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Northern Fiscal
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