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Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

‼️Now published @evolletters.bsky.social Developmental differences between males and females alter the sex ratio. 🐥🧵 about this study 1/9

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Miguel A Gómez Serrano @gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Excellent closing to the @waderstudy.bsky.social Conference, with a brilliant plenary talk by Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social: "Evolution of diversity: intraspecific variation matters for Ruffs (and others)". In Santiago de Compostela (Galicia,Spain) #IWSG2026 #IWSGconf

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

How does climate change affect waders? For Dunlin breeding around the Baltic, climate change brings higher water levels, more storms and flooded nests. Blog from 20 June 2021 🎂5️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/20/d... Papers by @vmpakanen.bsky.social @koivulakari.bsky.social et al. #ornithology

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Dunlin: tales from the Baltic

Veli-Matti Pakanen, Kari Koivula and colleagues have been studying Finnish Dunlin for nearly twenty years. These are schinzii birds that breed in coastal grazing meadows around the Baltic Sea…

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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

New paper: how does forestry affect different tit species? 30 years of data from Finland show that clear-cutting and thinning can have contrasting effects on willow, great and blue tits, with consequences for recruitment and population persistence. ➡️ vist.ly/57q7h #ornithology #birds

Willow tit. Photo: Francis Franklin, Wikimedia commons

Fig. 3 from the article: Probability to fledge in relation to (A1) percentage of 0–4 years old clear-cuttings within a 113 m buffer from the nest (willow tit), (A2) percentage of 5–10 years old clear-cuttings within a 113 m buffer from the nest (willow tit), (A3) percentage of 11–20 years old clear-cuttings within a 113 m buffer from the nest (willow tit), (B) percentage of 0–10 years old thinnings within a 329 m buffer from the nest (great tit), (C1) percentage of 0–10 years old thinnings within a 329 m buffer from the nest (blue tit), and (C2) percentage of 11–30 years old thinnings within a 329 m buffer from the nest (blue tit) with the 95% confidence intervals.

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University of Oulu @oulu.fi · 16/05/2026

Ilmastonmuutoksen myötä yleistyvät meritulvat uhkaavat yhä useammin uhanalaisten kahlaajalintujen pesintää Suomen rannikoilla. Kahlaajat ovat parhaillaan aloittamassa pesintäkauttaan.

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Yleistyvät tuulitulvat vievät kahlaajien pesät – avuksi maankäytön suunnittelu, tekomunat ja keinohaudonta äärimmäisenä ratkaisuna

Tulvimisen lisääntyminen on kytköksissä ilmastonmuutokseen ja koskee kahlaajien lisäksi muitakin lintuja.

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

amazing course with cool tutors!!

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AniMove @animove-course.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

#Animove26 is going to Kenya. Come and join us! Applications are now open until 31st of May 🦁🦏🐘🦛🦇🦂🦗 animove.org/next-animove...

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Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

#Shorebird eggs are optimised for camouflage and each one is a unique piece of art. Thee eggs are coloured by the females individually (who probably inspired the #Easter 🐇). Our annual "egg hunt" at Liminka Bay, Finland, searching for hidden #ruff and #dunlin 🪺 will soon start again. #ornithology

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AniMove @animove-course.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

🌿Apply now! 🌿🦒🐘🦓🌍 We’re thrilled to announce that applications for Animove are NOW OPEN This year our workshop will take place in Africa @mpalarc.bsky.social . Learn cutting-edge methods in animal movement analysis. We can't wait to see your application come through. See you at #Mpala 🇰🇪

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AniMove @animove-course.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Applications are now open for our #BasicR Course followed by the two week #Animove workshop @mpalarc.bsky.social. Perfect for African-affiliated students and researchers-with funding available for eligible participants! 👉 Apply now: animove.org/basic-r-cour... See you in Kenya! 🇰🇪 #AfricanResearchers

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Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Nest failure in threatened #shorebirds has many reasons. Replacing eggs of vulnerable clutches with dummy eggs boosts nest survival of #Ruffs in grazed coastal meadows. New paper out 🎉 dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3... in @ecol-evol.bsky.social #conservation #ornithology

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

"feeling you must constantly prove you belong in boots and bad weather, in remote places, and in male-coded spaces"

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Four eggs ✅ Five eggs ❌ Chicks from five-egg Ringed Plover nests are far less successful. wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/f... WaderTales blog #156 #ornithology

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Jen Gill @jengill.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Why do advances in timing of breeding occur more in short-distance migrants? Latest wadertales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/m... on our new @ecol-evol.bsky.social paper about Icelandic waders: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology

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The Helsinki Lab of Ornithology @hkilabornithology.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Happy International Day for #WomenInScience! I’m Lisa Kreye, a HelLO master’s student studying whether species traits can explain variability in birds’ responses to environmental change. Grateful for the mentorship of amazing women scientists like @jellybb.bsky.social and @laurabosco.bsky.social 🐦

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Wolfgang Goymann @dudumizi.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Our new paper on Bateman gradients in black coucals and white-browed coucals is out. Females of both species outperform males in mating and reproductive success - confirming the generality of Bateman's principle when sex roles differ. Check it out: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

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Sex-role reversal and the Bateman gradient in coucals—females benefit from mating with multiple partners

Abstract. Conventional sex roles imply that males compete more vigorously with each other for fertilizations, whereas females are more selective in choosin

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AniMove @animove-course.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Another day of #AnimoveCR 😀 Analysing animal movement with continuous-time models by @ecoisilva.bsky.social and Chris Fleming, ending with a fantastic plenary talk by @kamransafi.bsky.social on Kruger National Park research.

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AniMove @animove-course.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Countdown for #AnimoveCR at La Selva Estación Biológica, Organization of Tropical Studies 👍 We will see you tomorrow! @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animove-course.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

After absolutely amazing adventures in Costa Rica for 2wks it's time to start working in the jungle and learn lots of cool & useful things with @animove-course.bsky.social Looking forward to tomorrow!

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 02/10/2025

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Thomas MacGillavry @thomasmacgillavry.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Victoria’s riflebirds are masters of time, accelerating their dance tempo by reducing the durations between movements by just 50 milliseconds, before leveling off at 3 alternations per second and flashing their yellow mouth. Read more about this spectacular dance here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

The diversity in plumage and behaviors of #ruffs is stunning and probably an underused asset for their #conservation @simonvandepitte.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #ornithology

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Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Something to look for in #wader nests. Blue eggs are becoming increasingly common in #ruff clutches @jellybb.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #conservation

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Miguel A Gómez Serrano @gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Interesting talk by @jellybb.bsky.social about the aberrant egg coloration in Ruff clutches. Blue eggs may affect nest survival, but fitness effects may be habitat dependent. @waderstudy.bsky.social IWSG Conference 2025 in Groningen (Netherlands) #IWSG2025 #waders #shorebirds

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Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Belated but wonderful news: Kriszti Kupán has won a 3-year grant from the Bauer-Hollmann Stiftung for monitoring and developing an integrative #conservation management approach for threatened #ruffs and #dunlins at #Liminganlahti! 🥚🎉🐣

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

There are now 148 blogs about waders/shorebirds in the WaderTales catalogue. Here's the list of what's available, with a short descriptor of each blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/about/ There are 14 blogs about (Eurasian) #Curlew, just to name one species. #ornithology

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Morgan M. Oberweiser @mmoberweiser.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The first chapter of my thesis is out now in Journal of Ethology! Check it out if you're interested in taking a deep dive into the vibrational signal of a very cute spider 🕷️〰️ Variation of vibratory performance during courtship of a cursorial spider: doi.org/10.1007/s101...

Face-first view of a brown spider with long legs. He is carrying a nuptial gift (silk-wrapped prey) in his chelicerae.

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Intraclutch egg color variation in #ruffs is striking. Pale to strongly pigmented, speckled and not speckeled and even blue eggs within a single clutch 💙

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Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Adorable #ruff chicks for your Sunday evening. Or Monday morning.

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

It's always nice to have back a bird you ringed! @wmgvs.bsky.social remember Ljudmila?

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Sunday morning delight! Woodcock with her chicks feeding and brooding in front of our kitchen window. ☺️🪄✨

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Kari Koivula @koivulakari.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Yesterday, we found the nest of this blonde female. Three of her eggs were also exceptionally pale. #ornithology #waders

Blonde ruff female standing in grasses by its nest.

Ruff clutch of four eggs, three eggs abnormally pale.

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Kari Koivula @koivulakari.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Ruff lekking: The co-display of a pale satellite and a court-defending independent morph increases male attractiveness. Lekking began here (65°N) in the first week of May and continues, even though most females are already incubating and the first chicks are expected to hatch any day now.

Ruff male with brownish ornaments co-display with pale-ruffed satellite morph. Female stands by them.

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Can you find all adorable #lapwing chicks on the photo? 🥰

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Kari Koivula @koivulakari.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

A female Ruff enters her nest — a tent-like shelter hiding her precious eggs. She’s unringed for now, but she’ll receive her bands once the chicks hatch. #waders #ornithology

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

This year we spent long (and cold) nights out to capture #ruffs during peak #lekking. Each one ringed and fitted with a transmitter to help us track their movements and behavior. Thanks to the team for the effort and stamina it takes to pull this off 💤 @koivulakari.bsky.social @chorlnev.bsky.social

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Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Ruff clutches are expertly hidden, the eggs are camouflaged and very difficult to find. But this year’s field crew with @jellybb.bsky.social @simonvandepitte.bsky.social @koivulakari.bsky.social @vmpakanen.bsky.social is on 🔥 and found already plenty of them.

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

It's a year of #headstarting for #BalticDunlins! First chicks are hatching and many more are on the way. We're trying to recover the almost extinct population breeding in coastal meadows around the #BothnianBay. Pics by Gerrit Wehrenberg @koivulakari.bsky.social @vmpakanen.bsky.social

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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

#pictureofthemonth: These two ruff chicks are just three days old. Which one fledges earlier and which one grows faster? These are exciting questions to study! More infos: www.bi.mpg.de/kuepper June – Institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social

Two 3-day-old ruff chicks sitting in grass

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Field season is almost starting! Until the winter goes away in Finland let's enjoy some of the last year videos 💓 @simonvandepitte.bsky.social #ruff #LiminkaBay youtu.be/qYiFpgOTcp0?...

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Jumping behaviour ruffs

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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🪺 🐣 Where do birds end up building their nests? A new study by the Küpper group & colleagues at the University of Oulu shows that in ruffs, this is driven by both social and environmental factors: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @chorlnev.bsky.social

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 06/03/2025

Nests, Threats, and Leks: Nonrandom Distributions of Nests in Ruffs (Calidris pugnax) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 27/02/2025

Increased wind flood frequency leads to decreased nest success of endangered waders in managed shore meadows | www.sciencedirect.co... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology 🪶

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Kari Koivula @koivulakari.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Our study with @chorlnev.bsky.social, @vmpakanen.bsky.social, @jellybb.bsky.social, and others, using long-term data on dunlins and ruffs, shows that wind floods are a serious threat to the reproduction of waders in the Baltic Sea shore meadows. #ornithology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Jelena Belojevic @jellybb.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Read up this amazing blog with fabulous ruff lekking videos from our last field season 🥰

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Peter Santema @petersantema.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

New paper out in @rsocpublishing.bsky.social! Research from our group shows that males of the polygynous ruff visit many potential breeding sites within a breeding season, travelling up to 9000 km and visiting up to 23 different sites! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 1/7

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Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

At the end of last year, we had a flurry of accepted manuscripts that are going to be published over the next weeks. The first one is already out. Those tiny #Ruff 🐥 have personalities - wonderful work by Veronika Rohr published in Ethology doi.org/10.1111/eth.... 🧵 (1/7)

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Sex and Morph Variation in Activity From Early Ontogeny to Maturity in Ruffs (Calidris pugnax)

We measured the activity (distance travelled in an open-field test) in young ruffs multiple times throughout their first two years of life. Besides the two sexes, ruffs feature three mating morphs (i...

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Tom Ratz @tomratz.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

My interview for the @insectessociaux.bsky.social blog 👇

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