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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#fish 🐟 🐠 researchers and PIs of tomorrow! We like to sponsor you for an Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB) Presidential #Postdoc Fellowship application @michiganstateu.bsky.social. Applications due Nov 1, so get in touch soom! #EndlessFishMostBeautiful www.fishevodevogeno.org Pls repost!

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My regular reminder that if you or someone you know is a Catalan ecologist and would be willing to answer questions about linguistic experiences for my PhD, I would really appreciate it! You can also message me privately on here to express interest or with any questions!

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Rich in life because this is how my dog sits and watches the fulmars with me 🩵

A photo taken by a person sitting on a grassy ledge, with a white, brown, and blakc spaniel wearing a red harness laying on his back on the person's legs, looking at the sky. In the background is a rocky cliff and the ocean

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One of the coolest unexpected byproducts of learning another language is that you can re-experience your favourite performing arts for the first time all over again! Saw Six the musical in Spanish while in Madrid!

A photo of a stage with a purple lighting and the words "six" in lights

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you know someone who may be interested in participating, please share! Thanks!

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Julia Machado @juliammachado.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Do you have experience working with meerkats or in animal affect/ welfare science? Are you UK based? If so, we may be able to offer you 1-2 hours of PAID work coding footage of zoo-housed meerkats for a project on meerkat-keeper relationships! Register your interest here: tinyurl.com/ntumeerkats

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

⚠️¡Por favor, compartid!⚠️ Buscamos participantes para hacer una entrevista escrita para una tesis doctoral sobre las experiencias lingüísticas de profesionales de la ecología de Cataluña. No necesiten reside actualmente en Cataluña y pueden participar en catalán, español y/o inglés. ¡Gracias! 🪶🕷️🌲🐡🍄

A white background with the words:"Eres professional de la ecología y de Cataluña?" at the top in black and red, and underneath the text "Si eres de Cataluña y trabajas en ecología y te gustaría participar en una entrevista escrita sobre tus experiencias lingüísticas, por favor, ponte en contacto con Rowan Kuminski at r01tk22@abdn.ac.uk", and underneath in yellow it says "Gràcies!". In the background are transparent digital images of a shearwater and an oak leaf.

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

⚠️Si us plau, compartiu-ho!⚠️ Busquem participants per fer una entrevista escrita per una tesi doctoral sobre les experiències lingüístiques de professionals de l’ecologia de Catalunya. No necessiten residir actualment a Catalunya i poden participar en català, castellà i/o anglès. Gràcies! 🪶🕷️🌲🐡🍄

A white background with the words "Ets professional de l'ecologia i de Catalunya?" at the top in black and red, and underneath the text "Si ets de Catalunya i treballes en ecologia i tagradaria participar en una entrevista escrita sobre les teves experiències lingüístiques, si us plau, posa't en contacte amb Rowan Kuminski a r01tk22@abdn.ac.uk", and underneath in yellow it says "Gràcies!". In the background are transparent digital images of a shearwater and an oak leaf.

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

⚠️Please share!⚠️ We are recruiting participants to complete a written interview for a PhD chapter on linguistic experiences of ecologists from Catalonia. Participants do not need to currently reside in Catalonia and can participate in Catalan, Spanish, and/or English. Thank you! 🪶🕷️🌲🐡🍄 #ecology

A white background with the words "Are you a Catalan ecologist?" at the top in black and red, adn underneath the text "If you are a professional ecologist from Catalonia and would be willing to do a written interview about your linguistic experiences, please contact Rowan Kuminski at r01tk22@abdn.ac.uk", and underneath in yellow it says "Gràcies!". In the background are transparent digital images of a shearwater and an oak leaf.

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It has been a few days since I attended La Diada (National Day of Catalonia) in Barcelona and I'm still processing it. Getting to learn Catalan and study Catalan sociolinguistics is such a deep honour, and being able to witness this complex and emotional day meant so much

A sign of a four-story billboard; it is yellow with red finger prints, and the top in red letters says "DIIIIADA NACIONAL DE CATALUNYA"

A photo of a sand art in the foreground of a yellow rectangel with four red vertical stripes representing the catalan flag, with teh letters "Diada de Catalunya" in white. It sits in front of steps with a red carpet leading to a large sign reading "Una porta al món"

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Having lived and spent a lot of time in Spain the past few years, I've seen yellow-legged gulls eating pigeons but never saw an actual predation event. Today I finally did and as a biologist studying predation or course I took a bunch of photos and videos 😅

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Universitat de Barcelona has been one of my dream institutions to work at for years now, so much so that it was one of the reasons I started taking Catalan lessons. Seeing it in person was so special, and as a bonus we swung by Casa del Llibre for some bird book/guides in Catalan and Spanish!

A photo of the front of a brick building with a large yellow and red striped catalan flag draped from a window. The building says "Universitat de Barcelona" and has two large brown rounded doors.

A photo of two books on a bed: one says "38 dies amb els gavians de les Medes" with a colorful illustration of gulls flying over the ocean at sunset. The second is a small guide with a shelduck and says "Aves acuáticas nadadoras".

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Don't forget to register for our next MEE live! Antica Čulina will introduce the concept of Risk of Bias (RoB), and discusses why RoB assessment matters for producing reliable systematic reviews and meta-analyses 🌍🧪 Find out more and register👇 buff.ly/8Hj79o9

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My best friend left the US for the first time to join me on holiday in Spain after not seeing each other for three years, and she's just lucky she had someone to meet her at the airport after her overnight flight to immediately overload her with facts about the yellow legged gulls outside

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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🐦 Job offer: Research Data Analyst – Wildlife Telemetry 📊 GPS • R • ecology • habitat selection 📍 Paris 📅 Apply by 29 Aug 2026 Join the #HABITRACK team at CESCO @mnhn.fr and help uncover how European birds use their habitats! 👉 recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-d... #EcologyJobs #ornithology #RStats

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

MEE is collaborating on this Ecological Genetics cross-journal special feature. See below for more information and to submit your proposal!

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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨Job alert We are looking for a Communications Officer to join our team in Brussels. If you love crafting stories about nature, birds and how to save them, this is your place. ⌚ Full-time: 37.5hrs per week 📜 1-year fixed-term contract, extension possible 💸Salary: EUR 52,000 - 54,000 gross/year

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Greenpeace España @greenpeace.es · 05/08/2026

Los datos de la @aemet.es no dejan lugar a dudas: esto no es solo "mal tiempo", es la crisis climática. La inacción nos cuesta vidas y biodiversidad. Hay que poner fin a los combustibles fósiles y exigir a los gobiernos medidas drásticas de mitigación y adaptación urgentes.

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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Are you an artist with experience with scientific illustration or translating scientific concepts into art? I would love to ask you some questions and/or promote you for an upcoming blog post on how scientists can work more with artists in their research 🎨

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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New in Science Advances: extreme weather is measurably reducing breeding success in Australian fur seals, short-tailed shearwaters and shy albatross across 14 Tasmanian colonies in a region warming three to four times faster than the global average. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Dr. Stepfanie Aguillón 😷 @s-m-aguillon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

There’s still time to apply!!

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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Can you monitor Black Guillemot breeding success?! Only two breeding success records were submitted to SMP in the past two years. If you can monitor their productivity, or need a hand submitting your data, email us at smp@bto.org! #Seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

An image of a Black Guillemot holding a fish in its beak.

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Was digging through my closet for a stats book to help me with some code, then found some blank ceramic coasters and dishes I got a while ago and got sidetracked...so anyway now I have hoopoe-themed decor AND my code ran and works! 🎉

A photo of one small dish and a coaster resting on a paper towel. They are both painted brown/orange with black and white lines to represent hoopoe feather patterns

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Almost the end of Pride month, so a reminder why it's still so relevant: It's been 2 yrs since I went to the police and formally reported members of my dept for harassment, doxxing, and stalking, only for Aberdeen to say I was the problem and would face disciplinary action if I kept making trouble

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Unis love to brag about their "interdisciplinary" work, then disproportionately dismantle the humanities that contribute so much in their own right and through multidisciplinary collaborations. Without these fields we all lose out and what is happening at Exeter is a massive failing by the uni

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

25 years, 4 colonies across the Arctic: satellite snowmelt data & nest monitoring show that earlier snowmelt advances hatching in little auks — but fitness consequences are mixed. Will earlier breeding help in future? 📝 paper: buff.ly/G49YbQW 🎙️ podcast: buff.ly/LPMOT9w 🧊 blog: buff.ly/lMPDKkD

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A day late, but happy International Horseshoe Crab Day! Most people are perplexed to find out not only that my top three favourite animals aren't birds, but one is a horseshoe crab. But they’re just so cool and one thing I miss about the US is driving to the coast to see them spawning on the beach 💙

A photo of two horseshoe crabs on a beach

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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Great bird science starts with great methods 🐦🔬 We are pleased to announce the launch of a new article type: Methods and Tools Read more here: vist.ly/58ckm To help launch our new article type, we have put together a Virtual Issue: vist.ly/58cki #ornithology #methods #tools

Close-up of a red kite with text: 'Methods and Tools: expanding the avian research toolkit'.

Person holding a small bird with tagging equipment.

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Doing an interdisciplinary thesis is so cool because I can go from reading a paper on climate change affecting seabirds to a paper on linguistic violence under fascist regimes and it's all going into the same thesis, I still can't get over how exciting that is and how much I'm learning!

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Happy Pride Month from Ebro! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

A photo of a spaniel with black ears and a brown and white speckled face, sitting looking over his shoulder with a pride flag wrapped around him

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SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🚨Content submissions for the 6th SORTEE Conference (13-14 Oct 2026) are closing soon, on the 7th of June! 👉Submit your proposal for an unconference, hackathon or workshop via sortee.org/upcoming ✅ More at: sortee.org/upcoming

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It's baby gull season! (found on the pavement on my walk home)

A photo of a person's hand holding a gull egg, it's dark tan with brown splotches

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Every time I have to do annual information security and data protection training for Aberdeen, I always think about the time I applied to this PhD and the uni/DTP representative accidentally sent all of us applicants a file with the full names/personal info of all our competitors for the position 😅

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This #SuperSeabirdSunday , both Ebro and I would like to contribute some puffins to brighten your feed

A photo of a puffin nested in a patch of grass, underneath a rock overhang, with some purple flowers in the grass above it. It's mouth is open and half its body is covered by the rock overhang

A cocker spaniel with a brown and white speckled face, black ears, and white body, holding a stuffed animal puffin by the wing and looking at the camera

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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The application deadline (5/15/26) is approaching for AOS's Bridge/Completion Grants to support AOS members who recently lost previously awarded funding as a result of US federal policy changes & grant cuts. See our website for qualifications. #AOSgrants americanornithology.org/awards-grant...

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

If you've had an exhuasting few weeks of all-nighters writing your thesis and need a low-effort, high-reward action to lift your spirits, I HIGHLY recommend giving your dog little pigtails

A cocker spaniel looking at the camera, with white fur but a speckled brown and white face, black ears, and black circles around his eyes; he also has two little pigtails on top of his head

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Today marks one year from submitting my PhD, so I got flowers to celebrate! Over the past few years at Aberdeen I never imagined I'd even reach this point, so I'm very proud and grateful. Now to count down the days until I can submit and finally find a safe place to continue to grow as a researcher!

A photo of two vases with flowers on a windowsill, with green bushes in the sunlight in the background. One vase is brown and blue with white designs and has yellow tulips in it, and the second case is yellow and white with pink tulips

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This weekend I found a hand-carved helmeted guineafowl in a charity shop (which I obviously took home), which then inspired me to draw the species! Being in the last year of my PhD I haven't been able to draw anything in a while, so I really enjoyed it!

A digital drawing of a helmeted guineafowl, a brown bird with light speckled feathers across its entire body, with a blue head, red waddle adn top of head, with a brown crest on its head. In the background is tan grass and the top of the image says "Helmeted Guinea Fowl, Numida meleagris" [scientific name]

Photo of a hand-carved wooden helmeted guinea fowl, a black bird with white spots with a blue head, red waddle and top of hear, and a brown crest. It is sitting on a wooden desk with a blue couch in the background.

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

My dog when I've had one of the busiest weeks of my PhD and am already sleep-deprived and overstimulated 😅

A photo of a spaniel puppy with white and grey speckled fur with black ears, a brown and white speckled face, and black curcles around his eyes, looking over his should at the camera. In front of him is a bowl of kibble spilled across a wood floor, with an empty dog bowl on top.

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This weekend I've been deep in the literature writing up one of my thesis chapters, and came across what might be one of the most wholesome academic acknowledgements in a book I've ever seen (from "Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation")

A screenshot of an electronic page of a book with the acknowledgements page reading "It occurred to us at the same moment to dedicate this book to each other. We do so as a celebration of an extraordinarily happy collaboration, in which we experienced many of the things we were writing about"

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Had another wonderful @skypeascientist.bsky.social talk today with four middle school classrooms! This one was particularly fun because they're learning about food webs and I got to tell them all about my predation research!

A photo of a laptop on a wooden desk in front of a window; on the screen is a PowerPoint cover slide of a photo of two terns, one holding a fish, standing on a rock with a blue background. A white text box has the title "Seabird prey, predators, and food webs"

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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🐦 New PhD position! @prfju.bsky.social @ckecz.bsky.social Nest defence in passerine birds Interested in animal behaviour, fieldwork and evolutionary ecology? 📅 Start July 2026 | ⏳ 4 years | 💰 Fully funded Apply by May 10 → veselp03@jcu.cz / krausl07@jcu.cz #PhDjobs #PhDchat #PhD #ornithology

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 08/04/2026

Ecological Solutions and Evidence is accepting proposals for their latest Special Feature! They invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't turn out as expected, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species 🌱

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I had a wonderful week presenting two of my thesis chapters at ornithological conferences in Poland then England, but I'm grateful to be back home where the spaniel cuddles are 💙

A photo of a dog lying on a persons lap sitting in front of a desk. The person has on a green sweater and black leggings, and the dog is a spaniel that is white with brown coloring on its paws and face, and black ears. The dog is lying on its back

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Emily V Griffith @e-v-griffith.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Are you an early career professional (last two years of PhD or first five years in your job/post PhD?) attending #AOS26 in Amherst MA this summer? We're looking for a diverse range of speakers to be featured in our Early Professionals symposia. DM me for more details!

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Job Alert 📢 Join BTO as a Senior Research Ecologist! Apply now➡️ www.bto.org/jobs This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of BTO’s climate change work! 📆 Application deadline: Sunday 26 April. 📝 £44,637 per annum. 📍 Hybrid, HQ in Norfolk or one of our country offices. #Ornithology

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

1/🧵 Aquesta setmana a #BOU2026 presento el meu treball sobre l’imperialisme lingüístic en la literatura científica a partir d’estudis ornitològics a Catalunya! Explorem com la validació de les llengües regionals pot augmentar la implicació amb el coneixement científic i inclusió en #ornithology! 🪶

Una diapositiva de títol amb la imatge d’un flamenc dibuixat digitalment, situat davant d’una imatge esvaïda del delta de l’Ebre, a Catalunya. El flamenc té tres bafarades de parla que en surten, amb la bandera catalana en la primera, l’espanyola en la segona i la britànica en la tercera; hi apareixen les paraules corresponents per flamenc en lletres negres: «Flamenc», «Flamenco» i «Flamingo», respectivament.

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

1/🧵 This week I'm at #BOU2026 presenting my work on linguistic imperialism in scientific literature from ornithological studies in Catalonia! We are exploring how validating regional languages can boost engagement with scientific knowledge and increase inclusion in #ornithology! 🪶

A title slide image of a digitally drawn flamingo, standing in front of a faded image of the Ebro Delta in Catalonia. The flamingo has three speech bubbles coming from it, with the Catalan flag in the first, Spanish in the second, and British in the third; the corresponding words for flaming are included in black letters: Flamenc, Flamenco, and Flamingo, respectively. On the bottom of the image is a white text box with black letters that reads "Exploring effects of linguistic imperialism on engagement with ornithological knowledge in Catalonia".

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Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

You're invited to complete a short anonymous survey about device failures in bird biologger deployments! 📡 🦆 Responses accepted within the next 8 weeks. 📆 Survey link is in our bio 🔗 If you have questions please email failedbiologgingdevices@gmail.com 📧

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