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@rytikerttunen.bsky.social
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🥚🐣🐦researcher @ivb-cas.bsky.social‬ @czechacademy.bsky.social | #ornithology #birdmigration #birdringing #birdtracking #broodparasitism #HABITRACK | scholar.google.com/citations?user=a… www.instagram.com/rytikerttunen

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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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Journal of Vertebrate Biology @jvertbiol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At Zavodovski Island, chinstrap 🐧 decreased by 63% from 2011 to 2025, while macaroni 🐧 increased. Declining krill availability linked to ocean warming is the likely driver. Could this signal a wider Antarctic ecosystem shift? 🌊 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #ornithology @currentbiology.bsky.social
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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WE WON. Lead in gunshot will finally be banned across the EU! Just now, the European Parliament approved in plenary the Commission's proposal to restrict lead in gunshot. This decision ends years of debate on one of Europe's most persistent forms of lead pollution.
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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
CALL FOR SYMPOSIA: EXTENDED DEADLINE! Still thinking about submitting a symposium proposal for #EOU2027? We have extended the deadline: Monday 19th October 2026, 23:59 European Ornithologists' Union, Brno, Czech Republic 23-27 August 2027 Instructions & more info: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym...
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Cellular Tracking Technologies @celltracktech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Three tagged monarchs reached Mexico on October 5, the first of this fall's Project Monarch cohort!! #monarchbutterfly #monarchmigration #ProjectMonarch
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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New publication: Family life is critical for migration and survival in a long-lived social #bird, by @hanslinssen.bsky.social @bartnolet.bsky.social and others. #Bewicksswan #sociallearning #waterfowl #biodiversity doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Figure 3 in Linssen et al. (2026): "First northward migration of juveniles in 2022 that became orphaned during midwinter (red, n = 10) compared to juveniles with no indication of altered family status (reference group; blue, n = 14)."
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🦊🦆Experimental and field evidence indicate that islet-nesting tundra birds experience reduced nest predation and benefit indirectly from high snow goose densities 📷 Louis-Pierre Ouellet vist.ly/5kmrv
A fox jumps over water holding an egg in its mouth.
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Journal of Vertebrate Biology @jvertbiol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🏝️ How do island species persist despite small populations? A recent synthesis shows that purging, genetic drift and ecological buffering can act together, yet genomic erosion may still leave populations vulnerable to environmental change. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
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Journal of Vertebrate Biology @jvertbiol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Who gets to the top of the jay hierarchy? Pacific morphotype Canada jays formed steep, linear social hierarchies. Males ranked higher, dominance increased with tenure more strongly in males and juveniles sometimes outranked adults! 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s002... @ryannorrissci.bsky.social #ornithology
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Journal of Vertebrate Biology @jvertbiol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A perfect example of how detailed field observations can help reveal the complexity of habitat and food requirements in a declining species! 🐦🔎 👇 Check the thread #ornithology @lesserspotnet.bsky.social
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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Do you study avian foraging, diet, or nutrition? We’ve just opened submissions for a special issue on avian diets in J Avian Biology: nso-journals.org/all-news/cal.... #ornithology
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Call for Papers | Special issue “Decomposing avian diet: linking food, foraging and fitness” — NSO Journals
The Journal of Avian Biology is inviting contributions for the special issue “Decomposing avian diet: linking food, foraging and fitness.” Submission deadline: 30 September 2027.
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UNR Biology Buzz @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
A winter view of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains with snow on the ground and trees
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#ornithology
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Robert Tropek @robtrop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New study published in @natecoevo.nature.com ! We assembled the largest global dataset of plant–pollinator networks to ask a simple question: do interactions become more specialised towards the tropics? doi.org/10.1038/s415... Study led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️ 1/8
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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💡Plenary Spotlight Bart Kempenaers – Max Planck Institute, Germany Bart is an expert in avian mating systems, currently exploring how sexual selection affects the activity and movement of shorebirds. #EOU2027 | 23-27 August | Brno, CZ Submit symposia: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym... #Ornithology
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International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#WaderJob
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Splendid! At least compared to continental birds, long & massive bill and very dark & large spots on the underparts. Side note: if Rose's "GENOMIGs" project is funded, the Song Thrush is one of the target species, so birds from the Outer Hebrides could also be of interest...
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ornithology #bioacoustics
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Gregory Eckhartt @gregoryeckhartt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1/🧵 Today I’m at #BOUasm26, engaging with colleagues on predicting the future of #avian #biodiversity. Recently in my own work I asked, how do we predict the movements of #birds in the world’s ever-growing cities? #ornithology
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A map of records of migrating Nutcracker - seemingly all Slender-billed (machrorhynchos) - from Southern Sweden in the last week. Also this great video of 48 migrating SW at Falsterbo today. Definitely something afoot with this species this autumn... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol-I...
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Cellular Tracking Technologies @celltracktech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Northern Waterthrush tagged in Cape May, NJ left after sunset on Sep 11. Two weeks later it was over Colombia! Jamaica -> Colombia included ~800 km of open Caribbean. 3,082 km so far! @birdscanada.bsky.social @originalstu.bsky.social #MotusWTS #BirdMigration #ornithology @nature.org
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Emma-Liina Marjakangas @emmamarjakangas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📢 Postdoc opportunity in interaction networks under global change @ University of Helsinki! The position includes leading fieldwork & analyses on seed dispersal networks & mentoring junior researchers. Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#ornithology #HABITRACK
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Glad to have hosted Nikola Veljković from the University of Novi Sad through @euflynet.bsky.social 🌍 While working with biologging data from Common Snipes, Nikola developed valuable skills in movement analysis. We look forward to future collaboration! @ivb-cas.bsky.social #EUFLYNET #HABITRACK
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Journal of Vertebrate Biology @jvertbiol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🐦🌊 Tracking 65 birds from 11 species found that most sea crossings happened at night and at low altitudes - overlapping with offshore wind turbine rotors 👉 doi.org/10.1111/con4... #ornithology #birdmigration @pdvsky.bsky.social @pauldufour80.bsky.social @piedflynet.bsky.social @rafnuss.bsky.social
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Journal of Vertebrate Biology @jvertbiol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🐦 Why do some birds migrate thousands of kilometres while others travel far less? A global study of 446 species finds that migration distance is linked to body size, food availability and flight efficiency 🪽 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology #Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social
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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New review of what we know and don't know about the evolutionary history of birds and their close fossil relatives! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷Benito & @lizzysteell.bsky.social)
Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships and geologic ages of birds and closely related bird-like dinosaurs.
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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
💡Plenary Spotlight Sandra Bouwhuis – Institute of Avian Research, Germany Sandra studies life-history strategies in common terns, focusing on migration, pollution, climate change and avian influenza. #EOU2027 | 23-27 August | Brno, CZ Submit symposia: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym... #Ornithology
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Peter Santema @petersantema.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New #ornithology paper out in @ecography.bsky.social! The tendency of birds to return to the same breeding area in different years varies wildly among species. We show that breeding site fidelity is much lower in #shorebirds nesting in the #Arctic tundra than in those nesting in other habitats. 1/n
Map showing the geographic locations of shorebird populations included in the study, alongside four Arctic-breeding shorebird species with low breeding-site fidelity: Red Phalarope, Long-billed Dowitcher, White-rumped Sandpiper, and Pectoral Sandpiper.
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great write-up on recent scientific advances in our understanding of avian vagrancy #ornithology #UKBirding baynature.org/2026/09/15/s...
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Are Vagrant Birds Lost, or Pioneers? For Clues, Researchers Look to the Farallones.
A recent study could change our assumptions about why birds show up out of the blue.
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Pablo Macias Torres @pablomaciastorres.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New paper out on barn swallow flight energetics!🐦 We did wind tunnel experiments and found that, compared to other species, their flight efficiency is low but constant across speeds. Flight efficiency may reflect species-specific flight ecology. ⬇️ doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... @jexpbiol.bsky.social
A barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) flying inside Lund wind tunnel while taking measurements for the study.
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One-size-fits-all agri-environment scheme policies fall short for UK waders 🐦 New analysis shows that nesting season varies by species and latitude: targeted, evidence-based agricultural exclusions are key to protecting farmland breeding waders 🔑 Read the full article 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Andy J. Green @drandygreen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We have a 4 year PhD position available @ebdonana.bsky.social in our project “Connecting key wetland sites through waterbirds: implications for plant populations”. We seek candidates with interest in plant ecology, waterbirds and/or movement ecology. Details attached @sibecol.bsky.social
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Jun Otsuka @junotk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just got a physical copy of Pim Edelaar's new book, the Selective Organism: and Expanded Theory of Adaptive Evolution. This is a truly wonderful book, applying causal methods to real eco-evo problems. And better yet, it is freely available: academic.oup.com/book/63165 Congrats, Pim!
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The Selective Organism: An Expanded Theory of Adaptive Evolution
Abstract. Adaptive evolution is often described as natural selection acting on the genetic variation that affects ecological performance. This description
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wow, they are making quick progress this year! 🕊️ #ornithology #birdmigration #turtledove
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 12/09/2026
The Eurasian dotterel is a sex-role reversed bird, in which males typically perform all incubation and offspring. New research in #ProcB found that females of the socially polyandrous shorebird visit multiple breeding sites within a single season: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... Image: Terje Lislevand
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The last two tagged Turtle Doves are heading from their Czech breeding grounds to sub-Saharan Africa, roughly following the trajectories they took last autumn (one via Italy, the other via Greece). Will they make it back again next spring? 🕊️ #HABITRACK #birdmigration #ornithology
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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dear Bluesky-friends, I am back to ask another favour. Gull-billed tern chick H36 has died close to Parque Nacional de Doñana. It seems to be on a small island in the Caño de Guadiamar: maps.app.goo.gl/Z195ha4z9zYY...
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Patrick Lewin @plewin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excited to share my second published PhD chapter out now in Current Biology! @cellpress.bsky.social 🧵 below but tldr: birds are known to use the magnetic field to navigate. But is magnetism the whole story? We find that an amazing avian navigator doesn’t seem to rely on magnetic cues at all.
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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New #ornithology paper! Knowledge gaps and research directions in migration ecology for advancing the #conservation of migratory songbirds onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Aims to stimulate research advancing #migration #ecology and conserving threatened migratory #songbirds.
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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our pre-print analysing the 1 std decline in mass in Wytham great tits has just been published in @animalecology.bsky.social check it out: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @biology.ox.ac.uk
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Early‐life environment drives long‐term decrease in adult body mass in a wild bird population
Using more than 90,000 body mass measures of adult and nestling great tits Parus major, we show that the 1 SD decline in adult mass between 1978 and 2024 is a consequence of changes in the environmen....
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We're seeking a Research Ecologist to develop & apply methods for analysing large-scale passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) datasets & to lead work on the collection/analysis of restoration & rewilding data. Apply via www.bto.org/jobs Closing date: 22 September. #Ornithology #bioacoustics
The heads of two Puffins appear above a bank. Wording above reads: We're hiring! Senior Research Ecologist: Landscape Restoration & Monitoring Science.
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Casey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore.
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Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🥳 New paper out in the Journal of Biogeography! I am excited to share the first PhD chapter from Zhichang Cheng, who I co-supervise with Fred de Boer. Habitat and Thermal Breadth Shape Climate-Driven Range Shifts in Arctic Birds onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ornithology
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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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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
with @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social @janhanzelka.bsky.social @hkruckenberg.bsky.social @rihomarja.bsky.social @valeriavalanne.bsky.social @modelbirder.bsky.social @beatezein.bsky.social and others... #birdmigration #ornithology #MovementEcology #Conservation #HABITRACK 3/3
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We provide 8 policy recommendations: from protecting critical migratory nodes and restoring breeding habitat to assessing wind-farm impacts. For migratory species, protecting one place is rarely enough. We need to protect the network of places connecting an entire life cycle. 2/3
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
What can 20+ years of GPS tracking teach us about saving Eurasian Curlews? A lot! Tracking data from 626 curlews across Europe revealed remarkably strong fidelity to breeding & wintering sites, critical life stages, and key places & pressures affecting survival. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... 1/3
A tagged Eurasian Curlew. Photo credit: Andreas Bange
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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Question: do I know anyone near Nantes who would be willing to pick up a dead gull-billed tern and its logger? L49 has sadly been killed near a road. I’d be very grateful for a picture and the logger and would of course reimburse postage.
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Emília Santos @emiliapsantos.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🎨 job alert 🐠 Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August. Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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