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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🚨 Exciting news! The Swiss Ornithological Institute is starting a collaborative program that offers multi-sensor geolocators and analytical support for bird migration research, focusing on underrepresented species & regions. Interested? geopressure.org/GeoCollabForm/ Please share!

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Susan Ellen McKinlay @susan-e-mckinlay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Presented at ISBE Congress 2026 in Turin on flight altitude patterns in migrating Eurasian woodcocks 🦉📡 Great to connect with fellow behavioural ecologists at the biggest conference I've attended yet. Excited to dig deeper into this in my upcoming postdoc at Uni Milan! #BirdMigration #Ecology

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Susan Ellen McKinlay @susan-e-mckinlay.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

On 22 May I presented the third chapter of my PhD on global Barn Swallow migration at Friday4Birds 🐦 Talk: Wind, barriers, and connectivity in global Barn Swallow migration 🌬️ 🌍 The audience was as international as the swallows I study! youtu.be/nij5xAKAo7I?...

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Wind, Barriers, and Connectivity in Global Barn Swallow Migration

YouTube video by Fridays4Birds (@ Vogelwarte, CH)

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Susan Ellen McKinlay @susan-e-mckinlay.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Last weekend I presented my research on the flight altitude of migrating Eurasian woodcocks at the EOU 2026 Fledglings Conference in Gdańsk 🇵🇱 Grateful for the opportunity to share my work, exchange ideas, and connect with the community. 🐦 #BirdMigration #Ornithology #Research #EOUFledglings

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Susan Ellen McKinlay @susan-e-mckinlay.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🐦‍⬛ Barn swallows go global! Presenting the Global Barn Swallow Migration Project at the 3rd General Meeting of COST Action EUFLYNET in Vienna! This work, the 3rd chapter of my PhD, aims to uncover global migration patterns of Barn Swallows 🌍 #EUFLYNET #BirdMigration #MigrationEcology

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Susan Ellen McKinlay @susan-e-mckinlay.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Based on thousands of citizen-science observations across Italy, our study shows that many hunted game bird species 🐦 start their pre-breeding migration earlier than reported in the European Commission’s “Key Concepts Document” (KCD) 🇪🇺 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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(PDF) Phenology of migrating game birds in Italy based on citizen science data

PDF | Studying the timing of the seasonal movements of migratory birds, known as migration phenology, is crucial for managing and conserving migratory... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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Susan Ellen McKinlay @susan-e-mckinlay.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Presentare il mio lavoro di dottorato sul Global Barn Swallow Migration project a Lecce al CIO2025 è stato un onore!

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Susan Ellen McKinlay @susan-e-mckinlay.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

It was such an honor to present my PhD work on the Global Barn Swallow project at the EOU2025 in Bangor, Wales!

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