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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Amazing recovery of one of our Richard's Pipits ringed on its Mongolian breeding grounds in June 2023, found dead 3 years later by @stenura.bsky.social a few hundred m from its ringing site. Crazy find given the density of pipits there! Sadly its geolocator (missed in 2024) is gone..

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New job alert 🪶🧪 We are hiring a Conservation Scientist to work on links between hydrological restoration and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker conservation Deadline: 7/10/26 Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme @naturalengland.bsky.social 📷Ben Andrew

A Lesser Spotted Woodpecker perched by its nest hole

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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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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...

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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚨We're hiring a new Curator of Mammals!!🚨 🦍🐕🦝🐅🦓🦌🐃🐖🐏🐫🐘🦏🦛🐿️🦔🦇🦥🦦🦨🦘🦡🐋🦭🦒🧸 Come join the Vertebrate Unit at @nhmdk.bsky.social—a fantastic team in the heart of Denmark's beautiful capital! Amazing collections, incredible history. Please share widely! 🧪🏛️ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

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Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor and Curator of Mammals

Tenure Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor, and Curator of Mammals at Natural History Museum Denmark The Natural History Museum Denmark wishes to ap

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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Susanne Fritz, who is great, is advertising a macroevolution/macroecology/biogeography postdoc at iDiv in Leipzig: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/c...

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Macroevolution and Macroecology

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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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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In 2011, one chick held the record for most plastic ever found in the species: 276 pieces, 64g. We thought that was as bad as it could get. We were wrong. The record fell in 2023. Fell again in 2024. Then in 2025: 894 pieces in a single chick. (Photo: worst chicks in 2010, 2015, 2021, 2025)

Photographs of plastic on a black background from the most affected shearwater chick in 2010 (A; maybe 20 cm2), 2015 (B; maybe 20 cm2), 2021 (C; now 15x20 cm) and 2025 (30x20 cm)

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 09/09/2026

We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack

Call for independent Max Planck Research Groups

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New paper 👇 (my last PhD chapter!) 🍇🐦🧪🌍️ Bird damage in English vineyards is modest & mostly at field edges — and doesn't affect yield. Management & weather matter more. Biodiversity ≠ production trade-off. @simon-butler.bsky.social et al. @ueaceec.bsky.social @dice-kent.bsky.social #Ornithology

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Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture @burkemuseum.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

In the early 1980’s, we began preparing separate spread wings to help illustrate features of birds that had never been accurately drawn. Today our collection of spread wings is the largest in the world, preserving more than 40,000 specimens.

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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Trafficking has emerged as a new threat to Maleo, an iconic yet Critically Endangered Indonesian bird:

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Martha Maria Sander @mmsander.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

2 Student Job + thesis offers: Impacts of agricultural practices and seasonal invertebrate availability on grassland birds. Field surveys in Brandenburg. Details coming soon - stay tuned, get in touch! @dornitholges.bsky.social @euflynet.bsky.social @eoufledglings.bsky.social @eounion.bsky.social

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New job alert🪶 2.5yr fixed term Conservation Scientist role in our England and Wales team Project: Developing a trial management intervention for upland breeding Whinchat through a programme of new science Deadline: 23 Sept Full details here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... 📷Ben Andrew

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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Opportunity! We have an #internship offer through the RISE program. This applies to undergraduate students studying at North American, British or Irish Universities. If you are interested in doing fieldwork with us next spring/summer, have a look at the RISE website: www.daad.de/rise/en/rise...

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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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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In our new study, we investigated correlates of reproductive timing in Northern Wheatears on Norderney. Our results highlight the importance of conserving natural dune habitats, maintaining rabbit populations, and avoiding further expansion of anthropogenic areas. doi.org/10.1007/s103...

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 01/09/2026

🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN... ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶

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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

please share widely and get in touch to help us recover this tag and learn about the cause of death #conservation #migration #redshank #GPS

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Louise Blight @louiseblight.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Funded PhD opportunity to study bird-window collisions, with the wonderful Dr. Rachel Buxton at Carleton University, Ottawa. #PhDOpportunity #ornithology #windowstrike #conservationscience🌎 www.biodiversityconservationsolutions.com/join-us 📷 Rebecca Golat

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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🪶 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🪶 16th European Ornithologists' Union Congress Brno, Czech Republic 23-27 August 2027 Do you have a research theme you’d like to bring to EOU? The call for symposia, round table discussions and pre-congress meetings is now open! Apply: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym... #EOU2027

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🪶Want to band cool birds on an island in the western Pacific?IBP is hiring 2 banders to help re-establish & operate bird banding stations on the island of Rota, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. PROJECT DATES: Oct. 10 thru Dec. 20, 2026. More info here: birdpop.org/docs/jobs/Ro...

Photo of a bander's hands holding a Mariana Fruit Dove by Kristin Attinger. Text on graphic says: We're hiring experienced bird banders.

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Migration Ecology Group @migecol.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Free PhD positions!!! Cluster of Excellence NaviSense -> Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation -> is looking for curious and motivated individuals from resource constrained countries to join NaviSense as Doctoral Researchers. #NaviSense #ornithology uol.de/en/job/docto...

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David Tan @mangrovepitta.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My 2nd PhD chapter on the phylogeography of the Mangrove and Blue-winged Pittas is now on BioRxiv! Here we used genomic and palaeogeographic methods to show that, despite their similarities, the 2 species are strongly diverged, potentially due to differing ecologies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University! Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍 ➡️More info below

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

NaviSense, the Cluster of Excellence on Animal Navigation at the University of Oldenburg, is looking for motivated doctoral researchers to join their interdisciplinary team! Find more details here: 🔗 uol.de/job1191en #DoctoralResearcher #AnimalNavigation #Oldenburg

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Emilie Ellis @e-ellis1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🦋 I’m recruiting a fully funded PhD student at the University of Helsinki: understanding how butterflies respond to climate change across Europe. Apply by 30 Sept: Full details: jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/5... Please share! #ecology #job #phd

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Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Butterfly Ecology and Climate Change across Europe

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Big new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I am recruiting a PhD student next year! If you want to work on conservation in working landscapes, consider applying. If interested, please fill out this Google Form in lieu of an email inquiry (forms.gle/1pMESJ5ME8uK...). Check out our website to learn more about us: karp.ucdavis.edu

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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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Wieland Heim @wielandheim.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🚨 New #ornithology paper 🚨 Evaluating the effectiveness of lasers for deterring birds doi.org/10.1111/1365... Our meta-analysis led by Cheng Huang revelead that #lasers are effective tools -to non-lethally deter🪿 & 🐦‍⬛ -when green 3B lasers are used -both handheld / automatic #WildlifeManagement

An automatic laser to deter Barnacle Geese from a field in Finland. September 2021, photo by Wieland Heim.

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Wieland Heim @wielandheim.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🚨 New #ornithology paper 🚨 Maize fields as post-breeding habitat for songbirds doi.org/10.1016/j.ag... What affects bird abundance and diversity in #maize fields? ➕Weed cover 🌿 ➕Surrounding woody structures 🌳 ➖Distance to field margin ➖Surrounding maize cover Led by Mirjam Rieger

Bluethroat captured, ringed and released in a maize field near Lake Constance. Photo by Wieland Heim, September 2023

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Are you an ecologist/evolutionary biologist looking for an ongoing academic position? Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences is hiring! Come join us in Melbourne, Australia! Details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

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German Ornithological Society @dornitholges.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Register now: 159th DOG Annual Meeting 2026 in Mainz The 159th Annual Meeting of the German Ornithologists' Society will take place from 16th to 20th September 2026 at the University of Mainz. Registration for participation in the conference is possible until 14 August. www.do-g.de/veranstalten...

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Elliott Hazen @ehazen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Postdoc position in Arctic seabird ecology - applications due soon, August 14th. 8 Innovation faculty positions as well - applications due September 10th.

Postdoc in seabird ecology - due 14th Aug
Innovation faculty positions - due 10th September

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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! Join us for our 16th meeting in Brno, Czech Republic! #EOU2027 | 23 - 27 August 2027 | www.eou27.cz Stay tuned for more updates! #ornithology 🦅

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THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027! – THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027!

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Huge faculty recruitment effort at the University of Chicago -- a division-wide, open-rank search looking to hire about 20 faculty across 5 research areas in biology. Come be our colleague! Full announcement: uchicago.app.box.com/s/ckih9zv3rj...

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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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Raphaël Nussbaumer @rafnuss.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Can a tiny magnetic sensor help geolocate migratory birds? 🧭 Earth’s magnetic field varies across the globe in both intensity and inclination. We asked whether those spatial patterns can turn magnetometer data from lightweight tags into location estimates.

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Gerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Job posting: Associate Professor in behavioral ecology and cultural evolution within the Department of Ecology and Evolution (DEE) at the University of Lausanne. Deadline for applications is 30.09.2026: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli... (there is a button to switch to English at the top right)

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Wieland Heim @wielandheim.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Very happy to be part of this collaborative #ornithology paper on the extent of nocturnal bird migration led by @pauldufour80.bsky.social

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Wieland Heim @wielandheim.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It was great fun to join forces with @pauldufour80.bsky.social and his team plus our collaborators from the Institute of Zoology in Kazakhstan to tag more Himalayan Rubythroats and sample unexpected chiffchaffs 👇

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Wieland Heim @wielandheim.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Back from fieldwork in Kazakhstan: in cooperation with the Institute of Zoology in Almaty & @vogelwarte.bsky.social we tagged songbirds with geolocators to uncover their unknown #birdmigration Main target species: Himalayan Rubythroat 😍

releasing a male Himalayan Rubythroat wirth multisensor data logger

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