Birds are awesome, and research keeps proving so. @kristencovino.bsky.social et. al. published their paper in our Journal of Field Ornithology a while back. JFO is open-access, meaning all articles can be read for free! 👇 journal.afonet.org/vol94/iss4/a... #JournalofFieldOrnithology

The 2025 U.S. #StateOfTheBirds report was released today. The report finds that birds continue to decline unabated across most habitats—habitats that are also vital to human well-being. Read the report & take action! www.stateofthebirds.org/2025/ #bringbirdsback

Due to the Musk/Trump Administration’s draconian cuts, the National Science Foundation is significantly scaling back its program to provide college students with paid summer research internships. Many of my colleagues attribute their start in science to this program. www.science.org/content/arti...

Looking for a summer learning opportunity? Come take Field #Ornithology and learn how to study songbirds, gulls, terns, and more. I can promise lots of birds and beautiful settings 🐦🐤🐧

Already removed- but a powerful visual protest at NSF of the lost scientists from the recent round of doge douchery

I have run out of patience with the apparent silence of most US science institutions (and not just US) in the face of Trump & Musk's rampage. There are of so many facets of that, but in this column for @chemistryworld.com I talk about the assaults on inclusion. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

This excellent Nature paper from 2015 discussed multiple ways that sex is not binary, and why the idea of two sexes is simplistic. Required reading right now - please share! www.nature.com/articles/518... 🧪👨‍🔬🧬🖥️

Hey #ornithologists or really anyone. Help Flocks Take Flight by donating today: www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...

Help our Flocks Project take flight! We all need a space to feel we belong & are supported. This is what our Flocks Project—our joint effort with Wilson Ornithological Society & Association of Field Ornithologists—aims to do for ornithologists. Donate today! www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...

Reminder: For you planners out there, registration and lodging costs are now available on the #WOS2025 website. (Early bird registration opens next month!)

There is a lot going on, and in the face of this uncertainty @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social , AOS and AFO are working to keep our Flocks going to support ornithologists in affinity groups. And we need help raising the funds to make it happen. Can you help us? 🧪🪶🌎 www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...

Scholarship deadlines begin 2/20! www.shoalsmarinelaboratory.org/academics/un...

Help us continue this project to increase access and belonging in #ornithology www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...

Help us continue this project to increase access and belonging in #ornithology www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...

Scholarship deadlines begin 2/20! www.shoalsmarinelaboratory.org/academics/un...

Who wants to learn to band songbirds, Study breeding gulls, Learn about Tern restoration colonies, Go on a seabird cruise, & Live on an island while doing it? If you do, check out my Field #Ornithology course!! www.shoalsmarinelaboratory.org/academics/un...

Instead of cutting costs for working families, Donald Trump is slashing the federal investments that fund their lifesaving care, fuel their local economy, and lower their health care costs. It’s cruel, short-sighted, and will cost jobs and devastate millions of families.

Need a laugh? Here are this week's best research and academia memes! 1/ 🧪 #AcademicSky

Can I offer you some squid street art I saw today in Moss Landing in these trying times?

Who wants to learn to band songbirds, Study breeding gulls, Learn about Tern restoration colonies, Go on a seabird cruise, & Live on an island while doing it? If you do, check out my Field #Ornithology course!! www.shoalsmarinelaboratory.org/academics/un...

Regardless of what party your reps are, LIGHT UP THEIR PHONES. Elected officials are always looking for cover for their votes and citing the number of calls their office got is the easiest talking point. ⚡️📞⚡️

Are you someone who likes to plan ahead? #WOS2025 registration won't open until March, but anticipated costs for registration and on-campus lodging are available on the meeting website now.

If you want to read the full text of the memo pausing federal grants it's available here: static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

Federal grants are your tax dollars, put into projects that improve and enrich your community and your life. It is not okay for all those projects and the livelihoods of all the people who work to make them happen to be held hostage over some ideological gripe. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

"It's Dr, Actually" - Now available as trans and non-binary pins! I think a lot of people need a reminder right now that experts know gender isn't binary, and a lot of us need a reminder we're not alone. So please share widely! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1841...

Before it is all taken down, a good reminder that the NIH has (or maybe had) an expansive definition of what constitutes diversity. So this means less participation by #womeninSTEM, #URMinSTEM, #disabledinSTEM, plus those that grew up rural, #firstgen, unhoused, or low-income. #academicSky 🧪👩‍🔬 2/n

FDA purges material on clinical trial diversity from its site, showing stakes of Trump DEI ban www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/f... via @statnews.com

Women who stand up to fascism. #BishopMariannBudde @aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @muellershewrote.bsky.social

Together we can make positive change. Join us #TakingNatureBlack: natureforward.org/tnb2025/

Looks like the following programs in #NSF BIO have been 'archived': BRC-BIO - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... BIO-LEAPS - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... PRFB - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Please share with your birdy and ornithology connections. My summer Field Ornithology course is open for enrollment. We live and study birds on an island in Maine for two weeks!!! DM me with any questions. #ornithology

Integrating multi-scale terrestrial and atmospheric predictors enhance nocturnal bird migration forecasts | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology

I drew a diagram like this several years ago, but today's cold weather inspired me to upgrade it to something a bit more realistic. Have you ever wondered how birds don't lose all of their body heat through their legs? 🌿🪶 #SciArt

Workshops slated for #WOS2025 have been announced on the meeting website! Continuing our tradition of awesome R workshops, join us for "Intro to R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis" (free with meeting registration!). #ornithology

Please share with your birdy and ornithology connections. My summer Field Ornithology course is open for enrollment. We live and study birds on an island in Maine for two weeks!!! DM me with any questions. #ornithology

If you know anyone who might be interested in working as a technician before a PhD, I'm looking for someone to work with me to generate some amazing data to understand the genetics of behavior, sex differences, and reproduction in an evolutionary context. Bonus? Amazing and supportive department!

There’s an enormous amount of misinformation out there about the fires and the response. Some of these lies and distortions are dangerous and could cost lives. Our Gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has launched a website that lays out the facts. Please share: californiafirefacts.com

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

Bam! birdie 🦆 #962: 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ birdiegame.net

Do your 2025 goals include applying to grad school in #ornithology? Check out our free Guide to Graduate Studies! wilsonsociety.org/students-and...

EARLY VIEW in IBIS A focus on females can improve science and conservation | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Joanna X. Wu, Martha A. Harbison, Stephanie Beilke, Purbita Saha, Brooke L. Bateman | #ornithology 🪶

tattersalllab.com/2024/12/31/s... New paper out in Ecology Letters, led by Alexa McQueen!

Remember the right-wing plot to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s re-election by urging Iran to hold American hostages longer? You don’t? It’s a shocking example of the American right’s treachery that more people should know about. (Gift link to 2023 NYT story.)

Woot woot. 🎉 birdie 🦃 #948: 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ birdiegame.net

Final grades are now submitted!

Applications for WOS Research Grants are due February 1! These grants provide up to $5000 in funding to support #ornithology research, with a focus on projects by students, early-career researchers, & those without access to institutional funding. https://wilsonsociety.org/awards/research-grants/

Page charges? Gone! Publication date = date published online! THANK YOU @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social for breaking down barriers to publishing in the #WilsonJournalOfOrnithology. Today's announcement is the realization of a long-term plan I've been advocating for years!

📢 FINAL REMINDER: Proposals for symposiums, workshops, and special events for #WOS2025 are due SUNDAY! Don't miss your chance to help shape the program of next year's meeting. #ornithology