New paper out now at @consbiog.bsky.social ! eBird data reveals that nonbreeding conditions can affect prothonotary warbler spring arrival timing at broad scales, and spatial patterns suggest that eastern populations are more vulnerable to climate change doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised

A thing I've been working on is out now: I wrote the cover story for the summer issue of Living Bird! Scientists have sequenced the genomes of almost all 25 (!) song sparrow subspecies AND connected their genes to how they're each likely to fare under climate change.

An absolute stunner of an Archaeopteryx fossil preserves SO MUCH soft tissue, including scales on its toe pads and a group of flight feathers never seen before in Archaeopteryx. Known as tertials, they lie between the elbow and the body, and play a key role in powered flight for modern birds 🧪

My painting TIDAL WETLANDS

It's so exciting to see the places I've been visiting since January fill with birdsong

I'm delighted to be able to share my latest artwork for the @songbirding.com podcast and audiobook series! Singing female American Redstart, because female birds definitely do sing and we're finally starting to pay attention. 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt 🧪

“A new review of 50 recent studies finds that protests tend to sway media coverage and public opinion toward the climate cause, without appearing to backfire, even when disruptive tactics are used”. climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

only a few geese in Pärnu today

Factors underlying migratory timing of a seasonally migrating bird | www.nature.com/artic... | Scientific Reports | #ornithology 🪶

I had a really great birding trip today, where I got my FOY eiders and oystercatchers, as well as one of the coolest new birds I've seen here so far: a eurasian eagle owl!

This dataviz is absolutely amazing 😍 Global bird species' conservation status displayed as a massive flock! By Andrea Garrec, longlisted for the 2024 Information Is Beautiful Awards www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/731... #dataviz 📊🌏🧪🐦🦉🦆🦅

“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says @lkfazio.bsky.social. “This is direct censorship of scientific research.”

Potential for bird–insect phenological mismatch in a tri‐trophic system | doi.org/10.1111/1365... | @animalecology.bsky.social | #ornithology 🪶

"The diversity of sexual phenotypes across species is vast and spectacular" & so is this delightful story. Thanks to @professormaney.bsky.social for showing how white-throated sparrows are more proof that we shouldn't "flatten nature’s wondrous diversity into two categories, male and female." 🧪

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a reminder to not close your eyes and turn away from what is happening in the US right now. Fascism is an assault on scientific integrity, knowledge, and innovation. www.chron.com/news/space/a...

Happy International Day for Women and Girls in Science! Fantastic women scientist are working in the my research group @nathist.bsky.social @helsinki.fi! Please have a look at what kind of research topics they have: youtu.be/ugiyHy86taw It is a privilege to work with you! #womeninscience #minätutkin

"In every living thing there ticks a clock...": @david-farrier.bsky.social superb & unsettling on how "wild clocks"––spruce saplings, oyster colonies, reindeer herds––are falling out of synchronization as the Earth transforms. It’s becoming harder to keep time. emergencemagazine.org/essay/wild-c...

The dismantling of American Science continues. The Organismal Response to Climate Change grant call has been cancelled. The NSF Director is a disgrace

two goldcrest putting on a show

I've had less opportunity to watch birds in the snow since coming to Finland than I expected but I did manage to see this very round bullfinch the other day

This is incredibly cool research, even more so because it was done using nocturnal flight call recordings! 🪶 www.scientificamerican.com/article/migr...

New paper published today in Movement Ecology! We show North American birds that migrate in flocks have greater long-term non-breeding range shifts, particularly if flocks are mixed-age. We link this to social learning in novel migration route development. rdcu.be/d57Mw 1/10 #ornithology

The web-pages of our research group @hkilabornithology.bsky.social @nathist.bsky.social @helsinkiuni.bsky.social have been updated, incl. a video about our work. Please have a look! www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg... youtu.be/ugiyHy86taw

2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency

✅ Do you use R or Python? ✅ Are you an ecologist/biologist? Then you might find our website ALA Labs useful! ALA Labs is full of how-to articles to visualise or analyse biodiversity data. Some are for beginners, others are advanced/experimental 😀 labs.ala.org.au 🧪🌏 #rstats #python #quartopub

A new year & a new start for me as a PhD student studying avian responses to climate change at the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Museum of Natural History!