In our new paper, we show that using ropes as nesting material (particularly baler twine) cause entanglement and mortality #WhiteStork nestlings. It's time to rethink our agricultural practices and materials! @inescatry.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social #ornithology #ecology #conservation 🧪

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Excited to share our new review in @royalsocietypublishing.org Proceedings B! 🎉 We synthesize research on social factors influencing animal migration and offer guidelines for future research. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #OpenAccess #Migration #MovementEcology

Postdoc alert! 🚨 How do young raptors learn to migrate? 2-year postdoc at Uni. Laussane with @enourani.bsky.social is offered to model evolution of learning strategies for behavioral development. Application deadline is mid-June for a start in Jan 2026: career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...

One bird. 399 pieces of plastic. 55 g. This is not our record.

Delighted to promote this year's African Raptor Leadership Grant - an amazing opportunity for an African National to undertake an MSc on #RaptorResearch. Including on the FitzPatrick Institute's Conservation Biology MSc course. #Ornithology 🪶 raptorresearchfoundation.org/grants-award...

📢 BOU at #EOU2025 Join us for a woodland birds symposium on EOU registration day 18 August | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU Submit your abstract now! Deadline: 30 May bou.org.uk/event/woo...#EOU2025#BOUatEOUSPC: Stuart Sharp @piedflynet.bsky.social Daria Dadam & @parusradious.bsky.social #ornithology

The #WhiteStork was once an iconic symbol of bird migration, but now most Iberian storks stopped migrating. How did we go from a fully migratory population to a nearly fully resident one in ~40 years? besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology #ecology🌍🧪

In the 1990s, >80% of Portuguese white storks were winter migrants. Thirty years on, a drastic shift in behavior means most individuals are now residents. Our new paper @animalecology.bsky.social combines census data, GPS tracking, and genomics to understand the loss of migratory behavior in birds:

In Portugal, it's been raining almost continously for the past few weeks - very unusual for this time of the year! And as our poor #WhiteStorks are battling the storms, we are struggling to reach their nests without snorkels and flippers! :)

📣PhD opportunity! We are looking for a candidate to develop a project on the spatial ecology of #waterbirds using rice fields. Check for the complete details below, and get in touch until the 21st of March! drive.google.com/file/d/1R8MI... #ornithology #movement #tracking #connectivity

The breeding season of #WhiteStorks has already begun, so it's time for the seasonal migration of our team to Southern Portugal to study these amazing birds!

In collaboration with my friend @juanma-pg.bsky.social we have just published this article about some worrying trends we have observed in the marking of animals with GPS .... 1/n link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Are you checking you're GPS data for spoofing? Did you know that human conflicts result in GPS jamming around the world? New paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social : rdcu.be/d781b @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social, @annechrismonnet.bsky.social, @rytikerttunen.bsky.social Frédéric Jiguet and many more

One week left to apply for EUFLYNET's #Funding opportunities! Advance your career in #BirdConservation and join our mission! 🦜 📅 Deadline: Jan 15, 2025 Details: euflynet.eu/activities

Are you looking for a #PhD in #ornithology and #MovementEcology? Look no further! You can still apply until the 8th of January!