NOW OPEN: Applications for our Jed Burtt Undergraduate Mentoring Grants! These unique grants provide up to $3,000 to support an #ornithology research project to be carried out by an undergraduate student working in collaboration with a mentor. Apply by Feb. 1! wilsonsociety.org/awards/jed-b...

It's Thursday, which means it's nearlyyyy the weekend... and time for a game of Caption This! Give us a giggle... 👇👀 📷 Aintright

Wildflower strips support birds and ground-dwelling arthropods during winter period regardless of mowing regime | www.sciencedirect.co... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology 🪶

Latest articles from the WJO: Exploring the expression of genes potentially involved in stress response of the endemic Galapagos Yellow Warbler. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...

Kevin Perozeni's work is filling in the gaps in our knowledge of Wilson's Snipe migration, showing that birds that winter in Texas and Louisiana follow different migratory routes north and that they travel at a wide range of altitudes and speeds. #ornithology

Fly! (Northern Saw-whet Owl)

In today's episode, Neuroscientist Erich Jarvis explores the connections between birdsong and speech: www.birdnote.org/podcasts/bir... @rockefeller.edu

Don't forget to renew your WOS membership for 2026! And while you're at it, tell us: What do YOU love about being a WOS member?

Want your modelling to save birds? PhD with me at UvA (Amsterdam): build spatial integrated population model for black-tailed godwits with world-class dataset and strong team here & @birdeyes-gfn.bsky.social/RUG). werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Apply by 1 Dec 2025: #Ecology #Bayesian #Conservation

Differential loss of forest birds drives the landscape-scale homogenization of a native urban avifauna | link.springer.com/ar... | Landscape Ecology | #ornithology 🪶

Please share! Folks at CSU and USDA-APHIS are looking for a #postdoc to predict avian-aircraft collisions around airports. Preferred skills include #avian movement modeling, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, machine learning, and radar #ecology. Apply here: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/166... #boost

It's a time of year when local birds are (relatively) quiet-- not establishing/defending breeding territories or winter resource territories, plus many are tired migrants. But of course the local Carolina Wrens are never quiet. This one was beefing with some Northern Cardinals for some reason. 🪶

Start your week with a bird story: This rare Savin's Albatross was able to return to the wild after surgery to remove four fishing hooks from its digestive tract. #ornithology abcbirds.org/news/salvins...

How will Hurricane Melissa impact migratory bird populations at Hubbard Brook and beyond? New article just out in The Boston Globe featuring Hubbard Brook ornithologists Dick Holmes and Alicia Brunner. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...

Predation of a Dunlin by a Common Raven at Willapa Bay, Washington, USA, during spring migration NEW SHORT COMMUNICATION by Joseph B. Buchanan www.waderstudygroup.org/article/19752/ #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Like books? Like birds? Like books about birds? WOS members receive a 30% discount on books from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Just log into our online portal and click on "Member Benefits."

Syntopic diet divergence inferred from metabarcoding in two parulid warblers: Setophaga virens (Black-throated Green Warbler) and Seiurus aurocapilla (Ovenbird) | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶

New(ish) paper; huge collaboration led by Aaron Skinner! Using GPS tracking we show breeding grounds drive body size variation more than wintering grounds! First evidence that nightjars follow Bergmann’s rule👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #nightjars #birds #migration #ornithology

Okay, this feels appropriate for Halloween: Enormous bats catching migrating songbirds in midair... and eating them. 😬 #ornithology

"I’ve spent countless hours in the field & at my desk studying Wilson’s Snipe, but the work is far from finished... As North American shorebird populations continue to suffer, it’s critical to highlight species that can inform strategies & connect communities to these broader trends." #ornithology

Look at this beauty - a female Rusty Blackbird. And no, that’s not snow, that’s Snow Goose feathers. There were thousands of them on the lake so drifts of feathers on the shore #birds (2 wks ago)

Ah yes- the five owl personalities: sleepy, grumpy, goofy, nonplussed, and menacing

Your Tuesday bird break: Ten facts about Barn Owls, courtesy of the Audubon Society. 🦉 #ornithology

NEW PAPER: Artificial nest boxes trap more heat than natural burrows, pushing little penguins beyond safe thermal limits. As temperatures increase, nest box design improvements are critical to prevent population declines. ➡️ vist.ly/4bz8w #ornithology #birds #climate 🪶

Dispersal, maturation and recruitment in a long-lived, intercontinental migrant bird | www.sciencedirect.co... | Animal Behaviour | #ornithology 🪶

Did you know that we have our very own library and members can request to borrow books, journal articles, etc free of charge? Details here! -->

Fall means *renewal season* at the WOS! The deadline to renew your membership for 2026 without a lapse is December 31, but why wait? (And if you're not a member... why not join? We're a great community and keep our membership fees affordable!) #ornithology wilson.wildapricot.org

I am very excited to share that we have a new paper out today in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com In it, we summarize the state of knowledge on the Circular Seabird Economy! 1/n 🧪 Link to paper here: rdcu.be/eMOUd

Here's the clue for this week's #BitOBird game! Can you ID this bird from just this ODD bit? (Note: we stick to North American birds, if not we’ll tell you.) 1st to reply w/ the correct answer gets bird nerd bragging rights. If you're stumped, we'll post the answer in 2 hrs 🪶

It's Friday... start the weekend with this fascinating exploration of aeroecology, the study of the sky as habitat. #ornithology www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

📢 Paper alert! A new study led by Miriam Gimeno reveals how cumulative extreme events are threatening penguin habitats across the Southern Hemisphere. 🧊 Published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🔗 https://short.do/SEwQ74 #ClimateChange #Penguins @icmcsic.bsky.social

Post-doc position at CEBC to work on quantitative genetics of albatross populations using pedigree and genomic data. Info and application at emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details #postdoc #seabirds #Genomics

Have you renewed your WOS membership yet? Check the renewal notice email that you received for instructions, or log into wilson.wildapricot.org! (This is a great time to join as a new member, too—your membership will be good through the end of 2026!)

Sharpie time! It’s always fun to get close looks at #sharpshinnedhawk - they have such personality and are so dynamic during migration at Mt Watatic (MA). We had a respectable count for the #hawkwatch season with 308. Some of my fave frames here! #birding 🪶🦅

Estimating large birds’ radar cross-section for aeroecology studies using T-matrix modelling | royalsocietypublishi... | Journal of the Royal Society Interface | #ornithology 🪶

Surveys are documenting how intensifying drought is impacting trogons and other birds in the arid Southwest. #ornithology

We're Hiring!!! #ornithology #waterbirds We're seeking an Editor-in-Chief for our journal, Waterbirds. The EIC is responsible for professional services in editing & publication of the Society’s journal ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/n... Please share! Questions: [email protected]

Caught this elf in the woods (Eastern Screech-Owl)

There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WOS Research Grant recipient Kevin Perozeni describes what real-life "snipe hunts" have taught him about these mysterious birds' migratory behavior. #ornithology wilsonsociety.org/2025/10/21/g...

I love the contrast of the mighty loud sounds that come from this super tiny bird, the Pacific Wren 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM M, f/7.1, 1/800, ISO 1600, 500mm 4/21/24 Northern Oregon Coast #birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #naturephotography 🦉 🪶

Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

This is your periodic reminder that The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology can waive Open Access fees on a limited number of Review, Perspective, and/or Methods papers each year! Contact the journal editors with a presubmission inquiry if you're interested.

We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology. The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus. Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social uol.de/job788en #ornithology

A blessing and a curse: Human resources are beneficial but human presence is detrimental for the growth and development of Argya squamiceps (Arabian Babbler) | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology 🪶

Happy Friday! Whatever kind of week you've had, we hope you get to experience some peace (and birds!) this weekend. 🐦‍⬛

For #FlyDay an incoming juvenile great blue heron announcing its arrival. #birds #nature #photography

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology Different migration strategies under warming ocean anomalies in penguins: a study of spatial, oceanographic, and isotopic niche segregation link.springer.com/article/10.1...

WOS member Dustin Reichard is among the researchers behind this very cool new study. #ornithology

Konshau Duman's research, recently published in the WJO, documents that White-crowned Sparrows regularly mimic the calls of other sparrow species. #ornithology