🎥 Video abstract: part of the price of the JAB Review Award is a video abstract of the winning article - offering an accessible snapshot of the paper’s key takeaways 🏆 @nordicoikos.bsky.social @alice-risely.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social #earlycareer #ornithology #birds #microbiome #migration

Award issue: @pcapi.bsky.social and @alice-risely.bsky.social review what we know, and what we need to know, in order to understand to what extent the gut microbiome confers important services for migrating birds ➡️ vist.ly/4qdc2 #winner #ornithology #birds #gut #immunity #adaptation

This study was a huge team effort, and the first publication (of hopefully many more), using the full 20 site gradient. Thanks to all the co-authors, landowners, staff, students and volunteers that made the study possible. @dmdominoni.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social @rachelrosereid.bsky.social

I’m excited to share our new paper in Ecology! Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success. 📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology

🚨 PhD offer (please share) Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species Deadline: 20 Feb 2026 Starting: June 2026 Supervision: Martins Briedis & me Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh

Winter means.. communal roosts! 🦅🐦🦜 But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair. 📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e @animalecology.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social

🎉 Congratulations to @tashgillies.bsky.social and @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social, the runner-ups of the 2025 JAB review award! 🏆 Runner-up article: vist.ly/4ir7q #ornithology #birds #award # review #samesexpartnerships #evolution

A new (and improved) version of the fantastic BES’s reproducible code guide is now live. Seriously amazing resource for those wanting to produce code that enables reproducible research. Featuring some SORTEE members and also code review!! @sortee.bsky.social

Thank you @avianbiology.bsky.social for this unexpected award! And to @pcapi.bsky.social for inviting me to be involved, it was really fun working on this with you :)

🎉 Congratulations to @pcapi.bsky.social and @alice-risely.bsky.social, the winners of the 2025 JAB review award for the best mini-review by early career researchers! 🏆 Winning article: vist.ly/4iq5m #ornithology #birds #award #review #microbiome #migration

Very happy and thankful for this unexpected outcome!! 🥳 Only possible thanks to a fantastic coauthor, @alice-risely.bsky.social

🎤 We’re excited to introduce another plenary speaker for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk (27–29 March 2026)! 🌿 Miriam Liedvogel (@genmig.bsky.social) will share her work on blackcap migration - a fascinating look into one of Europe’s most dynamic songbird species. #EOU26 #Ornithology

🎤 We’re delighted to announce the final plenary speaker for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk (27–29 March 2026)! 🧬 Piotr Minias will explore host–parasite dynamics and the evolutionary insights revealed through avian immunogenetics. #EOU26 #Ornithology

We're hiring! Post-doctoral fellow in evolutionary ecology w/focus on ecophysiology. Uncover why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild birds. Work with @cyanistesnord.bsky.social 👏 Please apply no later than 25 November. 👉 lnkd.in/dkAh9jnc

With @vogelwarte.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social @migecol.bsky.social

Very very happy to see my PhD work out! Congrats to the whole team 🎉🎉🎉

🚨 2nd master’s project! Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦 Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...

🚨🚨Very interesting project with excellent supervisors and collaborators!! 👇🏻👇🏻 If you are looking for a MSc project to challenge you and gain valuable skills, look no more and apply! If I could, I would apply myself!

The PhD will analyse: 💡 Pair bond formation & maintenance 📊 Consequences for reproductive success & survival 🧩 Social networks, paternity, parental care & communication using RFID-tagged long-term monitored population

Please share!🙏 🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

Ready for a fascinating symposium about bird shape and size in a changing world? Meet us in Room MALT today at 10.30! @alecorr-castro.bsky.social #ornithology #EOU2025 @eounion.bsky.social

#EOU2025 You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution. PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls... PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight

#EOU2025 Come and join us for the symposium on the importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution. Lots of great results in the talks from the different speakers! LR4 - Friday 22 - 10:30 @alexanderlees.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social

If you are an early career researcher and at #EOU2025 come to the @nordicoikos.bsky.social booth and learn all about our @avianbiology.bsky.social review award. 🪶🏆 #birds #ornithology www.avianbiology.org/authors/jab-...

📌 I really enjoyed @pablosalmon.bsky.social’s talk at #EOU2025! 🐦 Exploring how #mitochondria may shape avian #migration — lessons from Eurasian #blackbirds with different strategies. Great insights into the energetic basis of life-history strategies!

Such an interesting session. Pity I couldn't make it…

#EOU2025 Come and join us for the symposium on #bird #migration and #ALAN, aiming to discuss fundamental research and policy. LR3 - Tuesday 19 - 10:30h @baptischmi.bsky.social @carburt.bsky.social @jlyr.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #ornithology #aeroecology #movementecology #lightpollution

All set for the #EOU2025 ! Come and talk to us about our journals and our society (and of course pick up some free swag, because we don’t plan to take any back home!). @oikosjournal.bsky.social @wildlifebiology.bsky.social @nordicoikos.bsky.social @ecography.bsky.social

🚨 Tuesday 19 10:30 #EOU2025 Come and join us for the symposium on #bird #migration and #ALAN, aiming to discuss fundamental research and policy. @baptischmi.bsky.social @carburt.bsky.social @jlyr.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #ornithology #aeroecology #movementecology #lightpollution

Just arrived at Bangor for the excellent @eounion.bsky.social #EOU2025 and #BOU conferences! Looking forward to a week of great science on birds!

If anyone fancys joining me and Jan-Åke Nilsson at Patrick’s Irish Bar in Bangor for a beer, you are mist welcome! #EOU2025

For those attending the #EOU2025 in Bangor, this starter pack might help stay on top of the conversation ;) Ping me to be included go.bsky.app/TmuEgMA

For those attending the #EOU2025 in Bangor, this starter pack might help stay on top of the conversation ;) Ping me to be included go.bsky.app/TmuEgMA

🎉New preprint! "TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing" tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA! Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.

Last paper from my PhD at #EcolLett: dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.... Using long-term data from European tit populations, we test three hypotheses to determine how urbanization affects phenotypic variation at different population levels. #UrbanTitCollab #DiverCity #SPIBirds

Big thanks to my exemplary #UrbanTit collaborators. It has been such a pleasure! @annecharmantier.bsky.social @denisreale.bsky.social @clairebranston.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social @dingemanselab.bsky.social @senarjc.bsky.social & others not on BlueSky. Also @spibirds.bsky.social 🙏

El miércoles por la noche estuvimos socios de ANSAR acompañando a @pcapi.bsky.social y aprendiendo más sobre el proyecto migralight. Seguiremos aprendiendo y colaborando en su proyecto mientras trabajamos con las cajas que el grupo de ornitología de Ansar hemos instalado en el Parque Labordeta.

Desde el grupo de ornitología de la Asociación Naturalista de Aragón (ANSAR) hemos comenzado esta temporada con ilusión el proyecto “Ansar Autillo” con la instalación de diversas cajas nido para esta especie en Zaragoza. www.ansararagon.com/nace-el-proy...

Más información de Migralight en @pcapi.bsky.social

New review just out, led by the talented @pcapi.bsky.social: "Migratory microbiomes: the role of the gut microbiome in bird migration eco-physiology". Highlights the range of physiological functions the GM might help mediate during migration. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

La iluminación urbana afecta a la migración y la salud de las aves - Pablo Capilla-Lasheras @pcapi.bsky.social www.diariodelaltoaragon.es/noticias/hue...

Submission open!! (deadline March 15). Join us to discuss the effects of ALAN on bird migration, from fundamental research to policy. @baptischmi.bsky.social @eounion.bsky.social More info 👇

This week has been a bit mad and my tinnitus is flaring up BUT did get a fun little review accepted today by J Avian Biology on migratory microbiomes with the talented @pcapi.bsky.social, so I'm going to the pub to have a celebratory pint. More on the review when it comes out!

Happy to co-organise a symposium on migratory birds and artificial light at night: from research to policy. #ornithology #aeroecology submit 👆🏽your abstract before March 15 😀 #eou2025

Si quieres ayudar a salvar el Parque Natural del Moncayo y su entorno, súmate a la campaña contra la instalación de siete aerogeneradores de 200 metros de altura a tan sólo 6 km del límite del parque. Ya van más de 1.000 firmas recogidas www.change.org/p/salvemos-e...

Where are all the field studies? This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer. A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Save ecology field studies from extinction! Even though they are less productive, they are vital for generating ideas and fine-tuning intuitions. 🌐🪶🧪

Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio

PLEASE SHARE: Postdoc Opportunity in Montpellier France. 18 months starting May 2025: Generative AI for Studying the Influence of Habitats on the Diversification of Bird Color Patterns. Applications and information here: tinyurl.com/2368teak @evoldir.bsky.social