📢New warbler research!📢 A phylogeny of Myioborus (the youngest genus of warblers) plus a hypothesis for how they diversified in South America and a gene causing a color difference between hybridizing species. It was great co-leading this with Laura Céspedes Arias. doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Millions of acres of national forests are set to open up for more logging www.npr.org/2026/05/24/n...

Smithsonian Fish Curator position announcement! Note the application dates of May 12 – June 2, 2026. Should be posted here tomorrow: trustcareers.si.edu#js-careers-j...

The future of Western forests depends on professional pinecone collectors. They’re slowly being starved out of existence.

📣 The second issue of 2026 is now complete! Showcasing new cutting-edge #ornithology research ⬇️ vist.ly/537eq Cover featuring the article by Paprocki et al on how disease outbreaks may reshape the cost of migration ➡️ vist.ly/537em 📷 Neil Paprocki #birds #openaccess 🪶

The 2026 Lance-tailed Manakin webcam is live! Pro tip: click 'watch on you-tube' and scroll back in time to find the action, (today, see 8:23am). Or just enjoy the sounds of the tropical forest and see what's going on NOW in the world of the manakins. www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/lance-t...

Solid and accurate reporting on our current situation.

You're invited to complete a short anonymous survey about device failures in bird biologger deployments! 📡🦆🦅 . 🗓️ Deadline within next 7 weeks (~25th of May). 🔗link: lnkd.in/eKgPNX2m info below!! 👇 #ornithology #biologging #birds #birdresearch #birdtracking

¡Descubre las últimas novedades en materia de ornitología! Ya salió el Volumen 97, Número 1 del #JournalofFieldOrnithology, con nuevas publicaciones de investigadores de todo el mundo. La revista es de acceso abierto. ¡Accede gratis al volumen completo journal.afonet.org/vol97/iss1/!

This would fund entire US Forest Service for 20 years and USFS Research and Devlopment branch for 666 years 😈

This issue includes my first paper wherein my thesis student is the first author, stoked to see the study species (WHWO) featured!

thinned stand on the left, with its unthinned neighbor on the right 🤌

My department at OWU is hiring a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor for next year! The job would be perfect for anyone interested in working at a small liberal arts college. Please share broadly (repost!). More details to follow... www.owu.edu/about/office...

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! A colorful mess: Widespread exchange of pigmentation genes across the Parulidae phylogeny avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/a... Based on the PLoS Biology paper by Kevin Bennett and his colleagues | #ornithology

There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WJO author Kevin Bennett describes the work that went into definitively identifying an "Uncommon Mourningthroat," a Mourning Warbler x Common Yellowthroat hybrid. #ornithology

I am happy to announce a major milestone in my career. I have successfully transferred all my references and their corresponding PDFs from Mendeley to Zotero. Thank you to Mendeley for its consistent support through the years.

✨ New Special Issue Out! "New frontiers in avian physiology: what’s migration got to do with it?" This special issue highlights emerging frontiers across scales, from molecules to whole organisms, in relation to the physiological mechanisms behind birds’ migratory feats ➡️ vist.ly/4u94s 🪶

📢 Postdoc position available Join the lab of Peter Dijkstra at Central Michigan University. 🧬 NSF-funded research on behavior, aggression, and stress resilience in East African cichlid fish, combining genomics, cognition & neurobiology. 📅 Start: June 2026 www.jobs.cmich.edu/postings/44560 Share!

New paper! Bird nests (Wood Warblers) are hubs of invertebrate biodiversity on forest floor, hosting more species/individuals than leaf litter. Probably due to heat & food detritus. Losing Wood Warblers = ecological networks lost. #ornithology resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

HEY‼️ Come work with my team this summer! We're hiring 2 crew leads and at least 4 crew members to work on ecological research projects across OR, WA, and CA. Postings below 👇

"Understanding how organisms respond to environmental challenges is a fundamental #biological question that is dependent on integrative studies bridging different levels of biological organization..." @verntasco.bsky.social et al doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #birds #avian #ecology

I have previously shared the following link to people applying through USAjobs. It sounds like the system has changed quite a bit, does anyone know of an updated resource? jabberwocky.weecology.org/2021/06/14/u...

IOB, Now in issue! State-Dependent and Social Modulation of Circulating #Glucocorticoids in a Nomadic #Songbird, the Red #Crossbill (Loxia Curvirostra) (cover photo) Neil Paprocki Vernasco et al doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #birds #biology #hormones #ecology #endocrine

"Intact tropical forests are seeing mysterious bird declines. Is another “silent spring” brewing?" www.science.org/content/arti...?

Field job in the beautiful mountains of NE Oregon doing passive acoustic monitoring and woodpecker demography just went live. Please share! jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...

Please repost! We are looking for two field technicians to work on our deer mouse project in the Colorado Rockies this spring-fall. Learn about physiology, ecology, and evolution, all in one project! Not to mention that you get to be in the ⛰️. Reach out if you have any questions.

New paper links Salmonellosis disease dynamics to avian irruptions mediated by transmission at bird feeders - with subsequent spillover to humans causing severe illness and death 🪶🌎 #ornithology #UKBirding www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #BirdFeeding #Rethink @mwtingley.bsky.social

Update on some of our decades long cowbird research in @audubon.org magazine: www.audubon.org/magazine/got...

The Wyoming Game & Fish Dept. is hiring two Black Rosy-Finch technicians to conduct alpine surveys in Wyoming's high elevation mountains during June 1st to Aug 31st 2026: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/wyom.... Spread the word!

Update: the mini bus package that includes USDA passed the House.

Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧 We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology. Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.

New ornithological method just dropped: capture only the birds needed for your study with the click of a button. Pub from me & @verntasco.bsky.social Bye-bye bycatch: a remotely closing trap for targeted songbird capture. Journal of Field Ornithology. journal.afonet.org/vol96/iss4/a...

Do you trap songbirds at a bird feeder, with a focus on particular species or individuals? Consider trying out our new design which uses a key FOB to remotely close the trap! journal.afonet.org/vol96/iss4/a...

New paper out. If you like colorful birds, hybridization, and phylogenetics, read on! 🧵https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003501

New research in @sicbjournals.bsky.social on individual variation in glucocorticoid physiology. We examine intrinsic and extrinsic sources using a captive population of Red Crossbills. One cool result - we find adult telomere length predicts glucocorticoid concentrations doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉 gavinmjones.com/opportunities/

Also DNA PEOPLE!! We need your help!! Our cool friends collected the white witch caterpillar's poop but need to process it to find what kinds of plants it eats! Does your lab do some kind of poop plant analysis? Please let us know!! We have special poop!

New OA paper today! This one is very important to me as is the culmination of over a decade of incredibly intensive field work in KS prairies. I will walk you through the take-homes... 1/n #Tallgrass #GRSP #LTER #Konza #PopulationEcology #Rain dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

@fieldornith.bsky.social new position search!

We're hiring! Florida State University’s Department of Biological Science is seeking a tenure-track Evolutionary Geneticist. Our E&E group is outstanding - join us! Please share with anyone who might be interested! #Evolution #Genetics #EvoDevo #FacultyJob jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675930/a...

Anyone looking for an undergrad research assistant this coming summer? I have a truly phenomenal undergrad with expertise in genetic mapping, long read sequencing & bioinformatics who wants experience in another lab before grad school. She has been in our lab for 3 years & writing her first paper!

Looking for an adjunct to teach Indigenous Psychology in the spring. Could be asynchronous or via Zoom in the evening (Pacific). Very open to whatever approach/content you'd like to cover. Pay is $3,300 for the semester. We're a Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institution, as well as an HSI!

The perfect paper, the perfect grant proposal, the perfect fellowship application…

New from CWRU alumn Troy Neptune, with Diana Koester (CLE Metroparks Zoo) in @animalecology.bsky.social. Gray treefrogs use daylength as a seasonal cue to prepare for winter. Autumn daylength triggers frogs to accumulate 14-fold more liver glycogen than summer photoperiod. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.

This is a nice IU short on our eclipse project. #NSF youtube.com/shorts/PrQGn...

Latest articles from the WJO: Call rate and types of calls produced vary with flock movements in wild Pine Siskins (Spinus pinus). #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...