Using automated acoustic monitoring, citizen science, and centuries of ornithological research and understanding to quantify ecological integrity at scale. The BirdsPlus Index, a novel method for assessing site-level conservation values. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Interested in how animals use the sky? 🌌 I’m recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2026, Purdue University) to study Purple Martin flight behavior and airspace use using barometric transmitters. Details ➡️ jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id... #Aeroecology #AvianEcology

Another massive movement of migratory birds underway tonight — nearly 1 Billion Birds! With the full moon, you might be able to see some silhouettes zipping by. You can make your own flow maps here (just hit record): aeroecolab.com/uslights

Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration

7-Day Bird Migration Forecast We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far — over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight.

Lots and lots and lots of birds taking off tonight. Here's what things look like detected by the Milwaukee radar (KMKX): Night of September 3, 2025.

Migration is roaring across the Midwest tonight! Check out the real-time flow visualization to watch it unfold: aeroecolab.com/uslights

Tonight’s forecast: 304 million birds expected to migrate across the U.S. 🕊️📡 The Upper Midwest is especially active – keep an eye on the skies and consider going “Lights Out” to help reduce risks for nocturnal migrants. #BirdMigration #LightsOut #Midwest

aeroecolab.com/illinois turn off non-essential outdoor lighting from 11 pm–6 am & close shades to reduce skyglow for migrating birds

Combining weather radar data with environmental data, @birgenhaest.bsky.social and co-authors found that peak roosting phenology of migrating martins and swallows in the Great Lakes region is paced by both local and distant conditions. Read more on doi.org/10.1111/geb....

📡 Why do Martins and Swallows pass by the Great Lakes when they do - Great collaboration with Yuting Deng and @kyle-horton.bsky.social. @biodiversa.eu 📡

Just over two weeks left to apply

1. Did you know that the Corn Belt in the Midwest USA is so vast you can see it from space? 🌽 How would this affect billions of migrating songbirds passing through each year? 🐦 Check out our new study in @conbiology.bsky.social to find out! 🧵1/8 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What to learn more? #BirdMigration #Conservation Check out our full study in @conbiology.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/RCKH33... Or read this great article by Kathi Borgmann summarizing these findings: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025.... @cornellbirds.bsky.social

Grateful to collaborate with an amazing team on this work. @jbuler.bsky.social, Adriaan Dokter, @kyle-horton.bsky.social, @emlbcohen.bsky.social, Dan Sheldon, Jaclyn Smolinsky, and David Wilcove.

Lots of Lights Out alerts tonight as we come into the mad rush that is Maygration. #birds #spring #migration #LightsOutForBirds

Spring is for the grouse and chickens! Colorado leks have been 🔥🔥🔥 (w/@carburt.bsky.social). Greater Sage-Grouse and Greater Prairie-Chickens 📷

Birds will be arriving soon! This map shows peak migration dates across the US modeled using radar data. Keep in mind, the dates represent peaks, but migration usually plays out across a couple of weeks, so estimate ± 1 week on either side of the dates on the map for max migration activity.

Ornithology: Night flight communication across species boundaries | www.cell.com/current... | @currentbiology.bsky.social | #ornithology 🪶

New article out today in @nature.com by Gonçalves-Souza, @nickhaddad.bsky.social, @jon-chase03.bsky.social et al. on forest fragmentation and biodiversity: www.nature.com/articles/s41... A must read for anyone interested in this topic. See my summary here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can. Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost: go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L

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

Abstracts for #AOS25 Oral Presentations & Posters are due by 3/16/25. Share your research. The submission form includes a set of questions for those who want to be considered for the Student Presentation Award competition! meeting.americanornithology.org/call-for-abs...

There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WOS Research Award recipient @mikkojimenez.bsky.social writes about his efforts to ground-truth radar #ornithology data in Colorado.

Hey #ornithologists or really anyone. Help Flocks Take Flight by donating today: www.gofundme.com/f/flocks-for...

For a video abstract, go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdkD...

My rockstar of a friend just got her first master's paper published! Check it out here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @kyle-horton.bsky.social @mikkojimenez.bsky.social

Read the latest blog post on Wing Beat, "Using weather radar and automated flight call monitoring to sample migration in the American West" by Dylan M. Osterhaus. Blog post: americanornithology.org/using-weathe... Related paper: academic.oup.com/condor/advan... #ornithology #nocturnalmigration

Brett Scheffers and I are seeking a postdoctoral research scholar to join the 2025-2027 Future of Species Range Shifts cohort as part of the Climate Adaptation Postdoctoral (CAP) Fellows Program. The postdoc would be hosted here at UF. More here: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...

NSF PRFB fellows: talk to your POs and transfer the remaining year’s balance of salary and research funds by 5pm today!! Dm me if you want to join the prfb slack where fellows are sharing info with each other #nsf #nsfprfb

Please share with your birdy and ornithology connections. My summer Field Ornithology course is open for enrollment. We live and study birds on an island in Maine for two weeks!!! DM me with any questions. #ornithology

Integrating multi-scale terrestrial and atmospheric predictors enhance nocturnal bird migration forecasts | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology

Excited this paper is out as part of our NSF project to create technological advances to move toward sustainable lighting policies with @kyle-horton.bsky.social and Jeff Kelly! New improved bird migration forecasts led by @mikkojimenez.bsky.social and Ali Khalighifar.

New 2025 NSF PRFB theme: The new area will support Fellows that leverage large data, such as those from NEON, and innovative approaches, including AI, and modeling to advance biological research and solutions for a Resilient Planet. Reach out if we'd be a good fit. 📡🐦 new.nsf.gov/funding/info...

A call in the dark: Nocturnal flight calls and their potential to advance the study of avian migration | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology

Easily my new favorite Christmas sweater!

New paper led by Mikko Jimenez examining biases in radar data for biological applications. zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....