Jelena Belojevic
@jellybb.bsky.social
PhD student at Uni Oulu and Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence. Working on behavior, movement, survival, and conservation of ruffs and southern dunlins. In love with shorebirds and everything they do. She/her
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Jelena Belojevic
@jellybb.bsky.social
· Dec 2
simon vandepitte - SOS Baltic dunlin
The dunlin is a shorebird species with an extensive distribution in the northern hemisphere. Several subspecies are known, and this blog highlights a particular one: the southern dunlin, or in fancy s...
simonvandepitte.com
Hello Bluesky👋! I am a PhD student working on behavior, ecology, and conservation of Ruffs and one of the most endangered wader - Southern dunlin. This year I worked with an enthusiastic young biologist and photographer Simon. Read more about our small scale dunlin headstarting project on his blog.
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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Victoria’s riflebirds are masters of time, accelerating their dance tempo by reducing the durations between movements by just 50 milliseconds, before leveling off at 3 alternations per second and flashing their yellow mouth.
Read more about this spectacular dance here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Read more about this spectacular dance here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
September 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Victoria’s riflebirds are masters of time, accelerating their dance tempo by reducing the durations between movements by just 50 milliseconds, before leveling off at 3 alternations per second and flashing their yellow mouth.
Read more about this spectacular dance here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Read more about this spectacular dance here:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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The diversity in plumage and behaviors of #ruffs is stunning and probably an underused asset for their #conservation @simonvandepitte.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #ornithology
September 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The diversity in plumage and behaviors of #ruffs is stunning and probably an underused asset for their #conservation @simonvandepitte.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #ornithology
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Something to look for in #wader nests. Blue eggs are becoming increasingly common in #ruff clutches @jellybb.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #conservation
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Something to look for in #wader nests. Blue eggs are becoming increasingly common in #ruff clutches @jellybb.bsky.social #IWSG2025 #shorebirds #conservation
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Interesting talk by @jellybb.bsky.social about the aberrant egg coloration in Ruff clutches. Blue eggs may affect nest survival, but fitness effects may be habitat dependent. @waderstudy.bsky.social IWSG Conference 2025 in Groningen (Netherlands) #IWSG2025 #waders #shorebirds
September 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Interesting talk by @jellybb.bsky.social about the aberrant egg coloration in Ruff clutches. Blue eggs may affect nest survival, but fitness effects may be habitat dependent. @waderstudy.bsky.social IWSG Conference 2025 in Groningen (Netherlands) #IWSG2025 #waders #shorebirds
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Belated but wonderful news: Kriszti Kupán has won a 3-year grant from the Bauer-Hollmann Stiftung for monitoring and developing an integrative #conservation management approach for threatened #ruffs and #dunlins at #Liminganlahti! 🥚🎉🐣
July 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Belated but wonderful news: Kriszti Kupán has won a 3-year grant from the Bauer-Hollmann Stiftung for monitoring and developing an integrative #conservation management approach for threatened #ruffs and #dunlins at #Liminganlahti! 🥚🎉🐣
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There are now 148 blogs about waders/shorebirds in the WaderTales catalogue. Here's the list of what's available, with a short descriptor of each blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
There are 14 blogs about (Eurasian) #Curlew, just to name one species.
#ornithology
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
There are 14 blogs about (Eurasian) #Curlew, just to name one species.
#ornithology
July 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There are now 148 blogs about waders/shorebirds in the WaderTales catalogue. Here's the list of what's available, with a short descriptor of each blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
There are 14 blogs about (Eurasian) #Curlew, just to name one species.
#ornithology
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
There are 14 blogs about (Eurasian) #Curlew, just to name one species.
#ornithology
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The first chapter of my thesis is out now in Journal of Ethology! Check it out if you're interested in taking a deep dive into the vibrational signal of a very cute spider 🕷️〰️
Variation of vibratory performance during courtship of a cursorial spider: doi.org/10.1007/s101...
Variation of vibratory performance during courtship of a cursorial spider: doi.org/10.1007/s101...
June 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The first chapter of my thesis is out now in Journal of Ethology! Check it out if you're interested in taking a deep dive into the vibrational signal of a very cute spider 🕷️〰️
Variation of vibratory performance during courtship of a cursorial spider: doi.org/10.1007/s101...
Variation of vibratory performance during courtship of a cursorial spider: doi.org/10.1007/s101...
Intraclutch egg color variation in #ruffs is striking. Pale to strongly pigmented, speckled and not speckeled and even blue eggs within a single clutch 💙
June 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Intraclutch egg color variation in #ruffs is striking. Pale to strongly pigmented, speckled and not speckeled and even blue eggs within a single clutch 💙
It's always nice to have back a bird you ringed!
@wmgvs.bsky.social remember Ljudmila?
@wmgvs.bsky.social remember Ljudmila?
June 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's always nice to have back a bird you ringed!
@wmgvs.bsky.social remember Ljudmila?
@wmgvs.bsky.social remember Ljudmila?
Sunday morning delight! Woodcock with her chicks feeding and brooding in front of our kitchen window.
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June 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Sunday morning delight! Woodcock with her chicks feeding and brooding in front of our kitchen window.
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Yesterday, we found the nest of this blonde female. Three of her eggs were also exceptionally pale. #ornithology #waders
June 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yesterday, we found the nest of this blonde female. Three of her eggs were also exceptionally pale. #ornithology #waders
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Ruff lekking: The co-display of a pale satellite and a court-defending independent morph increases male attractiveness. Lekking began here (65°N) in the first week of May and continues, even though most females are already incubating and the first chicks are expected to hatch any day now.
June 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Ruff lekking: The co-display of a pale satellite and a court-defending independent morph increases male attractiveness. Lekking began here (65°N) in the first week of May and continues, even though most females are already incubating and the first chicks are expected to hatch any day now.
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A female Ruff enters her nest — a tent-like shelter hiding her precious eggs. She’s unringed for now, but she’ll receive her bands once the chicks hatch. #waders #ornithology
June 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A female Ruff enters her nest — a tent-like shelter hiding her precious eggs. She’s unringed for now, but she’ll receive her bands once the chicks hatch. #waders #ornithology
This year we spent long (and cold) nights out to capture #ruffs during peak #lekking. Each one ringed and fitted with a transmitter to help us track their movements and behavior.
Thanks to the team for the effort and stamina it takes to pull this off 💤
@koivulakari.bsky.social @chorlnev.bsky.social
Thanks to the team for the effort and stamina it takes to pull this off 💤
@koivulakari.bsky.social @chorlnev.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This year we spent long (and cold) nights out to capture #ruffs during peak #lekking. Each one ringed and fitted with a transmitter to help us track their movements and behavior.
Thanks to the team for the effort and stamina it takes to pull this off 💤
@koivulakari.bsky.social @chorlnev.bsky.social
Thanks to the team for the effort and stamina it takes to pull this off 💤
@koivulakari.bsky.social @chorlnev.bsky.social
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Ruff clutches are expertly hidden, the eggs are camouflaged and very difficult to find. But this year’s field crew with @jellybb.bsky.social @simonvandepitte.bsky.social @koivulakari.bsky.social @vmpakanen.bsky.social is on 🔥 and found already plenty of them.
June 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ruff clutches are expertly hidden, the eggs are camouflaged and very difficult to find. But this year’s field crew with @jellybb.bsky.social @simonvandepitte.bsky.social @koivulakari.bsky.social @vmpakanen.bsky.social is on 🔥 and found already plenty of them.
It's a year of #headstarting for #BalticDunlins! First chicks are hatching and many more are on the way. We're trying to recover the almost extinct population breeding in coastal meadows around the #BothnianBay. Pics by Gerrit Wehrenberg
@koivulakari.bsky.social @vmpakanen.bsky.social
@koivulakari.bsky.social @vmpakanen.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It's a year of #headstarting for #BalticDunlins! First chicks are hatching and many more are on the way. We're trying to recover the almost extinct population breeding in coastal meadows around the #BothnianBay. Pics by Gerrit Wehrenberg
@koivulakari.bsky.social @vmpakanen.bsky.social
@koivulakari.bsky.social @vmpakanen.bsky.social
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#pictureofthemonth: These two ruff chicks are just three days old. Which one fledges earlier and which one grows faster? These are exciting questions to study! More infos: www.bi.mpg.de/kuepper
June – Institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social
June – Institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#pictureofthemonth: These two ruff chicks are just three days old. Which one fledges earlier and which one grows faster? These are exciting questions to study! More infos: www.bi.mpg.de/kuepper
June – Institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social
June – Institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social
Field season is almost starting! Until the winter goes away in Finland let's enjoy some of the last year videos 💓
@simonvandepitte.bsky.social
#ruff #LiminkaBay
youtu.be/qYiFpgOTcp0?...
@simonvandepitte.bsky.social
#ruff #LiminkaBay
youtu.be/qYiFpgOTcp0?...
Jumping behaviour ruffs
YouTube video by Simon Vandepitte
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May 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Field season is almost starting! Until the winter goes away in Finland let's enjoy some of the last year videos 💓
@simonvandepitte.bsky.social
#ruff #LiminkaBay
youtu.be/qYiFpgOTcp0?...
@simonvandepitte.bsky.social
#ruff #LiminkaBay
youtu.be/qYiFpgOTcp0?...
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🪺 🐣 Where do birds end up building their nests? A new study by the Küpper group & colleagues at the University of Oulu shows that in ruffs, this is driven by both social and environmental factors: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@chorlnev.bsky.social
@chorlnev.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🪺 🐣 Where do birds end up building their nests? A new study by the Küpper group & colleagues at the University of Oulu shows that in ruffs, this is driven by both social and environmental factors: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@chorlnev.bsky.social
@chorlnev.bsky.social
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Nests, Threats, and Leks: Nonrandom Distributions of Nests in Ruffs (Calidris pugnax) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
March 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Nests, Threats, and Leks: Nonrandom Distributions of Nests in Ruffs (Calidris pugnax) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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In large meadows, female ruffs prefer to place their nests close to male leks, even though these are not necessarily the safest locations available #ornithology (Hanna Algora, @chorlnev.bsky.social, @jellybb.bsky.social @vmpakanen.bsky.social et al: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Nests, Threats, and Leks: Nonrandom Distributions of Nests in Ruffs (Calidris pugnax)
This project investigates the nest distribution of the ruff (Calidris pugnax), an endangered shorebird. Using satellite imaging, we established a suitable breeding area and analyzed the factors influ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In large meadows, female ruffs prefer to place their nests close to male leks, even though these are not necessarily the safest locations available #ornithology (Hanna Algora, @chorlnev.bsky.social, @jellybb.bsky.social @vmpakanen.bsky.social et al: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Increased wind flood frequency leads to decreased nest success of endangered waders in managed shore meadows | www.sciencedirect.co... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
February 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Increased wind flood frequency leads to decreased nest success of endangered waders in managed shore meadows | www.sciencedirect.co... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology 🪶