Lauryn Benedict
@laurynbenedict.bsky.social
Ornithologist, Animal Behaviorist. Trying my best to support research and education. University of Northern Colorado
Why didn’t I read this sooner?? It’s wonderful. And I love that the cover features four female birds, including the subtly gorgeous California Towhee, my PhD bestie. @amytan.bsky.social #birds
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Why didn’t I read this sooner?? It’s wonderful. And I love that the cover features four female birds, including the subtly gorgeous California Towhee, my PhD bestie. @amytan.bsky.social #birds
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Here's my latest contribution to the "Lost Science" series at the New York Times: Jay Falk, a scientist who studies why some female hummingbirds look just like males. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qF7Qje
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Here's my latest contribution to the "Lost Science" series at the New York Times: Jay Falk, a scientist who studies why some female hummingbirds look just like males. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qF7Qje
Amazing work @rosvall-lab.bsky.social! I'm honored that I got to add 1 tiny data point to your massive effort.
Pumped to share our work on bird behavior and the 2024 Eclipse, in today's @science.org. 100k bird vocalizations + 10k continent-wide observations from the public = really fun collab led by Liz Aguilar, with @juncowren.bsky.social @mathcancer.bsky.social @imillercrews.bsky.social #NSF
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Amazing work @rosvall-lab.bsky.social! I'm honored that I got to add 1 tiny data point to your massive effort.
I relocated my office to a spot where I can bird from my desk. Loving it.
August 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I relocated my office to a spot where I can bird from my desk. Loving it.
What life history and behavioral traits predict female bird song at a global scale?
Our collaborative paper let by Karan Odom and out today in @natcomms.nature.com helps to answer that question
@josephtobias.bsky.social @sheardcat.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our collaborative paper let by Karan Odom and out today in @natcomms.nature.com helps to answer that question
@josephtobias.bsky.social @sheardcat.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global incidence of female birdsong is predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds - Nature Communications
Elaborate traits like birdsong are thought to be sexually selected in males but are poorly understood in females. This study shows that year-round territoriality and biparental care are selected for f...
www.nature.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
What life history and behavioral traits predict female bird song at a global scale?
Our collaborative paper let by Karan Odom and out today in @natcomms.nature.com helps to answer that question
@josephtobias.bsky.social @sheardcat.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our collaborative paper let by Karan Odom and out today in @natcomms.nature.com helps to answer that question
@josephtobias.bsky.social @sheardcat.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I got to be part of this hilarious podcast. Bonus: if you listen to the whole episode, you can learn about the #fartwalk before you get to birds 🐦
youtu.be/3onWvZHcvME?...
youtu.be/3onWvZHcvME?...
Fart Walks, Birds, & Squirrels
YouTube video by Holderness Family Laughs
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July 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I got to be part of this hilarious podcast. Bonus: if you listen to the whole episode, you can learn about the #fartwalk before you get to birds 🐦
youtu.be/3onWvZHcvME?...
youtu.be/3onWvZHcvME?...
Free link! Our article on bird flash plumage signals is now officially out in Ornithology.
Huge thanks (again) to David Allen Sibley for allowing us to use his artwork in it. #ornithology @amornith.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/auk/article/...
Huge thanks (again) to David Allen Sibley for allowing us to use his artwork in it. #ornithology @amornith.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/auk/article/...
Phylogenetic analyses support flush-pursuit foraging and flocking behaviors as evolutionary drivers of flash plumage signals in North American passerines
ABSTRACT. Animal coloration patterns are wildly variable. Despite this, there are plumage traits that occur similarly across taxonomic groups, suggesting t
academic.oup.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Free link! Our article on bird flash plumage signals is now officially out in Ornithology.
Huge thanks (again) to David Allen Sibley for allowing us to use his artwork in it. #ornithology @amornith.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/auk/article/...
Huge thanks (again) to David Allen Sibley for allowing us to use his artwork in it. #ornithology @amornith.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/auk/article/...
I had the chance to be part of a YouTube podcast series on “Listening.” Thanks to Adam Taub for including me. I’ll be checking back for more episodes on all the ways we listen.
youtu.be/69woD5-bmU0
youtu.be/69woD5-bmU0
Bird Expert on Listening to Birds and Ornithology
YouTube video by Story Doc
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I had the chance to be part of a YouTube podcast series on “Listening.” Thanks to Adam Taub for including me. I’ll be checking back for more episodes on all the ways we listen.
youtu.be/69woD5-bmU0
youtu.be/69woD5-bmU0
Meet one of the newest birds in my life. . . this is Dumpling, posing for her glamour shot.
April 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Meet one of the newest birds in my life. . . this is Dumpling, posing for her glamour shot.
Have you ever wondered why so may birds have “flash” wing and tail color patches that appear when they fly?
We did too. . . doi.org/10.1093/orni...
Special thanks to David Allen Sibley for letting us use some of his incredible illustrations in Figure 1 #birds #ornithology
We did too. . . doi.org/10.1093/orni...
Special thanks to David Allen Sibley for letting us use some of his incredible illustrations in Figure 1 #birds #ornithology
Phylogenetic analyses support flush-pursuit foraging and flocking behaviors as evolutionary drivers of flash plumage signals in North American passerines
ABSTRACT. Animal coloration patterns are wildly variable. Despite this, there are plumage traits that occur similarly across taxonomic groups, suggesting t
doi.org
February 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Have you ever wondered why so may birds have “flash” wing and tail color patches that appear when they fly?
We did too. . . doi.org/10.1093/orni...
Special thanks to David Allen Sibley for letting us use some of his incredible illustrations in Figure 1 #birds #ornithology
We did too. . . doi.org/10.1093/orni...
Special thanks to David Allen Sibley for letting us use some of his incredible illustrations in Figure 1 #birds #ornithology
Reposted by Lauryn Benedict
The first paper of your PhD is always so exciting! 🤩 An all-#Galbatross effort, "A focus on females can improve science and conservation!" See press release (www.audubon.org/news/researc...) and the study here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...! #FemaleBirds #FemaleBirdDay
In Research, Ignoring Female Birds Harms Scientific Understanding
A new study shows that ecological research often ignores or excludes data on female birds and behavior, resulting in erroneous assumptions on conservation.
www.audubon.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The first paper of your PhD is always so exciting! 🤩 An all-#Galbatross effort, "A focus on females can improve science and conservation!" See press release (www.audubon.org/news/researc...) and the study here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...! #FemaleBirds #FemaleBirdDay
Which #Parrots are the best vocal learners? Help us answer that question by sharing info about your talking and singing 🦜 🦜
For this thread, drop a note with something a parrot says . . . I’ll start: “Alexa. . .”
www.manyparrots.org
For this thread, drop a note with something a parrot says . . . I’ll start: “Alexa. . .”
www.manyparrots.org
The Many Parrots Project
The Many Parrots group is a team of scientists studying parrot vocal learning and musicality. We invite the public to contribute to research by filling out surveys about their talking and singing parr...
www.manyparrots.org
December 12, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Which #Parrots are the best vocal learners? Help us answer that question by sharing info about your talking and singing 🦜 🦜
For this thread, drop a note with something a parrot says . . . I’ll start: “Alexa. . .”
www.manyparrots.org
For this thread, drop a note with something a parrot says . . . I’ll start: “Alexa. . .”
www.manyparrots.org
Hello BlueSky. I’m new. How is it over here? Nice and birdy? 🦜🐦⬛
December 5, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Hello BlueSky. I’m new. How is it over here? Nice and birdy? 🦜🐦⬛