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The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is a global network of professionals working together to advance the scientific study and conservation of birds.
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Weathering the storm: We've compiled information into a new web hub to share what the AOS is doing in response to recent political decisions & to help our members navigate disruptive policy changes.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
#AOSMembers: Join us for "Patterns of collective host selection in the Brown-headed Cowbird system" on 11/10 at Noon (ET) with Juliana Villa, PhD student, George Mason University; AOS Student Research Grant, 2022.
REGISTER: americanornithology-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Folks at CSU and USDA-APHIS are looking for a #postdoc to predict avian-aircraft collisions around airports. Preferred skills include #avian movement modeling, Bayesian hierarchical modeling, machine learning, and radar #ecology.

Apply here: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/166...
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Postdoctoral Associate - Predictive Modeler
We are looking for a highly skilled postdoctoral scientist (postdoc) to lead the development of models for predicting wild bird strikes in and around an airport’s airspace in space and time. The objec...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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#AOSMembers: Join us for "Endocrine mechanisms behind an adaptive maternal effect: linking breeding site quality & offspring behavior," Mon 11/3, Noon ET w/Haley Gee, AOS Josselyn Van Tyne Memorial Research Grant 2024
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October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
#AOSMembers: Join us for "Endocrine mechanisms behind an adaptive maternal effect: linking breeding site quality & offspring behavior," Mon 11/3, Noon ET w/Haley Gee, AOS Josselyn Van Tyne Memorial Research Grant 2024
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October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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#AOSMembers: Join us for "Telomeres, mitochondrial copy number (mtDNAcn), organismal metabolic rate & growth rate—what is the connection in the developing House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)," Mon 10/27, Noon ET w/ Holland Galante, PhD candidate, NDSU
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October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#AOSMembers: Join us for "Telomeres, mitochondrial copy number (mtDNAcn), organismal metabolic rate & growth rate—what is the connection in the developing House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)," Mon 10/27, Noon ET w/ Holland Galante, PhD candidate, NDSU
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October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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#AOSmembers | Join us at noon (ET) Monday (10/20) for a seminar: "Modeling the effects of wildfire smoke, body condition, & diet guild on the oxidative status of migrating birds" w/ Megan Miller, 2024 AOS Student Research Grant winner.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#AOSmembers | Join us at noon (ET) Monday (10/20) for a seminar: "Modeling the effects of wildfire smoke, body condition, & diet guild on the oxidative status of migrating birds" w/ Megan Miller, 2024 AOS Student Research Grant winner.
Info/Register: americanornithology.org/professional...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The latest on Wing Beat | "Distinctive casque morphologies among cassowary species" by Todd L. Green
Blog post: americanornithology.org/distinctive-...
Related paper: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
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Distinctive casque morphologies among cassowary species - American Ornithological Society
For more than 150 years, the conspicuous cranial casque has been acclaimed as the most iconic feature of cassowaries—perhaps, in addition to the lethal daggers adorning their inner toes.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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#AOSmembers | Join us at noon (ET) Monday (10/13) for a seminar: "Causes and consequences of social structure in Golden-crowned Sparrows" w/ Annie Madsen, 2022 AOS Student research grant winner.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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October 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#AOSmembers | Join us at noon (ET) Monday (10/13) for a seminar: "Causes and consequences of social structure in Golden-crowned Sparrows" w/ Annie Madsen, 2022 AOS Student research grant winner.
Info/Register: americanornithology.org/professional...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#AOSmembers: AOS 2026 nominations and applications are open for positions on the AOS Council, Special Membership Classes (Elective Members and Fellows), Achievement Awards, and AOS-sponsored Student Memberships!
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October 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 Classes of AOS Fellows and Elective Members! Individuals are elected to these special membership classes in recognition of their exceptional and sustained contributions to ornithology and to the AOS
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October 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#AOSMembers: Join us at noon ET Monday (10/6) for a seminar: "The solar reflectance properties & structures of iridescence in Sturnidae & their potential biomimetic applications" w/ Samantha Rutledge, 2023 AOS Student research grant winner.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We have your weekend reads! Catch up on the latest issues of the AOS journals Ornithology and Ornithological Applications available online through @oxfordunipress.bsky.social!
Ornithology: academic.oup.com/auk/issue/14...
Ornithological Applications: academic.oup.com/auk/issue/14...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#AOSMEMBERS: Join us at noon ET today for an AOS student research grant seminar, "From Fairways to Forests: Assessing the Avian Community Response to Habitat Restoration Techniques" w/ Lauren Gingerella, University of Georgia.
REGISTER: americanornithology-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The AOS journals are piloting a new Peer Editing Program to provide English-language editing assistance for AOS members whose primary language is not English to assist authors before their articles are sent out for peer review. Learn more!
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September 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#AOSMEMBERS: Join us at noon ET on Monday 9/22 for a lunchtime Student Research Grant Seminar, "Exploring the complex genomic architecture of divergence in a North American backyard bird, the Northern House Wren" w/ William Anderson. americanornithology-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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September 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Supporting our members during uncertain times: We've compiled information into a new web hub to share what the AOS is doing in response to recent political decisions & to help our members navigate disruptive policy changes. More:
americanornithology.org/professional...
#AOSmembers #ornithology
September 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Welcome to the newest members of AOS Council, who assumed their leadership roles following the #AOS25 annual meeting in St. Louis! Learn more about these dedicated volunteer leaders: americanornithology.org/announcing-t...
September 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#AOSMEMBERS: Join us at noon ET on Mondays through mid-December for our Fall 2025 Student Research Grant Seminar Series. Our lunchtime series highlights cutting-edge student research funded by the AOS! See the full lineup: americanornithology.org/professional...
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September 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM