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NEW on #theBOUblog from Roni Ostreiher
To leave or to stay home? Sex-dependent dispersal decisions in a cooperative desert bird
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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To leave or to stay home? Sex-dependent dispersal decisions in a cooperative desert bird
bou.org.uk/blog-ostr...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Roni Ostreiher
To leave or to stay home? Sex-dependent dispersal decisions in a cooperative desert bird
bou.org.uk/blog-ostr...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
To leave or to stay home? Sex-dependent dispersal decisions in a cooperative desert bird
bou.org.uk/blog-ostr...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
📢 REGISTRATION OPEN
#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
Check out the programme and book your place today!
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#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
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November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
Check out the programme and book your place today!
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#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
Check out the programme and book your place today!
bou.org.uk/event/bir...
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📢 APPLICATIONS OPEN
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📢 APPLICATIONS OPEN
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Sex-biased dispersal in the Arabian babbler (Argya squamiceps) | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Roni Ostreiher, Roger Mundry, Aviad Heifetz | #ornithology 🪶
Sex-biased dispersal in the Arabian babbler (Argya squamiceps) | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Roni Ostreiher, Roger Mundry, Aviad Heifetz | #ornithology 🪶
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Sex-biased dispersal in the Arabian babbler (Argya squamiceps) | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Roni Ostreiher, Roger Mundry, Aviad Heifetz | #ornithology 🪶
Sex-biased dispersal in the Arabian babbler (Argya squamiceps) | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Roni Ostreiher, Roger Mundry, Aviad Heifetz | #ornithology 🪶
NEW on #theBOUblog from Rebecca Gillmore
The ecology of a nationally important Great Cormorant population on Puffin Island, Anglesey, Wales
bou.org.uk/blog-gill...
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The ecology of a nationally important Great Cormorant population on Puffin Island, Anglesey, Wales
bou.org.uk/blog-gill...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Rebecca Gillmore
The ecology of a nationally important Great Cormorant population on Puffin Island, Anglesey, Wales
bou.org.uk/blog-gill...
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The ecology of a nationally important Great Cormorant population on Puffin Island, Anglesey, Wales
bou.org.uk/blog-gill...
#ornithology 🪶
Ornamentation is associated with social costs in male red-backed fairywrens (Malurus melanocephalus) | doi.org/10.1093/behe... | Behavioral Ecology | #ornithology 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ornamentation is associated with social costs in male red-backed fairywrens (Malurus melanocephalus) | doi.org/10.1093/behe... | Behavioral Ecology | #ornithology 🪶
Morphological Evolution in Island Birds Is Associated With More Terrestrial Lifestyles and a Lower Number of Raptors and Intra‐Family Competitors | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Global Ecology and Biogeography | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Morphological Evolution in Island Birds Is Associated With More Terrestrial Lifestyles and a Lower Number of Raptors and Intra‐Family Competitors | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Global Ecology and Biogeography | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
Differential loss of forest birds drives the landscape-scale homogenization of a native urban avifauna | link.springer.com/ar... | Landscape Ecology | #ornithology 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Differential loss of forest birds drives the landscape-scale homogenization of a native urban avifauna | link.springer.com/ar... | Landscape Ecology | #ornithology 🪶
Non‐Native Bird Populations Respond Differently to Their Environment and Exhibit Shifts in Ecological Niche Limits Across Continents | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Diversity and Distributions | #ornithology 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Non‐Native Bird Populations Respond Differently to Their Environment and Exhibit Shifts in Ecological Niche Limits Across Continents | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Diversity and Distributions | #ornithology 🪶
Large old trees sustain avian communities and critical plant-bird interactions in highly urbanised environments | www.sciencedirect.co... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Large old trees sustain avian communities and critical plant-bird interactions in highly urbanised environments | www.sciencedirect.co... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
Supplementary winter feeding is associated with higher recruitment rates in a population of a scavenging bird of prey | link.springer.com/ar... | Oecologia | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Supplementary winter feeding is associated with higher recruitment rates in a population of a scavenging bird of prey | link.springer.com/ar... | Oecologia | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
Is aggression related to inhibitory control in a free-living female songbird? | doi.org/10.1093/behe... | Behavioral Ecology | #ornithology 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Is aggression related to inhibitory control in a free-living female songbird? | doi.org/10.1093/behe... | Behavioral Ecology | #ornithology 🪶
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Song structure and dialects in a peninsula population of the endangered Eastern Bristlebird | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Emily W. Bradstock, Anastasia H. Dalziell, Justin A. Welbergen, Kimberly Maute | #ornithology 🪶
Song structure and dialects in a peninsula population of the endangered Eastern Bristlebird | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Emily W. Bradstock, Anastasia H. Dalziell, Justin A. Welbergen, Kimberly Maute | #ornithology 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Song structure and dialects in a peninsula population of the endangered Eastern Bristlebird | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Emily W. Bradstock, Anastasia H. Dalziell, Justin A. Welbergen, Kimberly Maute | #ornithology 🪶
Song structure and dialects in a peninsula population of the endangered Eastern Bristlebird | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Emily W. Bradstock, Anastasia H. Dalziell, Justin A. Welbergen, Kimberly Maute | #ornithology 🪶
NEW on #theBOUblog from Andreia Malpica
Searching for signals of local adaptation in an endemic bird of the Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico: conservation perspectives in the face of climate change
bou.org.uk/blog-malp...
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Searching for signals of local adaptation in an endemic bird of the Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico: conservation perspectives in the face of climate change
bou.org.uk/blog-malp...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Andreia Malpica
Searching for signals of local adaptation in an endemic bird of the Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico: conservation perspectives in the face of climate change
bou.org.uk/blog-malp...
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Searching for signals of local adaptation in an endemic bird of the Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico: conservation perspectives in the face of climate change
bou.org.uk/blog-malp...
#ornithology 🪶
📢 BOU COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS OPEN
➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
More info & to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...
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➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
More info & to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 BOU COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS OPEN
➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
More info & to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...
#ornithology 🪶
➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
More info & to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...
#ornithology 🪶
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Breeding in natural nesting sites can improve the resilience of local Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) populations to environmental changes | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Maurizio Sarà, Rosario Mascara | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
Breeding in natural nesting sites can improve the resilience of local Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) populations to environmental changes | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Maurizio Sarà, Rosario Mascara | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Breeding in natural nesting sites can improve the resilience of local Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) populations to environmental changes | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Maurizio Sarà, Rosario Mascara | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
Breeding in natural nesting sites can improve the resilience of local Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) populations to environmental changes | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Maurizio Sarà, Rosario Mascara | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
Fine-Scale Variation in the Gut Microbiome of the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca in Central Spain | doi.org/10.13157/arl... | Ardeola | #ornithology 🪶
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Fine-Scale Variation in the Gut Microbiome of the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca in Central Spain | doi.org/10.13157/arl... | Ardeola | #ornithology 🪶
Dispersal, maturation and recruitment in a long-lived, intercontinental migrant bird | www.sciencedirect.co... | Animal Behaviour | #ornithology 🪶
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dispersal, maturation and recruitment in a long-lived, intercontinental migrant bird | www.sciencedirect.co... | Animal Behaviour | #ornithology 🪶
⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING ⏰
BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries
Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025
Full details via links ⬇️
Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c...
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BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries
Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025
Full details via links ⬇️
Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING ⏰
BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries
Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025
Full details via links ⬇️
Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c...
#ornithology 🪶
BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries
Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025
Full details via links ⬇️
Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c...
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Stone-Curlews Burhinus oedicnemus Wintering in Grosseto Province (Central Italy): Status, Habitat Use and Possible Threats | doi.org/10.13157/arl... | Ardeola | #ornithology 🪶
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Stone-Curlews Burhinus oedicnemus Wintering in Grosseto Province (Central Italy): Status, Habitat Use and Possible Threats | doi.org/10.13157/arl... | Ardeola | #ornithology 🪶
Pheasants 365: A Review of Seasonal Ring-Necked Pheasant Habitat in Central North America | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Pheasants 365: A Review of Seasonal Ring-Necked Pheasant Habitat in Central North America | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
NEW on #theBOUblog from Soladoye Iwajomo
Intra-African Bird Migration at EOU2025: Member Conference Attendance Grant Report
bou.org.uk/blog-iwaj...
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Intra-African Bird Migration at EOU2025: Member Conference Attendance Grant Report
bou.org.uk/blog-iwaj...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Soladoye Iwajomo
Intra-African Bird Migration at EOU2025: Member Conference Attendance Grant Report
bou.org.uk/blog-iwaj...
#ornithology 🪶
Intra-African Bird Migration at EOU2025: Member Conference Attendance Grant Report
bou.org.uk/blog-iwaj...
#ornithology 🪶
Patterns and demography of Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) vagrancy in the 21st century United States | www.tandfonline.com/... | Wilson Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Patterns and demography of Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) vagrancy in the 21st century United States | www.tandfonline.com/... | Wilson Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
Movement behaviour of migratory Latham’s Snipe Gallinago hardwickii during their non-breeding season in Australia | doi.org/10.1017/S095... | Bird Conservation International | #ornithology 🪶
October 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Movement behaviour of migratory Latham’s Snipe Gallinago hardwickii during their non-breeding season in Australia | doi.org/10.1017/S095... | Bird Conservation International | #ornithology 🪶
Unusual Sperm Morphology in Two Sedentary Songbird Species | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Unusual Sperm Morphology in Two Sedentary Songbird Species | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶