Patrick Franke
@pfranke.bsky.social
Field ornithologist & recordist.
Recording wildlife sound for conservation.
Recording wildlife sound for conservation.
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🧪ETHOLOGY: Bird song research often looks at female preferences — but what do males like in female vocalisations? 🐦🎶❤️ Le Gal et al. tested male canaries with female copulation-solicitation trills. No group-wide preference emerged, but individual males showed distinct choices! doi.org/10.1111/eth....
Male Preferences for Female Vocalisation in Domestic Canary (Serinus canaria)
We tested sexually receptive males using an operant conditioning setup. Each male could press one of two keys, and each key triggered the playback of female copulation solicitation trills (CST) diffe...
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🧪ETHOLOGY: Bird song research often looks at female preferences — but what do males like in female vocalisations? 🐦🎶❤️ Le Gal et al. tested male canaries with female copulation-solicitation trills. No group-wide preference emerged, but individual males showed distinct choices! doi.org/10.1111/eth....
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Optimization of passive acoustic bird surveys: a global assessment of BirdNET settings onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Optimization of passive acoustic bird surveys: a global assessment of BirdNET settings
BirdNET is a popular machine learning tool for automated recognition of bird sounds. However, evidence on how to optimize its settings for accurate bird monitoring remains limited. Here, we evaluate ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Optimization of passive acoustic bird surveys: a global assessment of BirdNET settings onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Spatial patterns of local dialects of the declining Corn Bunting in three regions with different population densities and small-scale landscape features | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Anne-Laure Geboes, Tomasz S. Osiejuk, Nicolas Magain | #ornithology 🪶
Spatial patterns of local dialects of the declining Corn Bunting in three regions with different population densities and small-scale landscape features | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Anne-Laure Geboes, Tomasz S. Osiejuk, Nicolas Magain | #ornithology 🪶
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Spatial patterns of local dialects of the declining Corn Bunting in three regions with different population densities and small-scale landscape features | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Anne-Laure Geboes, Tomasz S. Osiejuk, Nicolas Magain | #ornithology 🪶
Spatial patterns of local dialects of the declining Corn Bunting in three regions with different population densities and small-scale landscape features | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Anne-Laure Geboes, Tomasz S. Osiejuk, Nicolas Magain | #ornithology 🪶
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Acoustics Lay Language Paper
Hearing loss in old age isn’t normal aging. It’s the result of cumulative excessive lifetime noise exposure. https://acoustics.org/hearing-loss-in-old-age-isnt-due-to-normal-aging/
#ASA189 #ASA_ASJ2025
Hearing loss in old age isn’t normal aging. It’s the result of cumulative excessive lifetime noise exposure. https://acoustics.org/hearing-loss-in-old-age-isnt-due-to-normal-aging/
#ASA189 #ASA_ASJ2025
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Acoustics Lay Language Paper
Hearing loss in old age isn’t normal aging. It’s the result of cumulative excessive lifetime noise exposure. https://acoustics.org/hearing-loss-in-old-age-isnt-due-to-normal-aging/
#ASA189 #ASA_ASJ2025
Hearing loss in old age isn’t normal aging. It’s the result of cumulative excessive lifetime noise exposure. https://acoustics.org/hearing-loss-in-old-age-isnt-due-to-normal-aging/
#ASA189 #ASA_ASJ2025
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Thanks so much to this week‘s speakers and to everyone who joined for the discussion!
Recordings of the talks are now up on our website for those who missed them live - enjoy!
www.braincoustics.com
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
Recordings of the talks are now up on our website for those who missed them live - enjoy!
www.braincoustics.com
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thanks so much to this week‘s speakers and to everyone who joined for the discussion!
Recordings of the talks are now up on our website for those who missed them live - enjoy!
www.braincoustics.com
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
Recordings of the talks are now up on our website for those who missed them live - enjoy!
www.braincoustics.com
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
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November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community.
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community.
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research.
However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research?
#ornithology
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Birds named after people will get new names. Here's why & why it matters, with great insights from Drew Lanham, Kenn Kaufman, Judith Scarl @birdnames4birds.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social
Birds Named after People Will Get New English Names
Standard English names for North American birds will now focus on the animals rather than people
www.scientificamerican.com
November 7, 2023 at 1:37 PM
Birds named after people will get new names. Here's why & why it matters, with great insights from Drew Lanham, Kenn Kaufman, Judith Scarl @birdnames4birds.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social
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Very happy to see this collaboration with @babeheim.bsky.social published in Animal Cognition: 'Vocal mimicry in corvids'. Since posting the first preprint, we have identified evidence for vocal mimicry in 8 more species, thanks to the community highlighting additional sources #communityscience
October 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Very happy to see this collaboration with @babeheim.bsky.social published in Animal Cognition: 'Vocal mimicry in corvids'. Since posting the first preprint, we have identified evidence for vocal mimicry in 8 more species, thanks to the community highlighting additional sources #communityscience
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ACOUSTICS TODAY
In just a couple of decades, smartphones have gone from luxury gadgets to near-extensions of ourselves. Could smartphones become a global network for listening to the environment?
https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2025.21.2.12
In just a couple of decades, smartphones have gone from luxury gadgets to near-extensions of ourselves. Could smartphones become a global network for listening to the environment?
https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2025.21.2.12
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ACOUSTICS TODAY
In just a couple of decades, smartphones have gone from luxury gadgets to near-extensions of ourselves. Could smartphones become a global network for listening to the environment?
https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2025.21.2.12
In just a couple of decades, smartphones have gone from luxury gadgets to near-extensions of ourselves. Could smartphones become a global network for listening to the environment?
https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2025.21.2.12
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Feature Friday! Birds of the World adds #Portuguese to growing language offerings #brazil #portugal
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/por...
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/por...
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Feature Friday! Birds of the World adds #Portuguese to growing language offerings #brazil #portugal
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/por...
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/por...
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3 articles, Oct 30
Women remain underrepresented in academia www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Toxic workplaces are main reason women leave academic jobs www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Women faculty feel pushed from academia by poor workplace climate
www.science.org/content/arti... #WomenInStem
Women remain underrepresented in academia www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Toxic workplaces are main reason women leave academic jobs www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Women faculty feel pushed from academia by poor workplace climate
www.science.org/content/arti... #WomenInStem
October 21, 2023 at 1:24 PM
3 articles, Oct 30
Women remain underrepresented in academia www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Toxic workplaces are main reason women leave academic jobs www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Women faculty feel pushed from academia by poor workplace climate
www.science.org/content/arti... #WomenInStem
Women remain underrepresented in academia www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Toxic workplaces are main reason women leave academic jobs www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Women faculty feel pushed from academia by poor workplace climate
www.science.org/content/arti... #WomenInStem
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🎬 Take a peek inside our #ABL2025 Discord!
Our Discord server will be the heart of #ABL2025 , with channels for info, social chats, side events, workshops, posters & Q&A for every talk.
Join the conversation ➡️ register now to get access! You still have a few days.
🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Our Discord server will be the heart of #ABL2025 , with channels for info, social chats, side events, workshops, posters & Q&A for every talk.
Join the conversation ➡️ register now to get access! You still have a few days.
🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🎬 Take a peek inside our #ABL2025 Discord!
Our Discord server will be the heart of #ABL2025 , with channels for info, social chats, side events, workshops, posters & Q&A for every talk.
Join the conversation ➡️ register now to get access! You still have a few days.
🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Our Discord server will be the heart of #ABL2025 , with channels for info, social chats, side events, workshops, posters & Q&A for every talk.
Join the conversation ➡️ register now to get access! You still have a few days.
🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
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🐟🔊
New publication about all the exciting additions we made to FishSounds throughout versions 2 and 3: doi.org/10.1111/geb....!
Since then, we've added even more recordings thanks to the FishEye Collaborative, and we have a lot more planned for next year!
New publication about all the exciting additions we made to FishSounds throughout versions 2 and 3: doi.org/10.1111/geb....!
Since then, we've added even more recordings thanks to the FishEye Collaborative, and we have a lot more planned for next year!
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🐟🔊
New publication about all the exciting additions we made to FishSounds throughout versions 2 and 3: doi.org/10.1111/geb....!
Since then, we've added even more recordings thanks to the FishEye Collaborative, and we have a lot more planned for next year!
New publication about all the exciting additions we made to FishSounds throughout versions 2 and 3: doi.org/10.1111/geb....!
Since then, we've added even more recordings thanks to the FishEye Collaborative, and we have a lot more planned for next year!
Reposted by Patrick Franke
🌟Hurrah for #MongooseMonday🌟
The rich vocal repertoire of dwarf mongooses includes calls to:
Warn of danger: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Recruit help: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Announce sentinel duty:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Caller id affects how receivers respond.
#animalcommunication #mammals
The rich vocal repertoire of dwarf mongooses includes calls to:
Warn of danger: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Recruit help: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Announce sentinel duty:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Caller id affects how receivers respond.
#animalcommunication #mammals
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🌟Hurrah for #MongooseMonday🌟
The rich vocal repertoire of dwarf mongooses includes calls to:
Warn of danger: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Recruit help: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Announce sentinel duty:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Caller id affects how receivers respond.
#animalcommunication #mammals
The rich vocal repertoire of dwarf mongooses includes calls to:
Warn of danger: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Recruit help: dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Announce sentinel duty:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Caller id affects how receivers respond.
#animalcommunication #mammals
Ideology and science never go well together. Tough decision to not use an app anymore.
Not that any other part of life would be connected to things… People of late capitalism…
Not that any other part of life would be connected to things… People of late capitalism…
how about creating an app to identify birds by sound? just to give people who want to ditch merlin - now that trump has cornell in his pocket - an alternative
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Ideology and science never go well together. Tough decision to not use an app anymore.
Not that any other part of life would be connected to things… People of late capitalism…
Not that any other part of life would be connected to things… People of late capitalism…
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Only 5 days left to register! ⏰
Don’t miss the chance to connect with animal behaviour researchers from around the world and discover the latest in behavioural science.
📅 13–14 November; free, online & open to all worldwide 🌍
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/
Don’t miss the chance to connect with animal behaviour researchers from around the world and discover the latest in behavioural science.
📅 13–14 November; free, online & open to all worldwide 🌍
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Only 5 days left to register! ⏰
Don’t miss the chance to connect with animal behaviour researchers from around the world and discover the latest in behavioural science.
📅 13–14 November; free, online & open to all worldwide 🌍
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/
Don’t miss the chance to connect with animal behaviour researchers from around the world and discover the latest in behavioural science.
📅 13–14 November; free, online & open to all worldwide 🌍
🔗https://ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/
Reposted by Patrick Franke
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November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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New seminar coming up!
We are lucky to have @emilyjanedennis.bsky.social of HHMI/Janelia and Stuart Newson of @btobirds.bsky.social tell us about their work on the bioacoustics and neuroscience of acoustic signaling in small mammals
🗓️November 18th @ 11:00 ET
✅Register here: braincoustics.com
We are lucky to have @emilyjanedennis.bsky.social of HHMI/Janelia and Stuart Newson of @btobirds.bsky.social tell us about their work on the bioacoustics and neuroscience of acoustic signaling in small mammals
🗓️November 18th @ 11:00 ET
✅Register here: braincoustics.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New seminar coming up!
We are lucky to have @emilyjanedennis.bsky.social of HHMI/Janelia and Stuart Newson of @btobirds.bsky.social tell us about their work on the bioacoustics and neuroscience of acoustic signaling in small mammals
🗓️November 18th @ 11:00 ET
✅Register here: braincoustics.com
We are lucky to have @emilyjanedennis.bsky.social of HHMI/Janelia and Stuart Newson of @btobirds.bsky.social tell us about their work on the bioacoustics and neuroscience of acoustic signaling in small mammals
🗓️November 18th @ 11:00 ET
✅Register here: braincoustics.com
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SCILIGHT - JASA Express Letters
“I would say this could be the foundation of probably easier identification of acoustic populations,” said author Svenja Wöhle.
Identification codes in Southern Hemisphere fin whale songs: https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0039630
“I would say this could be the foundation of probably easier identification of acoustic populations,” said author Svenja Wöhle.
Identification codes in Southern Hemisphere fin whale songs: https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0039630
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
SCILIGHT - JASA Express Letters
“I would say this could be the foundation of probably easier identification of acoustic populations,” said author Svenja Wöhle.
Identification codes in Southern Hemisphere fin whale songs: https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0039630
“I would say this could be the foundation of probably easier identification of acoustic populations,” said author Svenja Wöhle.
Identification codes in Southern Hemisphere fin whale songs: https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0039630
Reposted by Patrick Franke
Ornithology in Nepal: insights and perspectives from the twenty-first century | doi.org/10.1007/s433... | Ornithology Research | #ornithology 🪶
Ornithology in Nepal: insights and perspectives from the twenty-first century
Ornithology Research - Nepal has a documented history of over 225 years of ornithological research, during which more than 892 bird species are currently recorded. However, the patterns,...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ornithology in Nepal: insights and perspectives from the twenty-first century | doi.org/10.1007/s433... | Ornithology Research | #ornithology 🪶
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November 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Save the date! 🌿
Want to learn how to record wildlife like a pro?
Join our iRecord 101 webinar — an intro to logging sightings, expert verification & sharing data for conservation. 🌎 🧪
📅 02 Apr 2026 | 💷 £12.50
🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1734876575...
#Ecology #WildlifeRecording
Want to learn how to record wildlife like a pro?
Join our iRecord 101 webinar — an intro to logging sightings, expert verification & sharing data for conservation. 🌎 🧪
📅 02 Apr 2026 | 💷 £12.50
🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1734876575...
#Ecology #WildlifeRecording
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