Zalihe Kourtoural
zalkourt.bsky.social
Zalihe Kourtoural
@zalkourt.bsky.social
Ecologist/ Bird enthusiast
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Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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PhD candidate #vacancy alert:

Insect species that overwinter as eggs are particularly vulnerable to climate change. We are looking for a PhD candidate to collect more data to predict whether these insects can adapt to climate change.

Read the vacancy on our website: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change
Climate change is exerting strong selection on wild populations, with many species showing shifts in the seasonal timing of development. One particularly vulnerable group are insect species that overw...
nioo.knaw.nl
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology

www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology

www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A surprise species from today’s ringing session 📷
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to oversee research in #Wales with #seabirds and #waders: buff.ly/qkTVU6m
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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We are looking for a short-term residential volunteer to join the team from the 2nd to 19th October (+/-2 days). Tasks include morning bird monitoring (Point Counts / Visible Migration watches) and afternoon maintenance tasks (habitat/estate work)⬇️
September 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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PhD Alert! 😍 Our lab is hiring a PhD student to study how shrews shrink in winter and grow in spring. Yes, you read that right!
tinyurl.com/shrinkingshr...
Join us at the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, study a super cool animal, and join the @imprs-qbee.bsky.social community!

DM me for questions!
Seasonal size change and aging in shrews
imprs-qbee.mpg.de
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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PhD position available to study the migration ecology and year-round demography of blackpoll warblers.
September 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...
September 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇
September 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Fascinating plenary by Mylene Mariette about the use of sound to cope with a changing world!
#EOU2025 #ornithology
August 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Common buzzard
January 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Cyprus blunt-nosed viper
January 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Masked shrike 📍Kampyli, Cyprus
January 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Collared dove 📍Kampyli, Cyprus
January 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Stonechat 📍Kampyli, Cyprus
January 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Common chaffinch 📍Kalopanayiotis, Cyprus
January 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Robin 📍Morphou, Cyprus
December 23, 2024 at 10:58 AM
A female blackcap 📍Morphou, Cyprus
December 23, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Goldcrest 📍Ede, Netherlands
December 17, 2024 at 10:23 AM
A little owl 📍Morphou, Cyprus
December 17, 2024 at 8:49 AM