Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Arjun Amar

@arjundevamar.bsky.social

1.7K followers 1.8K following 2.8K posts

Associate Professor | FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology | @Fitztitute | University of Cape Town - Ornithology - Raptors - NFFC - surfing - HumanWildlifeConflicts #RaptorResearch feed he/him https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=Ryl9kMIAA

scholar.google.co.za

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · Mar 6

Updated Raptor Ecologist starter pack - currently 70 people on it

go.bsky.app/5Z6YCsp

Lots of new people joining so please dm me or reply below if you have arrived to this site, and would like to be added.

Raptor ecologists

Join the conversation

go.bsky.app

7 10 23

Reposted by Arjun Amar

BOU @bou.org.uk · 10d

Experimental Exposure to Noise Affects Hunting Behavior Already From a Young Age in a Nocturnal Acoustic Predator | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

1 5 8

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Stuart Chambers @projectourworld.bsky.social · Dec 6

Living up to their scientific name Falco peregrinus, or “wandering falcon,” Greenland’s peregrine “ghost” falcons make migrations upwards of 25,000 kilometers per year. Photo by Knud Falk
Smithsonian Magazine

1 4 5

Reposted by Arjun Amar

BOU @bou.org.uk · 9d

Comparing manual and automated methods for identifying individual great gray owls via territorial calls | doi.org/10.1002/wsb.... | Wildlife Society Bulletin | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

1 8

Reposted by Arjun Amar

BOU @bou.org.uk · 9d

Demographic trends for the Boreal Owl, Aegolius funereus, using standardized migration monitoring data in eastern North America | www.tandfonline.com/... | Wilson Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

1 10

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 8d

New info from RSPB reveals last known location of this young Hen Harrier was on a grouse moor between Reeth & Redmire on NE side of Yorkshire Dales National Park, before she disappeared in suspicious circumstances.

#RaptorResearch #Wildlifecrime #Ornithology

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/01/m...

More information about the suspicious disappearance of Hen Harrier ‘Sita’ who vanished on a grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park

In May this year I blogged about a young satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named ‘Sita’ who had disappeared under suspicious circumstances from a winter roost site on an unnamed grouse moor …

raptorpersecutionuk.org

23 39

Reposted by Arjun Amar

BOU @bou.org.uk · 8d

📢 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN...

...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme

Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements

Application deadline: 30 January 2026

Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...

🪶 #ukbirds

5 5

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Stephan Spiekman @stephanspiekman.bsky.social · 9d

PhD position available at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin on avialan ontogeny (birds and their closest non-avian dinosaur relatives)!

jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/e...

42/2025 Research Associate with the goal of a doctorate (f/m/d)

jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin

1 24 21

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 11d

This consultation is an opportunity to put pressure on the HSE to restrict the use of these dangerous toxins. Consultation closes Tues 30 Sept 2025 - please take part!

#RaptorResearch #Ornithology

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/28/n...

New consultation on Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs): your opportunity to tell the HSE how damaging these are to raptors & other wildlife

In November last year, conservation campaign group Wild Justice published a report (Collateral Damage) highlighting shockingly high levels of rodenticides (rat poisons) found in Buzzards and Red Ki…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

2 22 29

Reposted by Arjun Amar

W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 10d

#ornithology
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Threatened kārearea falcon wins New Zealand’s 2025 bird of the year

The country’s fastest bird has taken out the top prize in a scandal-free year for the annual poll

www.theguardian.com

6 22

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Dan Chamberlain @danc-eco.bsky.social · 10d

We are seeking an ornithologist/modeller for a 2-year POST-DOC in Turin. Using archaeological remains, we will reconstruct past avian communities to understand the impacts of climate change and human pressure on birds through time. For details see cutt.ly/irN76QDZ PLEASE RT. #ornithology #AviArch

56 53

Reposted by Arjun Amar

MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 14d

I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds

Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...

werkenbij.uva.nl

1 65 56

Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · 13d

#RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology

BOU @bou.org.uk · 13d

Using social media to document the persistence of the Peregrine Falcon and the Lanner Falcon across South Africa | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶

Using social media to document the persistence of the Peregrine Falcon and the Lanner Falcon across South Africa

Journal of Ornithology - Social media and networking platforms are growing in their usefulness in research through citizen science. We used diverse online data sources and methods to generate...

link.springer.com

2 3

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 14d

More info on why the court judged the RSPB's covert video evidence to be admissible in this important case ⚖️

NB: Comments turned off as legal proceedings are live.

#RaptorResearch #Ornithology #WildlifeCrime

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/25/m...

More detail on court ruling accepting admissibility of RSPB’s covert surveillance in prosecution of gamekeeper accused of conspiracy to kill a Hen Harrier

Earlier this month a judge ruled that covert video surveillance obtained by the RSPB is admissible evidence in the prosecution of gamekeeper Racster Dingwall, who has been charged in relation to th…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

12 25

Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · 16d

#RaptorResearch

W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 17d

#ornithology
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/mass...

Mass vulture poisonings expose need for cross-border action in Southern Africa

A cluster of mass vulture poisonings earlier this year has drawn attention to an alarming, ongoing problem in the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area that straddles South Africa, Zimbabwe ...

news.mongabay.com

1 2

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab @behavecol-lab.bsky.social · 20d

Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

2 78 65

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 20d

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

1 40 46

Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · 20d

#RaptorResearch

BOU @bou.org.uk · 22d

Successful Kleptoparasitism by Crested Caracara of Peregrine Falcon | doi.org/10.3356/jrr2526 | Journal of Raptor Research | #ornithology 🪶

Successful Kleptoparasitism by Crested Caracara of Peregrine Falcon

The Journal of Raptor Research publishes the biology and conservation of diurnal and nocturnal raptors, such as their ecology, behavior, and conservation.

doi.org

2 4

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 21d

When we hypothesised female terns to have lower mercury levels than males due to egg laying, @matteobeccardi.bsky.social et al designed an elegant experiment to prove the effectiveness of this pathway. That proof just got published & the open access paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

2 16 34

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 21d

IN-DEPTH: Read the blogpost about how anti-predator behaviour in red kite parents changes in relation to food availability.

➡️ vist.ly/47a8p

#ornithology #birds #RaptorResearch #behaviour #reproduction 🪶
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6mho4ncjzhbzwzmybsmhn4r6" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@vogelwarte.bsky.social

Portrait of a red kite. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.

4 15

Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · 20d

#RaptorResearch

BOU @bou.org.uk · 21d

Climate change modelling indicates extensive range contractions for a scarce southern African endemic and minimal protected area network within its future climatically suitable range | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology 🪶

1 2

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 20d

Natural England cans flawed southern England Hen Harrier reintroduction project after 8 years.

Blog: markavery.info/2025/09/19/h...

#taxes #Defra @naturalengland.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @wildjustice.bsky.social #infertile #iucn #SalisburyPlain #harrier #toldyouso

📷 Tim Melling

1 7 35

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 21d

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...

77 67

Reposted by Arjun Amar

David La Puma (he/him/his) @woodcreeper.bsky.social · 21d

When your non-birding co-worker tells you about a documentary on birding you never heard of, and two of your friends are in it. WTH. Okay, but I'm super excited to watch it... #LISTERS
slate.com/culture/2025...

One of the Funniest Documentaries of the Year Is Streaming for Free on YouTube

Listers is a journey into the dark and cringy heart of one of the world’s most peculiar hobbies.

slate.com

2 8

Reposted by Arjun Amar

Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · 22d

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog!

Can translocation stop the decline of Egyptian Vultures in the Balkans?
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/c...

Based on the Journal of Ornithology paper by Anastasios Bounas et al. | #ornithology #RaptorResearch

Can translocation stop the decline of Egyptian Vultures in the Balkans?

Genetic analyses provide crucial insights for effective conservation strategies.

avianhybrids.wordpress.com

3 6

Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · 22d

#RaptorResearch

BOU @bou.org.uk · 23d

Landscape changes and declines in Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle) territory occupancy in southwestern Idaho | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology 🪶