Benedetta Catitti
@bcatitti.bsky.social
Behavioural ecologist @Vogelwarte.bsky.social.
Studying how birds grow up, move out, and live fast—or slow—one GPS fix at a time
Associate Editor at @avocettajournal.bsky.social
Studying how birds grow up, move out, and live fast—or slow—one GPS fix at a time
Associate Editor at @avocettajournal.bsky.social
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Winter means.. communal roosts! 🦅🐦🦜
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
Happy to have contributed to a new paper on the wonderful Yelkouan shearwaters, highlighting just how vulnerable this species is to human-driven threats 🌊
How does chick-rearing affect fledging success in Yelkouan shearwaters? Proxies for diet varied between colonies, while fledglings grounded on first flight were more likely to have been poorly fed. Published in Marine Biology: doi.org/10.1007/s002... Funding by @dornitholges.bsky.social and EU LIFE
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Happy to have contributed to a new paper on the wonderful Yelkouan shearwaters, highlighting just how vulnerable this species is to human-driven threats 🌊
Reposted by Benedetta Catitti
🚨Trade-offs across life history stages and social association types shape winter communal roosting in a long-lived raptor
"Our study demonstrates how life-history trade-offs and pair bonds influence winter roosting in red kites"
📖Read the full paper ➡️ buff.ly/0JazKaB
"Our study demonstrates how life-history trade-offs and pair bonds influence winter roosting in red kites"
📖Read the full paper ➡️ buff.ly/0JazKaB
December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨Trade-offs across life history stages and social association types shape winter communal roosting in a long-lived raptor
"Our study demonstrates how life-history trade-offs and pair bonds influence winter roosting in red kites"
📖Read the full paper ➡️ buff.ly/0JazKaB
"Our study demonstrates how life-history trade-offs and pair bonds influence winter roosting in red kites"
📖Read the full paper ➡️ buff.ly/0JazKaB
Winter means.. communal roosts! 🦅🐦🦜
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Winter means.. communal roosts! 🦅🐦🦜
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
Have you read our recent paper looking at how #COVID19 #lockdown changed foraging behavior of #redkites in Switzerland? 🦅 (🧵⬇️) doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
@vogelwarte.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
@vogelwarte.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Have you read our recent paper looking at how #COVID19 #lockdown changed foraging behavior of #redkites in Switzerland? 🦅 (🧵⬇️) doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
@vogelwarte.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
@vogelwarte.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
Reposted by Benedetta Catitti
TWO papers just out in @royalsocietypublishing.org #biologyletters :
1) Red kites switched from scavenging along roads to foraging away from roads during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
2) Fishers synchronise heart rates when cooperating with dolphins, but only when in close proximity.
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1) Red kites switched from scavenging along roads to foraging away from roads during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
2) Fishers synchronise heart rates when cooperating with dolphins, but only when in close proximity.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
TWO papers just out in @royalsocietypublishing.org #biologyletters :
1) Red kites switched from scavenging along roads to foraging away from roads during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
2) Fishers synchronise heart rates when cooperating with dolphins, but only when in close proximity.
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1) Red kites switched from scavenging along roads to foraging away from roads during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
2) Fishers synchronise heart rates when cooperating with dolphins, but only when in close proximity.
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Reposted by Benedetta Catitti
Premio Matteo Griggio per tesi di dottorato di ambito ornitologico.
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Scadenza: 20 febbraio 2026
Per concorrere al Premio, bisogna aver conseguito un dottorato presso un'università italiana tra il 1° gennaio 2023 e il 31 dicembre 2025.
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Scadenza: 20 febbraio 2026
Per concorrere al Premio, bisogna aver conseguito un dottorato presso un'università italiana tra il 1° gennaio 2023 e il 31 dicembre 2025.
Premio Matteo Griggio | Istituto Veneto
Con i fondi messi a disposizione dai famigliari di Matteo Griggio e, attraverso una sottoscrizione promossa dalla Società Italiana di Etologia, da amici e colleghi, l'Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lette...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Premio Matteo Griggio per tesi di dottorato di ambito ornitologico.
www.istitutoveneto.it/premio-matte...
Scadenza: 20 febbraio 2026
Per concorrere al Premio, bisogna aver conseguito un dottorato presso un'università italiana tra il 1° gennaio 2023 e il 31 dicembre 2025.
www.istitutoveneto.it/premio-matte...
Scadenza: 20 febbraio 2026
Per concorrere al Premio, bisogna aver conseguito un dottorato presso un'università italiana tra il 1° gennaio 2023 e il 31 dicembre 2025.
Reposted by Benedetta Catitti
NEW ISSUE: read the full second issue of 2025 here:
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The cover of issue 2 depicts a red kite featuring the article 'Extracting reproductive parameters from GPS tracking data for a nesting raptor in Europe' by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:55lgldyndytgvhxxaws6rz3t" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@steffopp.bsky.social et al. Photo credit: Patrick Scherler.
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The cover of issue 2 depicts a red kite featuring the article 'Extracting reproductive parameters from GPS tracking data for a nesting raptor in Europe' by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:55lgldyndytgvhxxaws6rz3t" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@steffopp.bsky.social et al. Photo credit: Patrick Scherler.
May 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
NEW ISSUE: read the full second issue of 2025 here:
vist.ly/3n3t9ne
The cover of issue 2 depicts a red kite featuring the article 'Extracting reproductive parameters from GPS tracking data for a nesting raptor in Europe' by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:55lgldyndytgvhxxaws6rz3t" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@steffopp.bsky.social et al. Photo credit: Patrick Scherler.
vist.ly/3n3t9ne
The cover of issue 2 depicts a red kite featuring the article 'Extracting reproductive parameters from GPS tracking data for a nesting raptor in Europe' by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:55lgldyndytgvhxxaws6rz3t" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@steffopp.bsky.social et al. Photo credit: Patrick Scherler.