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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 11h

JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 2d

Morning ringing in the woods which are turning into autumn colours!

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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 6d

MSc internship / Field Assistant position available in our group!
Impact of urbanisation on avian reproduction 🐦🏙️ 🌳
Deadline: 7 Nov 2025
All details 👉 www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/...
Please share it around!

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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 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...

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 4d

Matching habitat choice?

A fox in front of a brick wall in Marston, Oxford

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 5d

I loved it!! Fun, nice pictures/videos and some peculiar people :-)

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 7d

Nice morning ringing at Wytham woods

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Javier Abalos @abalosaurus.bsky.social · 9d

🧪 New paper out! Growing up, wall lizards undergo a UV-visible “awkward phase” (who doesn’t?) that we can’t see—but they can. These ontogenetic color changes may mediate juvenile–adult interactions by delaying the onset of adult social signals. doi.org/10.1002/jez.... #colsci #lizard #ontogeny

Cryptic Ontogenetic Changes in the Ventral Coloration of a Color Polymorphic Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)

Wall lizards' ventral coloration undergoes cryptic ontogenetic color changes invisible without UV vision. We tracked wall lizards from hatching to one year of age. Spectrophotometry and visual modeli...

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 11d

I found this mallard today. It seems like some kind of hybrid—if it is, is it possible to identify the species? Or is it just a chromatic aberration?

mallard with a strange colour variation, potentially a hybrid.

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Eneko Arrondo @bioeaf.bsky.social · 16d

Tenemos nueva publicacion en el blog de la @eco-aeet.bsky.social de la mano de @davididiaquez.bsky.social y como siempre, animaros a participar!

Ecosistemas AEET @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social · 16d

¿Cómo afectan las condiciones ambientales a la variación en la coloración entre especies e individuos? En este artículo del blog @eco-aeet.bsky.social se explora la variabilidad en la coloración de las plumas, sus diversas funciones y lo que aún queda por explorar.
blogaeet.org/2025/09/22/l...

Las condiciones ambientales y la coloración de las aves

Una de las características más llamativas de las aves, además del vuelo, es su coloración. Las aves muestran una gran variabilidad tanto en el número como en la conspicuidad de los colores que tien…

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 16d

Muchas gracias a @bioeaf.bsky.social y a @pulgar-panda.bsky.social por la ayuda y a la @eco-aeet.bsky.social por el blog :-)

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 16d

Si necesitáis una lectura amena y entretenida sobre coloración y aves, he escrito una pequeña pieza para el blog de la AEET. Pido disculpas de antemano por el autobombo :-)

blogaeet.org/2025/09/22/l...

Las condiciones ambientales y la coloración de las aves

Una de las características más llamativas de las aves, además del vuelo, es su coloración. Las aves muestran una gran variabilidad tanto en el número como en la conspicuidad de los colores que tien…

blogaeet.org

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Diego Gil @diegogil.bsky.social · 17d

Looking for enthusiastic candidates with training in behavioural ecology and experience in bird fieldwork. MSc also required!

Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab @behavecol-lab.bsky.social · 19d

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 🐦

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 18d

Enjoying this more than expected. Time to do a big year? youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...

LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching

YouTube video by owen reiser

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 18d

A blue tit was seen.

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 18d

Nice morning at @rspbotmoor.bsky.social

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Joe Wynn @joewynnbirds.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 PhD alert 🚨 We are looking for a highly motivated student to use 🧬 genomics 🧬 and 🛰️ bio-logging 🛰️ approaches to disentangle cultural and genetic contributions to seabird migration 🐣 Think this is you, or someone you know? Then come to our Q&A session at on 29/09 and check out the ad below!

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Ivan Gomez-Mestre @igmestre.bsky.social · 26d

We offer a fully funded 4-yr contract for a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology to join our group (www.eco-evo-devo.com). The project will combine genomics and ecophysiology to understand the evolution of developmental plasticity in spadefoot toads. For requisites and contact info please check 👇

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 26d

Counting the days until the next one!

Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 26d

We had a fabulous time at the 10th Hole-nesting Birds meeting in Oloumouc, Czechia this week with six members of the group attending hnbirds2025.bsky.social

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 27d

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.

It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.

Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

ggplot2 4.0.0

A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.

www.tidyverse.org

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Diego Gil @diegogil.bsky.social · Sep 4

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 26d

What a nice end for a really nice conference. Lovely time in Olomouc meeting old friends and making new. Really amazing conference @hnbirds2025.bsky.social

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · 29d

After a wonderful week in Sevilla attending the Spanish Society for Ethology and Evolutionary Ecology, now it time for the @hnbirds2025.bsky.social conference, after a birding trip through Central Europe. :-)

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Jaime Muriel @jaime-muriel.bsky.social · Sep 1

🔬📢 Oferta #FPI (2026–2029) en el ‪@mncn-csic.bsky.social. Proyecto sobre vínculos de pareja en aves polígamas, éxito reproductivo y redes sociales.

@diegogil.bsky.social & Lorenzo Pérez Rodríguez (@irec-csic-uclm.bsky.social)

Excelente entorno académico y personal 🐦🥰
@behavecol-lab.bsky.social

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · Aug 31

Genial Carlos, muchas gracias por la rápida respuesta. Definitivamente voy a tener que indagar más sobre ese grupo porque son acojonantes! :-)

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