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Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · Jul 2

Just over two weeks left to apply

Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · Jun 18

We are hiring a new PhD candidate 🎉as part of the No-REGRETS (NOrth Sea Renewable Energy: Gaining the Required Ecological Knowledge for the TranSition) consortium. If you are excited too, have what we are looking for and interested in joining us please apply. #ornithology #animalmovement

Eldar Rakhimberdiev @eldarrak.bsky.social · Jun 13

New PhD position in our group! Join us to study gull foraging ecology at sea using GPS and accelerometry data! You will be working here Amsterdam Movement Ecology group under supervision of @judyshamounb.bsky.social, @rooskentie.bsky.social and me. Apply here werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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Bart Hoekstra @barthoekstra.bsky.social · Jun 23

Still buzzing from this weekend’s festival on Amsterdam’s closed ring road, part of the city’s 750th birthday celebrations. A unique chance to share our science and all about the birds 🪶 moving in and above the city. It's not every day you get to do #scicomm 🧪 at a festival w/ 250,000 attendees!

Visitors at Het Grote Amsterdamse Vogel Spel, or ‘The Big Amsterdam Bird Game’

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Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · Jun 18

We are hiring a new PhD candidate 🎉as part of the No-REGRETS (NOrth Sea Renewable Energy: Gaining the Required Ecological Knowledge for the TranSition) consortium. If you are excited too, have what we are looking for and interested in joining us please apply. #ornithology #animalmovement

Eldar Rakhimberdiev @eldarrak.bsky.social · Jun 13

New PhD position in our group! Join us to study gull foraging ecology at sea using GPS and accelerometry data! You will be working here Amsterdam Movement Ecology group under supervision of @judyshamounb.bsky.social, @rooskentie.bsky.social and me. Apply here werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD Position Gull Foraging Ecology in the North Sea - NO-REGRETS Project

Are you passionate about animal movement ecology? Interested in studying gull foraging ecology at sea? Apply for this unique PhD opportunity at the Department of Theoretical and Computational Ecology ...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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Eldar Rakhimberdiev @eldarrak.bsky.social · Jun 18

Meet the team:
@judyshamounb.bsky.social, Stacy Shinneman, Maja Bradarić,
@barthoekstra.bsky.social, Johannes De Groeve, Berend-Christiaan Wijers, Jan Geisler, Nomikos Skyllas,
@shreyasgadge.bsky.social, Roberto Cappabianca,
@eldarrak.bsky.social, Bart Kranstauberm and Emilie Manzo

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Cecilia Nilsson @cnilsson.science · May 6

Our PhD level course Ecology of Animal Migration at @biologylu.bsky.social is now open for applications! The course will run this November (3-14th) and cover various theoretical and practical aspects of migration ecology.

See: www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/...

Ecology of Animal Migration

Lund University.

www.biology.lu.se

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KNMI @knmi.nl · May 14

Het neerslagtekort in Nederland is opgelopen tot 91 mm, net zo hoog als rond deze tijd in het recorddroge jaar 1976. De droogte begon dit jaar al vroeg en zal door het uitblijven van neerslag de komende weken verder toenemen. 🔗 www.knmi.nl/over-het-knm...

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · May 14

The ABC interviewed the @adriftlab.bsky.social team on Lord Howe Island last month. Even this article doesn't capture the feeling of heartbreak and grim reality of feeling plastic crunch inside a live seabird chick. #ornithology #PlasticPollution

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · May 14

It's an exclusive tourist destination and one of the most pristine places on the planet. It's the last place you would expect to find birds with bellies so full of plastic that they crunch if you squeeze them.

On this island, the birds are so full of plastic, they crunch

It's an exclusive tourist destination and one of the most pristine places on the planet. It's the last place you would expect to find birds with bellies so full of plastic that they crunch if you squeeze them.

www.abc.net.au

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · May 13

PHD OPPORTUNITY aiming to examine/investigate key sources of pollution, the resulting ecological impacts, and beyond.

📅 Deadline 11th June

Part of The de Freitas Studentship, to improve access and participation in PhD study for Black British students. 🏆

www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

🌐🦤🌊🧪🦑

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Eneko Arrondo @bioeaf.bsky.social · Nov 15

I have created my first starter pack!!!! It focuses on movement ecology as a scientific discipline. If we reach 150 members I will create Movement Ecology II. go.bsky.app/F4ZLXcx

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Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · May 2

This is great thanks a lot. Any chance I can be added?

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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · Apr 17

The 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences.

Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC

Stand Up for NOAA Research – The Time to Act is Now

The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.

bit.ly

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Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · May 2

I can't stop watching these!

Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · Nov 19

This place could use a chunky dose of delicious satellite imagery.

So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.

Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...

von Karman vortices

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · Mar 4

We're getting some cracking photo submissions to the Gulls Eating Stuff project! Here are a few showing gulls predating a coot chick, a vole, a mole (!) and a GBBG that has just killed an adult moorhen. Keep 'em coming! Submit your photos of gulls eating stuff to citsci.org/projects/gul....

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 11

⚠️ Passionate about making #ornithology inclusive and diverse?

Join our team! We are looking for the next Equality and Diversity support officer to advance our work in ornithology.

🔗 bou.org.uk/about-the...

⏰ Deadline 25 April 2025

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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Apr 11

BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency

White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

www.science.org

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · Apr 10

Please come and take my job! I’ve been the social media support officer for the @bou.org.uk for almost 4 years and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it! I made so many new friends, met new colleagues, attended many amazing conferences and learnt a lot.

This is an ideal role for #ECR folks in #ornithology 🪶

BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 10

⚠️ Passionate about science communication?

Join our team! We are looking for the next Social Media support officer

🔗 bou.org.uk/about-the...

⏰ Deadline 25 April 2025

Get in touch with our current officer if you have questions @natbzielonka.bsky.social

#ornithology 🪶

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Aldina Franco @aldinafranco.bsky.social · Apr 9

Another 10 days to apply for a 2-year fixed term Lecturership in Conservation Ecology @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social join us @ueaenv.bsky.social and @ueaenv.bsky.social

Aldina Franco @aldinafranco.bsky.social · Mar 20

New lectureship in conservation biology (fixed term), come and join our group of ecologists and conservation biologists at UEA @ueaenv.bsky.social and @ueaceec.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ517/l...

Lecturer in Conservation Ecology at University of East Anglia

Discover Lecturer in Conservation Ecology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @biodiversa.eu · Mar 20

📡 Weather radars = animal tracking goldmine!
#GloBAM ( #BiodivScen) and #HiRAD ( #BiodivMon) present datasets unlocking continental-scale bird movements. 141 radar stations in 18 countries, from 2008 to 2023!

Biological data derived from European weather radars - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Biological data derived from European weather radars

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Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · Apr 9

An outcome of years of collaboration among ecologists, meteorologists and open science developers, working together to support a broader research community #ornithology and radar aeroecology. Supported by eCOST, @biodiversaplus.bsky.social and more.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thank you @bou.org.uk for nominating me for the award lecture and to a great audience, who had my heart racing for the whole talk! Now time to relax and enjoy talks to come on Frontiers in #ornithology @ #BOU2025. Special shout out to @natbzielonka.bsky.social for the thread below

BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 1

1/ We are delighted to have @judyshamounb.bsky.social deliver the Alfred Newton Lecture at #BOU2025 Frontiers in Ornithology

Judy's research focuses on understanding movement ecology in birds 🧵

#ornithology #migrationresearch #movementecology 🪶🧪

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 1

📢 APPLICATIONS OPEN

BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants

Eligible events: #AOS25 (11-15 August) #EOU2025 (18-22 August), #BOUasm25 (18 Nov) & AOC2025 (18-20 Nov)

⏰ Deadline: 30 May 2025

bou.org.uk/funding/m...

@amornith.bsky.social @eounion.bsky.social @birdlifeoz.bsky.social

#ornithology

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Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · Mar 28

What a nice welcome to bluesky! This is such an incredible honor, just a few more days until #BOU2025, lucky too because every time I think about my presentation I get butterflies in my stomach. #ornithology

BOU @bou.org.uk · Jan 13

#BOU2025 | Frontiers in ornithology | 1 - 3 April 2025 | University of Nottingham, UK

Alfred Newton Lecture
Judy Shamoun-Baranes
Synergies between ornithology, technology and movement ecology

Book your place now!

Early-bird closes 3 Feb

bou.org.uk/event/fro...

#ornithology 🪶

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Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · Mar 28

2/2 Research team: @rooskentie.bsky.social, Elspeth Sage, Maja Bradaric, Jens van Erp, Bart Kranstauber, Ji Qi, Iris Manola, Kees Camphuysen

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Judy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · Mar 28

1/2 A brief introduction to some of our research through this storymap summarizing our project "Interactions between birds and offshore windfarms" with links our papers. Funded by NWO, @rijkswaterstaat.bsky.social & Gemini windpark
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/51e7...

Interactions between birds and offshore wind farms project

Institute of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics IBED, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research NIOZ, Rijkswaterstaat, Gemini Wind Park

storymaps.arcgis.com

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