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LyrebirdLab
@lyrebirdlab.bsky.social
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www.lyrebirdlab.org Our lab focuses on the behavioural ecology of the Superb and the Albert's lyrebird (family: Menuridae), and other Australian songbirds. Led by Dr Anastasia Dalziell and Prof Justin Welbergen. Based at the HIE, Western Sydney University
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LyrebirdLab @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social · Aug 18
Funded #PhD scholarship- Vocal mimicry in tooth-billed bowerbirds at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University ‪‪@animalecolab.bsky.social‬
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social‬
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Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
Lithograph of Tooth-billed bowerbirds C1925 by Henrik Gronvold
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animal prattle @animal-prattle.bsky.social · Sep 4
1st recordings of vocal behavior in female Albert's lyrebird, from @drbackhouse.bsky.social @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social

🐦 documents song from 2 females during nesting and nest construction
🐦 shows ♀️s produce mimicry, conspecific song & alarm calls

#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Sep 4
Vocal Mimicry, and Conspecific Song and Calls, in Female Albert's Lyrebirds (Menura alberti) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Sep 4
Vocal Mimicry, and Conspecific Song and Calls, in Female Albert's Lyrebirds (Menura alberti) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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LyrebirdLab @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social · Aug 18
Funded #PhD scholarship- Vocal mimicry in tooth-billed bowerbirds at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University ‪‪@animalecolab.bsky.social‬
@drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social‬
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Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b
Lithograph of Tooth-billed bowerbirds C1925 by Henrik Gronvold
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LyrebirdLab @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social · Aug 8
Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry
www.theguardian.com
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Nicola Hanrahan @macroderma.bsky.social · Aug 1
The ghost bat is one of Australia’s most fascinating — and underrated — native animals. Help it take the spotlight this #ScienceWeek by casting your vote! 👻
🔗 www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#GhostBat #SciWeek #ThreatenedSpecies #VoteBats
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LyrebirdLab @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social · Aug 5
Funded #PhD scholarship on the ecology of the eastern horseshoe bat and its sensitivity to the impacts of fire at Western Sydney Univeristy.

Link: www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/... #IBRC2025
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · Jul 10
To commemorate this anniversary, we bring together a selection of research articles and news and opinion pieces on mimicry and other forms of deception from across journals in the @natureportfolio.nature.com 👇 www.nature.com/collections/...
Celebrating Bates
2025 marks 200 years since the birth of Henry Walter Bates, who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in butterflies.
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Jun 25
Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World - Wu - 2025 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World
Bats fatten to cope in environments with seasonal energy shortages, gaining more weight in seasonally cold climates and in tropical climates with highly seasonal rainfall. In cold climates, females l...
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LyrebirdLab @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social · Jul 2
What's next for #mimicry research? A new Viewpoint in @natecoevo.nature.com inspired by Henry Bates 🦋 rdcu.be/et5Tl

‪by @gabrielajamie.bsky.social,‬ @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social & @animalecolab.bsky.social‬ ‬, Eunice J Tan, @colemag.bsky.social‬ & Esther Melamed doi.org/10.1038/s415...
The past and future of mimicry research
Nature Ecology & Evolution - This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry Walter Bates, an English naturalist who formally introduced ‘mimicry’ as a scientific...
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