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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 18h

New paper alert: Behavioral response of Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica to marine heatwaves in the Gulf of Maine, USA: A webcam study. By Julie Wallace et al.
#seabirds #OpenAccess #HeatWaves

www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 New paper in @marineorno.bsky.social : Brown-headed gulls migrate through the Himalaya! By Gayomini Panagoda
#seabirds #OpenAccess #CentralAsianFlyway

www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 15h

Pour yourself a coffee and have a read of this tragic story about the last pair of Great Auks for #Auktober ♥️

Niels de Winter @nielsjdewinter.bsky.social · 1d

Such a sad story, but good that it can be told in full in museums now.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved

DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio

doi.org

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 18h

New paper alert: Behavioral response of Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica to marine heatwaves in the Gulf of Maine, USA: A webcam study. By Julie Wallace et al.
#seabirds #OpenAccess #HeatWaves

www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 2d

Early records of stones (gastroliths) in stomachs of Antarctic penguins | http://www.marineorn... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 2d

We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 4d

Important date for your diaries ‼️

Our AGM is Wed 12 Nov - 12 midday (online) 📔👩‍💻

ALL our members are welcome & we'd love you to join us if you can. A number of roles have also come up within the committee - details on how to apply to follow.

Not yet signed up? www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/membership

Membership - Seabird Group

The Seabird Group was founded to promote and co-ordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. We organise conferences and publish the journal SEABIRD.

www.seabirdgroup.org.uk

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 5d

Temporal Variation in Early-Life Conditions Impacts on Later-Life Levels of Infection in Sex Specific Ways | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 5d

BOU @bou.org.uk · 5d

Temporal Variation in Early-Life Conditions Impacts on Later-Life Levels of Infection in Sex Specific Ways | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 5d

Registration is OPEN for the 4th World Seabird Conference (WSC4)!

📅 7–11 Sept 2026
📍 Hobart, Tasmania | 💻 Hybrid event

Join the global #seabird community to connect, collaborate & conserve 👉 worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...

#WSC4 #seabirds #Hobart2026 #ornithology

Advertisement for registration of WSC4 being open, picturing a gannet in flight and text details of the conference.

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 8d

Well done Grant!

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Grants Hat @grantshat.bsky.social · 8d

It's not every day that one gets to publish a paper with their Dad. Here it is! If you're interested in #Seabirds and community engagement, have a read. In this paper, we discuss how Newfoundlanders perceive hunting regulations. #Conservation #MarineEcology

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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 13d

Very cool new #seabird paper showing no difference in breeding success between healthy and black-eyed gannets, but a worrying overall decline in productivity following the #avianflu outbreak. 🦠🐣

Read the paper here 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #seabirds #ornithology

A breeding pair of Gannets on the Bass Rock with their chick. One of the adults clearly has a black eye, an indicator of past exposure to highly pathogenic avian influenza, while the other is normal/healthy.

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 12d

#seabirds

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Alice Edney @aliceedney.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 New #seabirds paper 🚨

Following a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference 2024 & led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, we review opportunities & challenges for new technologies in seabird monitoring 🎥💻🐣

Link below! ⬇️ #ornithology
doi.org/10.1093/ices...

Opportunities and challenges for new technologies in seabird population monitoring

Abstract. Monitoring of seabird population size and demography has for decades relied on observer-based methods. While such methods have allowed the accumu

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Matt Betts @mattbetts42.bsky.social · 15d

Nice article by @jimrobbins.bsky.social in @nytimes.com on one of my favorites - marbled murrelet - and its potential fate given changes to our forests, oceans and the US Endangered Species Act. @coforegonstate.bsky.social 🧪

A Tiny Seabird Faces Growing Threats in the Forest

www.nytimes.com

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

#ornithology
#seabirds
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Conservation implications of wide-ranging year-round movement and distribution of Aleutian Island breeding Aethia cristatella (Crested Auklets)

ABSTRACT. Despite representing a crucial conservation concern, challenges in measuring seabird movement outside the breeding season remain. Among Alcidae,

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 21d

First record of Lesser frigatebird from Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...

#seabirds #OpenAccess

An image of the lesser frigatebird observed off Rapa Nui on 28 August 2024.

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Camille Schatz @cschatz.bsky.social · Sep 8

My first PhD chapter got published in @nordicoikos.bsky.social! We show that sooty albatross populations are impacted very differently by global changes.
👉 Take a look here: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
@predateursmarins.bsky.social @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social
#seabirds #Demography #ecology

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · Sep 4

Movement of Magnificent frigatebird by Lucas P. S. Santos et al. What we can learn from a single GPS-tracked bird.
#seabirds #ornithology #OpenAccess #ProtectedArea

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Overview of adult male Magnificent Frigatebird tracked from 29 October until 01 December 2021 in offshore
and coastal waters of the tropical South Atlantic Ocean.

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · Sep 6

High seabird density near the Equatorial Front.
#seabirds #OpenAccess
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Total number of birds counted during one-hour watches
(closed points). The shaded box indicates the approximate
historical position of the boundary region between the South
Equatorial Current and North Equatorial Countercurrent.
Vertical blue lines demarcate the Australian (left hand) and
American (right hand) coastal regions. Open points indicate Sea
Surface Temperatures.

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · Sep 6

High seabird density near the Equatorial Front.
#seabirds #OpenAccess
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Sep 4

Molecular screening of avian viruses and parasites in Wedge-tailed Shearwaters Ardenna pacifica and Barau's Petrels Pterodroma baraui on Réunion Island | http://www.marineorn... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Sep 4

Breeding ecology and incubation behaviours of Little Tern Sternula albifrons in the Sabkhat Al-Fasl Lagoons, Saudi Arabia | http://www.marineorn... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Sep 4

Movements by an adult male Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens connect protected areas in waters off northeastern South America | http://www.marineorn... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

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