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Natalia Pérez-Amaya @nataliaperez-a.bsky.social · 9d

💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 19d

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

docs.google.com

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Orlando Acevedo-Charry @oacevedocharry.bsky.social · Aug 5

@floridamuseum.bsky.social PI Dr. Glaucia del Rio contributing to natural history information of a magnificent nocturnal bird in the Neotropics

Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · Aug 5

Latest articles at the WJO: Insect richness in the stomach of a Nacunda Nighthawk. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Graphic abstract for easy visualization of the insect abundance and diversity found in the stomach of a Chordeiles nacunda. Pictured: stomach contents before preservation in ethanol 70%. A dashed pink circle highlights one of the 40 adult giant water bugs (Belostoma sp., Belostomatidae). Individuals of a giant water bug (Belostomatidae), a grasshopper (acrididae), and one Coleoptera accessioned in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo entomological collection are also pictured (lower right).

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · Aug 5

Latest articles at the WJO: Insect richness in the stomach of a Nacunda Nighthawk. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Robert Fletcher @fletcherecology.bsky.social · Apr 25

Really excited to share this new article from the lab.

We synthesize the profound importance of movement and connectivity for conservation and provide a vision for future policy and management.

Let's work toward a well-connected planet for biodiversity and people:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement

Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...

www.science.org

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Orlando Acevedo-Charry @oacevedocharry.bsky.social · Jul 23

Could we use community/citizen/participatory science data to estimate population extinction risk? Our results comparing the estimates from eBird and from a standardized survey suggest we can!!

#ornithology #ecology #conservation

See our detailed tutorial oaccolombia.github.io/vpm_eBird/vp...

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Orlando Acevedo-Charry @oacevedocharry.bsky.social · Jul 1

@miguelacevedo.bsky.social, English as my second language must be the reason to don’t know how to say no!!! 🤭

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Bette Loiselle @betteloiselle.bsky.social · Mar 10

Love this exit seminar intro by Miguel Acevedo for Orlando Acevedo-Charry!! Congratulations Orlando!!

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Mar 12

Interrupting our doom-scrolling with a ray of ☀️ that was Orlando's @oacevedocharry.bsky.social wonderful seminar (to a packed room!) on his PhD work, from fusing standardized surveys + citizen science for improved population viability analysis, to global island biogeography. Check out his work!

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Huge Shark @hugeshark.bsky.social · Mar 1

Not great photos from my old phone, but here is @julisoto.bsky.social at #TheNat last night inspiring us all with her story of mystery, research, and intrepid women #nattalk #SanDiegoBirdAlliance

Giant slide reading “In the footsteps of a forgotten female, ornithologist: Inspiring and all female expedition and rethinking inclusion in ornithology.” Juliana Soto-Patiño is standing in front of it.

Colombian researcher Juliana Soto-Patiño, a young woman with long dark hair wearing a long patterned jacket and dark slacks.

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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · Feb 25

NEW PAPER: investigating uropygial gland microbiome in African hornbills. Microbiomes were similar among species but with slight differences by body region. Nest sharing influenced microbiota, suggesting that nest environment is key shaping them.

➡️ https://vist.ly/3mvuzd4

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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · Feb 23

Apply by Sept 15, 2025 for this Fulbright Scholar Award 🇺🇸-🇨🇴

We house the world's largest and growing collection of Colombian birds, with rich field opportunities and an incredibly talented student community at ICN - National University of Colombia 🇨🇴🐦
@vriunal.bsky.social
#ornithology #AcademicSky

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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · Feb 23

Planning a sabbatical or between postdocs? Join us at the National Bird Collection (ICN-UNAL) for 3-6 months through Fulbright 🇨🇴

We'd host researchers studying avian speciation / HZ, biogeography, phylogenomics, mountain diversification, Choco-Amazon, resurveys
fulbrightscholars.org/award/all-di...

All-Disciplines Award | Fulbright Scholar ProgramHome Icon

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Orlando Acevedo-Charry @oacevedocharry.bsky.social · Feb 13

Welcome @carlybatist.bsky.social !! Looking forward for having your amazing work here!

Carly Batist @carlybatist.bsky.social · Feb 13

Hello! Making the jump from X along with many in the #science community. I'm a #biodiversity monitoring and #SciComm professional with a particular love for #conservation, #bioacoustics and #lemurs 🐒🔊🌳💚

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · Jan 21

A Perspective from Belitz et al. suggests that focusing conservation and management actions at the assemblage level has multiple benefits relatively to purely species-focused or ecosystem-focused actions. go.nature.com/40F5MNa

A conceptual diagraph comparing pros and cons of conservation actions at different ecological levels: species, assemblage, and ecosystem.

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Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social · Jan 24

New paper! Out now in #Parasitology, open access:

doi.org/10.1017/S003...

Paper led by former MBio student Ellie Lebeau - congratulations Ellie!

#ornithology #wildlifemalaria

The prevalence and immune response to coinfection by avian haemosporidians in wild Eurasian blackbirds Turdus merula | Parasitology | Cambridge Core

The prevalence and immune response to coinfection by avian haemosporidians in wild Eurasian blackbirds Turdus merula

doi.org

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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · Jan 24

Morphological changes in 5 migratory birds, based on specimen data #collectionsareessential
#resurveys #globalchange #ecology #ornithology #museums #anthropocene royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

Long-term increases in wing length occur independently of changes in climate and climate-driven shifts in body size | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Recent widespread reductions in body size across species have been linked to increasing temperatures; simultaneous increases in wing length relative to body size have been broadly observed but remain ...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jan 24

Size matching between fruits and bill gapes differentially affects gulper and masher frugivorous birds | doi.org/10.1111/oik.... | Oikos | #ornithology

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jan 22

The bishop at President Trump’s inaugural prayer service implored him to “have mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender children, as well as undocumented immigrants.

“I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” asked Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

Bishop Tells Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children

The direct appeal to President Trump at the start of the first full day of his presidency was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that has not historically been political.

www.nytimes.com

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Orlando Acevedo-Charry @oacevedocharry.bsky.social · Jan 21

Well deserved recognition to @miguelacevedo.bsky.social by @ufcalsdean.bsky.social as the CALS Undergraduate Teacher of the Year!!! 🙇🏽‍♂️🙇🏽‍♂️ 👏🏼👏🏼

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American Ornithological Society @amornith.bsky.social · Jan 17

Reminder: Applications for 2025 AOS Student Research Grants of up to $4K are due by 1/31/25. Check out our website for requirements & information on how to apply! americanornithology.org/awards-grant...
#ornithology #researchgrant

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Juan David González-Trujillo @jdgonzalezt.bsky.social · Nov 19

Are threatened species important for glueing interaction networks together?

www.perspectecolconserv.com/en-are-threa...

Are threatened species important for glueing interaction networks together? | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

Biotic interactions are a critical element for the functioning and the stability of ecosystems,

www.perspectecolconserv.com

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Orlando Acevedo-Charry @oacevedocharry.bsky.social · Jan 12

I would like to thank @martin-nunez.bsky.social for providing this great opinion in the blog of one of the most importants #EcologyJournals @jappliedecology.bsky.social inspiration to think out of the box!

appliedecologistsblog.com/2024/06/13/i...

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Flor Yannelli *typo queen* 👽🌱🪁(she/her/ella) @floryannelli.bsky.social · Jan 12

Traditional knowledge is valued because people who have been living in these places so often have come to the same or better conclusions that someone who just got there and is trying to do science from scratch.
What's racist is claiming that valuing it is just bc "wokeness."

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