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NEW PAPER in #ornithology provides a tool to identify nesting and success from #telemetry data using #raptors as an example Paper: buff.ly/4h9mpGL R-package: buff.ly/3UclmMs App to find nests in the field: buff.ly/3Y2db6E

Our new study by @switczak5@urskorme benedetta_catitti @PatrickScherler Valentijn van Bergen and Martin Grüebler in Ecology shows that migration strategy in partially migrant Red Kites influences subsequent reproductive success! Read more here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Biologging data can identify ephemeral food sources, and facilitate an assessment of the importance of anthropogenic food subsidies in tracked population - read here about the example of Red Kites in Switzerland: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13… Steffen Oppel

Check out my blog post on #theBOUblog summarizing our new study looking at the reproductive consequences of migration strategy in partially migrant Red Kites. Vogelwarte_Science Ecology bou.org.uk/blog-witczak-r…

A record-breaking sight! 🦅 Around 800 #cranes have been spotted flying over #Switzerland. The #Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempach reports this is the highest number ever recorded at once in the country. Read more here 👉 buff.ly/4e4yyu3 // Vogelwarte_Science

Soil drying might be an important factor for the decline of grasshopper in north-western Switzerland, as abundances recorded at over 600 sites between 1992 and 2011 show. Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…

From 2018 to 2020, nest occupancy, fledging success, and clutch size of a population of barn owls with respect to the presence of extensive agriculture and urbanisazion was investigated. Read the results on doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.2….

New study explores individual variations in Natal Habitat Preference Induction in red kites. Using integrated step selection functions, we delve into how early experiences shape habitat preferences across landscapes. Discover more in Scientific Reports! #NHPI nature.com/articles/s4159…

NEW PAPER: 'NestTool': an new application to assess the reproductive performance of tracked red kites, adaptable for other species with similar telemetry data. ➡️ vist.ly/3mkqbsx Vogelwarte_Science Steffen Oppel #ornithology #birds #tracking #demography 📷 Patrick Scherler

Using radiotracking data, new results confirm that the White-backed Woodpecker plays the role of an umbrella species for threatened beetle communities. Read more on implication for conservation planning here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol… urs kormann

Overall winner of Vogelwarte_Science bird photography competition 2024, taken by Christian Höfs, Germany. The Jury said: 'This image looks like a painting. Sadly, such a photo is impossible to take in Switzerland nowadays, because the #greypartridge is now extinct in Switzerland.

Next week, CMS will be at #COP16Riyadh to explore how habitat restoration supports migratory landbirds 🦆 and sustainable ecosystems. Join our workshop for policymakers, conservationists & practitioners working towards harmonizing biodiversity conservation with sustainable land

Together with Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) UN Land and Drought, FLAP and Associationtiipaalga we host a side event at #COP16Riyadh about achieving land neutrality targets through #habitat #restoration for migratory landbirds. Join us at #UNCCDCOP16 on Wednesday, 15:30–17:00 AST: unccd.int/official-docum…

Excited to share kenyabirdtrends.co.ke & associated paper doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13…! We used KenyaBirdMap & eBird data to assess the change in distribution range of 1 088 bird species. We found a range reduction among scavengers & migrants, while introduced birds expanded.

Hybrid large gulls exhibit an intermediate migration patterns akin to that observed in other migrating and hybridizing species. Ringing and re-encounter data were analysed for Herring Gull and Caspian Gull and their hybrids. More on nature.com/articles/s4159…

#COP16Riyadh is coming to an end. We were involved in three side events with Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), UN Land and Drought, IUCN, @WOCAT, FLAP, Associationtiipaalga and Great Green Wall. We are looking forward to strengthening further our partnership to help birds and people. #UNCCDCOP16

Come work with us - PostDoc Vogelwarte_Science - on characterizing insect migration 🦋🪲🪰 using vertical-looking radars 📡 Deadline: 31 January Please RT! my.jobalino.ch/job/en/6cd5025…

The convergent agonistic character displacement (CACD) hypothesis says that mixed-singers individuals are better recognised as competitors, reducing interspecitic territory overlap. A test on 2 Phylloscopus sp. in 🇨🇭 does not support this hypothesis; see doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Crossing the Sahara by small jumps: the complete migration of the Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis doi.org/10.1007/s10336… | Tour du valat IRD.fr Vogelwarte_Science Paul Dufour | #ornithology #birdmigration