The American Ornithological Society (AOS) announces the winner of the 2025 Wesley Lanyon Award
The American Ornithological Society (AOS) bestows the Wesley Lanyon Award every two years on an early-career ornithologist who authors the …
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The songs and genes of Marsh Wrens tell of two species in North America
Since the late 1980s, we’ve known of an abrupt transition in Marsh Wren singing styles across the Great Plains of the United States. To the west of the transition zone, songs are harsh, grating, and highly variable, with each male having a large repertoire of up to 150 different songs. To the east, songs are semi-musical and far more homogeneous, and males learn only about 50 different songs.
Humans outperform Merlin Sound ID in field-based point-count surveys
It’s a morning many birders dream of: You wake up, make your morning coffee, and settle in to read the eBird rare bird alerts that rolled into your inbox as you slept. Suddenly, you see something that makes your heart race—a rare bird you’ve never seen before was sighted in your area!
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31 January 2026
Applications due for 2026 Kessel Fellowships for Ornithological Research
2 February 2026, Noon ET
SEMINAR: Avian responses to forest fragmentation in Borneo
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4 February 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET
Latin American/Caribbean Conservation Research Grant Preparation Workshop
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16 February 2026, Noon ET
SEMINAR: Do urban songbirds beat the heat? Effects of urbanization and temperature on the behavior, physiology, and reproduction of Black Phoebes (Sayornis nigricans)
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27 February 2026
Applications due for Latin American/Caribbean Conservation Research Grants
3–7 August 2026
AOS 2026 Annual Meeting: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers in Amherst, Massachusetts
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