Birds flying over water

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Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica). Photo by Phil Battley.

Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus on the trunk of a tree

Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Man bird watching near ocean

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AOS Member since 2018, Prashant Ghimire from Nepal birding in Puerto Rico during AOS-BC 2022.

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Wing Beat

Finding the artist in the artwork: repeatable individual differences in the nests of a North American songbird

To the world, this work may constitute just another research paper. For me, it represents my first real step into the world of science. More than two years ago as an undergraduate at Ohio Wesleyan University, I began a summer internship in Dr. Dustin Reichard’s lab to gain research experience with wild birds.

Hidden Nests: Advances and Challenges in the Research and Conservation of Cavity-Nesting Birds in the Neotropics

In the Special Feature, Ecology and Conservation of Cavity Nesters in the Neotropics, seven field studies, a perspective, and a review contribute to understanding the ecology and conservation of cavity-nesting birds through a Neotropical lens.

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Student Research Grant Seminar Series

  • 28 April 2025, Noon ET
    Mixed-species flocks in heterogenous landscapes: species richness, community dynamics, and species roles
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  • 5 May 2025, Noon ET
    Origin and maintenance of the Andean bird fauna
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11–15 August 2025

The 143rd annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

 

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Faces of AOS

Zachery Holmes | Faces of AOS

“I first presented at the AOS 2022 conference in Puerto Rico, where I was also a volunteer. From this one experience I saw how AOS fosters opportunities for scientists in every career stage, while addressing the barriers in our work.”