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22 October 2019

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Finalists Announced for Inaugural Wesley Lanyon Award

The American Ornithological Society is pleased to announce that the following six early-career researchers have been invited to submit review papers to AOS journals as competitors for the Wesley Lanyon …

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Yellowhammers are known for their varying song dialects. Photo by Petr Jan Juračka (petr.juracka.eu).
Guest Posts
21 October 2019

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What Can the “Little Bit of Bread” in Yellowhammer Song Tell Us?

Dialects, a well-known feature of human languages, can also be found in the vocalizations of various bird species.

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A Red-cockaded Woodpecker visits its nest cavity. Photo by Stephanie DeMay.
Guest Posts
16 October 2019

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Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Nesting Season Meets Climate Change

Early in their ecology classes, students learn that plants and animals facing a changing climate have three options: adapt, move, or die.

female and male phainopepla
Female (left) and male Phainopeplas. Photo by Daniel Baldassarre.
Press Releases
15 October 2019

AOS

Rare Itinerant Breeding Behavior Revealed in California Bird

Reproduction and migration are the two most demanding tasks in a bird’s life, and the vast majority of species separate them into different times of the year.

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How do genetics determine the plumage patterns of hybrids such as Lawrence’s Warbler? Photo by B.N. Singh.
Guest Posts
14 October 2019

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New Genetic Techniques Are Improving Our Understanding of Plumage Color

Few groups of organisms possess striking visual displays that rival the bright colors and intricate patterns of bird feathers.

Awards & Grants
10 October 2019

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Announcing the AOS Kessel Research Fellowship Program

The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is honored to announce that we are accepting applications for the new Kessel Research Fellowship Program.

Guest Posts
09 October 2019

AOS

Ten Tips for Applying for Small Ornithology Grants

In the first two years of my PhD I applied for a slew of small grants and was roundly rejected from every single one. Multiple times.

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Researchers take a blood sample from a swallow. Photo provided by Tara Imlay.
Guest Posts
08 October 2019

AOS

Winter Experiences Carry Over into Swallows’ Breeding Success

There’s no shortage of studies demonstrating that conditions during one part of birds’ annual of breeding and migration cycle can affect individuals in subsequent stages — a phenomenon known as carry-over effects.

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Greater Prairie-Chickens occupy noisy habitat but avoid trees and row crops when living near a wind energy facility. Photo by Cara Whalen.
Guest Posts
07 October 2019

AOS

Do Prairie-Chickens Care More About Land Cover or Wind Turbine Noise?

Imagine living in a grassland landscape with an almost constant low-frequency hum from spinning wind turbine blades. The humming is distracting, so what do you do?

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Song Sparrows are among the birds tracked by researchers studying riparian restoration in California. Photo by Frank Lospalluto.
Guest Posts
04 October 2019

AOS

Songbirds Indicate Short-Term Restoration Success

To understand the impact of restoration efforts, one of the things we can do is study the wildlife that lives in these human-restored habitats.

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