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Category: Guest Posts

18 May 2020

AOS

Investigating Female Song Use in Black-Capped Chickadees

Bird song has long been considered a sexually selected signal, used predominantly by male songbirds for territorial defense and mate attraction.

american golden-plover
14 May 2020

AOS

Ocean or Mountain View: How to Choose a Summer Home in a Changing Climate

If you were searching for a summer home for your young family, would you choose a place amidst lush coastal meadows, or high up in the mountains?

trays of preserved bird specimens
12 May 2020

AOS

An Obscure Bird and the Richness of Biological Specimens

The beauty of specimens in biological collections is that they keep serving researchers for an indefinite period of time after they have been collected.

11 May 2020

AOS

A Tiny Fossil Reveals Part of the Complex History of Puffbirds and Jacamars in Europe

When the fragment of calcareous plate was unearthed in sunny southeastern France, there was a hint of the presence within it of small fossil bones.

30 April 2020

AOS

Social Science Is an Integral Part of Neotropical Bird Conservation

Human dimensions are critical in understanding, preserving, and managing birds that eat crop pests, provide economic opportunities, and bring us joy.

photo of an orange, black, and blue bird in a tree
20 April 2020

AOS

Unraveling the Origins and Family Tree of the Euphonia and Chlorophonia Finches

In the first year of my PhD, I spent a lot of time studying the phylogenetics literature to spark ideas for research into the diversification of songbirds in the Americas.

close-up of small grey and yellow bird in a tree
07 April 2020

AOS

Helping Migratory Birds While We Drink Our Coffee

The Andean mountains of Colombia, my homeland, are home to the world’s highest diversity of birds and are a major coffee-producing region.

small brown bird
23 March 2020

AOS

Scytalopus Tapaculos, a Continental Non-Adaptive Radiation

Birds in the tapaculo genus Scytalopus are a perennial source of headaches for ornithologists interested in species limits.

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10 March 2020

AOS

Is the Darién Region of Colombia a Migratory Bottleneck for Neotropical Migrants?

Our passion for migratory birds and curiosity to reveal the mysteries of migration took us to one of the most spectacular regions of Colombia: the Darién.

a small brown, white, and yellow bird being safely held by a researcher
06 March 2020

AOS

Birds Provide a Boost to Corn but Not Soybean Crops in the Midwest

The Midwest’s vast seas of corn and soybeans are not known for their bird abundance or diversity, but if you look in the right places, the birds are there.

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