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Vocal differences in Acorn Woodpeckers

By José de Jesús Zazueta-Algara|2022-06-06T09:29:12+00:0023 May 2022|acoustic monitoring, adaptation, avian biology, bioacoustics, bird song, citizen science, communications, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, Neotropics, population dynamics, song, tropical birds, vocalisations, vocalizations|

Structure and divergence of vocal traits in the Acorn Woodpecker

Urban raptors are small(-ish) generalists

By Daniel S. Cooper|2022-03-20T16:13:14+00:0021 Mar 2022|adaptation, bird assemblages, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, citizen science, ecology, IBIS, modelling, occurrence data, open source, plumage, population structure, raptors|

Community science data from cities on multiple continents reveal size and ecological traits that correspond to urban abundance

Citizen science vs. professional bird databases

By Sofia Galván|2022-01-27T12:10:06+00:0024 Jan 2022|citizen science, data repository, early-career researcher, ECR, museum collections, occurrence data, open source, volunteers|

Detecting and controlling individual biases is essential in all kinds of databases

The changing sounds of spring

By Catriona Morrison|2021-11-15T10:32:04+00:0015 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, biodiversity, bird assemblages, bird communities, bird song, citizen science, communication, community ecology, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, passerines, sound, vocalisations|

Citizen science data reveals a decline in the quality of soundscapes across two continents.

Counting roadside raptors

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-10-30T11:17:50+00:0021 Oct 2021|citizen science, Conservation, Migration, monitoring, population dynamics, raptors, volunteers|

When it comes to road counts, slower is better.

Cryptic birds challenge citizen science data

By Fabricio C. Gorleri|2021-08-06T12:46:46+00:009 Aug 2021|citizen science, image processing, Migration, monitoring, phenology, volunteers|

Identification errors affect predictions of migratory timing in hard-to-identify flycatchers

Citizen science reveals targets for conservation actions

By Catriona Morrison|2021-05-11T09:29:20+00:0017 May 2021|citizen science, Conservation, humid-zone, migrant, Migration, population dynamics, populations, productivity, survival|

Could improving breeding ground conditions help prevent further declines in African-Eurasian migrant bird species?

Bird identification guide for weather radars

By Nadja Weisshaupt|2021-01-11T10:18:58+00:0018 Jan 2021|bird movements, citizen science, flight, Migration, monitoring, remote sensing, weather|

How citizen science enlightens ornithological weather radar research

Chasing the ghost bird

By Lucas DeGroote|2021-01-04T16:51:31+00:004 Jan 2021|citizen science, cryptic species, distribution, Migration, nocturnal birds|

Can citizen science data provide evidence that Common Potoos migrate?

From PenguinWatch to PetrelWatch!

By Kirsty Franklin|2021-01-04T16:54:14+00:0021 Dec 2020|BOU, BOU Warham Student, BOU-funded, Breeding, breeding biology, camara traps, citizen science, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, hybridization, islands, islands birds, monitoring, passive monitoring, remote sensing, Seabirds|

If you have ever wanted to visit an Indian Ocean seabird colony, here is a chance to do so – albeit remotely.

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