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!
The irony of writing a story about 45-kilogram cassowaries—with forelimbs as small as those of chickens—for a blog called Wing Beat is not lost upon me. My coauthors and I are particularly excited to publish a paper for Ornithology about these flightless birds, as it seems most of the researched avian species in this journal are no larger than a mango.
The American Ornithological Society (AOS) welcomes and congratulates the 2025 classes of AOS Fellows and Elective Members. Individuals are elected …
SEMINAR: Endocrine mechanisms behind an adaptive maternal effect: linking breeding site quality and offspring behavior
Presenter: Haley Gee, M.Sc. student, University of Arizona; AOS Werner and Hildegard Hesse Research Grant, 2022
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SEMINAR: Patterns of collective host selection in the Brown-headed Cowbird system
Presenter: Juliana Villa, Ph.D. student, George Mason University; AOS Student Research Grant, 2022
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Nominations & Applications due for AOS Awards, Council, Classes of Fellows & Elective Members.
Nominations & Applications due for AOS-sponsored Student Memberships.
“Over the past few years, the AOS has become my primary scientific society and it has played a big role in my professional growth by providing me with a lot of skills as well as a forum to make meaningful contributions.”
