I'm heading for blue skies. See you there! @dmennill.bsky.social

Our new paper is in today's issue of Ornithology: "Effects of age, breeding strategy, population density, and number of neighbors on territory size and shape in Savannah Sparrow". Led by undergrad Sarika Sharma and our collaborative team. Read it here: https://t.co/CKSbddLcEF

Last weekend I had the pleasure to deliver the guest lecture at the annual fundraising dinner of the Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory. What a dedicated group of naturalists, conservationists, and bird enthusiasts! Thank you for inviting me. [📷 T. Havelka]

Yesterday morning, I noticed my students were wearing unusually nice shirts. It wasn’t until our lab meeting that I realized what was going on. It was a Hallowe'en send up; they were wearing the sort of shirts favoured by their supervisor. Hilarious! Happy Halloween, team. 🎃🐦‍⬛👕

This Hallowe'en I taught my Ecology class dressed as the symbiotic relationship between Bullhorn Acacias and Acacia Ants. Happy Hallowe'en! 🎃

I've enjoyed an inspiring visit to @michiganstateu these last two days, talking about vocal learning in sparrows, and sharing ideas about biology and ornithology. Thank you @mcgrawlabmsu and your great department!

New project on wren feather colour 🪶🎨🐦🇨🇷🇨🇦 with Dan Mennill @DMennill and a collaboration with Stephanie Doucet. More updates soon!

Postdoc Dr. Natalie Sanchez @Nati_SanchezU is starting an exciting new project on wren feather colour in collaboration with @steph_doucet and I. We're so happy to have your bright and creative ideas in our lab Natalie! 🪶🎨🐦🇨🇷🇨🇦

A big international week in our lab: Dr. Vianney Cupiche Herrera from @UIMQRoo Mexico is here to build new collaborations. Dr. Natalie Sanchez @Nati_SanchezU is here to analyze new data from Costa Rica. Pedro Santos continues his stay as a visiting student from Portugal. 🇲🇽🇨🇷🇵🇹🇨🇦

Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory's "Banquet for the Birds: Who Gives a Tweet?" annual dinner is Saturday at 6pm. I have the honour of being the guest speaker. I'll talk about how birds learn their complex songs. 🐦🎶🇨🇦 Near Owen Sound and interested in birds? Join us!

“Every window makes a difference, if it’s a window that kills a bird.” A reporter from @TheWindsorStar found a window-killed migratory bird. He reached out to chat about window kills. Check it out: https://t.co/qZu5MTX6i1

Our new paper is out in Behavioral Ecology: “Neighbors affect vocal behavior of tropical wrens: a multispeaker density-manipulation experiment” https://t.co/Wmp6fkFxfs Check out what we found (🧵1/5)

Thank you @ICOMVIS for the invitation to share my postdoc research in the 40th Anniversary Celebration! Happy to meet with old and new friends and colleagues 🇨🇷🇨🇦🎶🦜🐦‍⬛🦉

Full house at last night’s keynote at #AOS2024 as Christian Cooper discussed inclusive birding through #BirdNamesforBirds 🐦‍⬛🦉. Looking forward to more cool bird science and inclusive practices today.

My favourite undergraduate club, the UWindsor Ornithology Club, has a great table at today's @UWindsor Clubs Fest.

Restoring healthy #GreatLakes.  Today Faculty of Science researchers received support from Environment and Climate Change Canada in support of ongoing research at GLIER and Freshwater Restoration Ecology Centre to support research on preserving and protecting Great Lakes.

I feel honoured that our peacock photo was chosen as a finalist in @NSERC_CRSNG's "Science Exposed" photo contest. If you wish, you can vote for the photo to be considered for the "People's Choice" award. Voting closes Sept 22. Vote here: https://t.co/Opjza1CE0Q 🦚5/5

One morning while recording in the Bois de Boulogne, a pair of peacocks flew up into a plane tree. They howled their piercing songs, adding their high-pitched voices to our recordings of the city soundscape. 🦚4/5

Every morning we collected recordings of birds in different parts of Paris. Our recordings reveal that bird diversity is highest in areas with low urban noise. Also, our data demonstrate that urban noise drives birds to sing at higher frequencies. 🦚3/5

Last spring @Steph_Doucet and I conducted bioacoustic studies of birds in Paris. Paris is one of the world's most proactive cities when it comes to protecting urban parks and reducing human-generated noise. 🦚2/5