American Ornithological Society

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The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is a global network of professionals working together to advance the scientific study and conservation of birds.
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@amornith.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:05 PM

#AOSMembers | "How are the AOS and the AOS Community thinking about AI?" Join us on 10/20 at 3pm ET for a discussion of the recently adopted AI Policy that guides AOS staff, operations, and committees, with an opportunity for community feedback. americanornithology.org/calendar/how...

Text in image describing the event is the same as what is in the post. Discussion leaders Morgan Tingley, AOS President; Judith Scarl, AOS CEO/Executive Director; AOS Professional Ethics Committee. This event is open to current AOS members.

@amornith.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 5:49 PM

Join us on 10/5 at Noon ET for "Are seabirds at ease? Assessing threats to seabirds in Islote Lobos National Park, Argentina, using Magellanic Penguins as sentinel species" with Natalia Rosciano, CONICET; 2025 AOS LACCRG winner.
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@amornith.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 8:17 PM

Join us on 9/28 at Noon ET for "Genome-wide DNA methylation varies due to cold temperature acclimation and between tissue types in house sparrows" with Chelsi Marolf, 2025 AOS Werner and Hildegard Hesse Research Grant winner.
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@amornith.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 4:09 PMReposted by @amornith.bsky.social

The #AOSmembers PD webinar series (#AOS_PD) resumes on 9/17 at 3pm ET with "Faculty Careers in Ornithology at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI)." What is it really like to be an ornithologist at a PUI? Five panelists will share their experiences.
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@amornith.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 5:50 PM

Join us on 9/21 at Noon ET for a seminar: "Bird necessities: the importance of small forest islands for behavior in a tropical savanna" with Valentina Gómez-Bahamón, 2023 AOS Latin American/Caribbean Conservation Research Grant winner. #AOS_RGSS
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@evornithology.bsky.social Sep 2, 2026, 6:16 PMReposted by @amornith.bsky.social

Are you an ornithology student or postdoc thinking about a career at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI)? Register for this webinar hosted by @amornith.bsky.social to hear from myself and several other PUI ornithologists. We'll give you all the dirt! americanornithology.org/calendar/fac...

Dr. Mike Butler Dr. Jenny Uehling Dr. Kristen Covino Dr. Anna Forsman Dr. Dan

@amornith.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 4:19 PM

The fall 2026 AOS Research Grant Seminar Series begins 9/14 @ Noon ET. "Drivers of Rapid Phenotypic & Species Diversification" w/ Jenna McCullough, NSF Postdoc Fellow, Natural History Museum of LA County & UCLA; & AOS 2025 Kessel Fellow
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@amornith.bsky.social Jun 10, 2026, 7:00 PM

Congratulations to Dr. Fernando Machado-Stredel for winning the AOS 2026 Florence Merriam Bailey Award recognizing an outstanding article published in an AOS journal by an early-career AOS member.
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@amornith.bsky.social Jun 10, 2026, 6:57 PM

Congratulations to Dr. Miguel Moreno-Palacios for winning the AOS 2026 Brina Kessel Award for authoring an outstanding paper published in the two preceding years in the AOS journal Ornithology.
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@amornith.bsky.social Jun 10, 2026, 6:52 PM

Congratulations to Janell Brush & Audrey DeRose-Wilson for winning AOS 2026 Conservation Practitioner Awards for their work to further the conservation of birds.
https://americanornithology.org/aos-announces-2026-award-winners-for-research-service-conservation-publication/
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@amornith.bsky.social Jun 10, 2026, 6:49 PM

Congratulations to Drs Jeffery L Larkin & Nils Warnock for winning AOS 2026 Ralph W Schreiber Conservation Awards for conservation-related contributions to ornithology.
https://americanornithology.org/aos-announces-2026-award-winners-for-research-service-conservation-publication/
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@amornith.bsky.social Jun 10, 2026, 6:45 PM

Congratulations to Drs. Nancy Chen and Dai Shizuka for winning AOS 2026 Marion Jenkinson Service Awards for their dedicated service to the AOS.
https://americanornithology.org/aos-announces-2026-award-winners-for-research-service-conservation-publication/
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WINNER
Marion Jenkinson
Service Award
Dai Shizuka, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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@amornith.bsky.social Jun 10, 2026, 6:43 PM

Congratulations to Drs R Terry Chesser & Patricia J Heglund for winning AOS 2026 Peter R. Stettenheim Service Awards recognizing dedicated service to ornithology & to the AOS.
https://americanornithology.org/aos-announces-2026-award-winners-for-research-service-conservation-publication/
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WINNER
Peter
Stettenheim
Service Award
Patricia Heglund, Ph.D.
retired Chief, Division of Natural Resources and Conservation
Planning, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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@amornith.bsky.social Jun 10, 2026, 6:37 PM

Congratulations to Dr. Charles F. Thompson for winning the AOS 2026 Loye and Alden Miller Research Award recognizing his lifetime achievements in ornithological research.
https://americanornithology.org/aos-announces-2026-award-winners-for-research-service-conservation-publication/
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@amornith.bsky.social Jun 10, 2026, 6:35 PM

Congratulations to Drs. Rebecca Jo Safran & J. Albert C. Uy for winning AOS 2026 Elliott Coues Awards for their innovative contributions to ornithological research.
https://americanornithology.org/aos-announces-2026-award-winners-for-research-service-conservation-publication/
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@amornith.bsky.social Jun 10, 2026, 6:32 PM

Congratulations to Drs. Daniel Cadena and Kimberly Rosvall for winning AOS 2026 William Brewster Memorial Awards for the most meritorious body of work on birds of the Western Hemisphere published during the past 10 years.
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@amornith.bsky.social May 19, 2026, 9:01 PM

Congratulations to the 2026 AOS Early-career Award winners! Our 2026 James G. Cooper Award winners are Drs Devon DeRaad & Fengyi Guo. This year, the AOS awarded a Ned K Johnson Award to Dr Olivia M. Smith. These awardees will deliver plenary talks at #AOS26.
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