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We have been proudly supporting professional and avocational ornithologists for more than 100 years through our grants program, peer-reviewed journal, ornithological events, Latin American outreach and more. www.afonet.org

¡YA DISPONIBLE EN NUESTRA WEB EL BOLETÍN BIMESTRAL de marzo/abril 2026 del Ornithological Council!
ORNITHOLOGICAL COUNCIL'S bimonthly news brief for March/April 2026 is up on our website!
EDITOR'S PICK: Volume 97, Issue 1 - March 2026 Ferris, A. J., A. Duarte, J. Ratliff, and B. J. Vernasco. (2026, Issue 1, JFO): “Passive acoustic monitoring reveals the limited distribution of an indicator species, the White-headed Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus albolarvatus), in the northern Blue Mountains, USA” Picture: White-headed Woodpecker perched on a mossy branch -- OUR JOURNAL IS OPEN ACCESS! Visit journal.afonet.org to read this paper and more, for free! Picture: Another White-headed Woodpecker perched on a mossy branch
AFO WOS 2026 conference UPDATES AND REMINDERS! 1) Abtract acceptance and travel awards emails have been sent. If you applied for either, check your inbox! 2) We're opening the call for student volunteers! Student volunteers receive reduced registration costs in exchange for assisting with various parts of the meeting. 3) We have announced three special events! Find all information on afowos2026.org
ACTUALIZACIONES Y RECORDATORIOS sobre nuestra conferencia AFO WOS 2026: 1) Enviamos por correo la aceptación de resúmenes y de becas de viaje. Si aplicaste para cualquiera de las dos, ¡revisa tu bandeja de entrada! 2) Abrimos la convocatoria para estudiantes voluntarios. Los estudiantes voluntarios reciben descuentos en la inscripción a cambio de colaborar en diversas partes de la reunión. 3) Anunciamos los tres eventos especiales de la conferencia. Encuentra toda la información en afowos2026.org
GANADORES DE LAS BECAS BERGSTROM GRANTS 2026 Foto: ganadora Emma Regnier durante su trabajo de campo
2026 BERGSTROM GRANTS RECIPIENTS Photo: Awardee Emma Regnier doing fieldwork
JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY - VOLUMEN 97, NUMERO 1 - Marzo 2026 ¡Nuestra revista es de acceso abierto! ¡Visita journal.afonet.org para leer de manera gratuita este númer y muchos más!
JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY - VOLUME 97, ISSUE 1 - March 2026 Our journal is open access! Visit journal.afonet.org to read this issue and more for free!
¡INSCRIPCIONES ABIERTAS para la conferencia AFO WOS 2026! Los descuentos por inscripción temprana estarán vigentes hasta el 31 de mayo, y si eres miembro de AFO o WOS, los precios bajan aún más. La inscripción te otorga acceso completo al programa científico. La inscripción a talleres se realiza a través de un formulario de aplicación distinto. ¡Próximamente tendremos información de alojamiento en el campus de la universidad! Más información en afowos2026.org
AFO WOS 2026 conference REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Early Bird discounts run until May 31, and if you’re a member of AFO or WOS, prices drop even more. Registration grants you full access to the scientific program. Workshop sign-up is made through a different registration form. Campus housing registration is forthcoming! More information on afowos2026.org
¡ATENCIÓN, COMUNIDAD! ¡Está oficialmente abierto el llamado a aplicaciones para becas Skutch Research y Skutch Keystone Grants! Skutch Research Grants: normalmente, cinco becas de hasta 1500 USD cada una por año. Skutch Keystone Grant: normalmente, una o dos bevas de hasta 15000 USD anuales. La fecha límite para aplicar a ambas es el 15 DE JUNIO DE 2026. Ambas becas están restringidas a individuos de México, el Caribe, Centroamérica y Latinoamérica. El acceso a nuestro programa de becas es un beneficio de ser miembro de AFO, que puedes aprovechar por solo 20 - 30 USD anuales, ¡junto con otros beneficios! ¡Encuentra toda la información en nuestra página web!
ATTENTION, DEAR COMMUNITY! The application calls for the 2026 round of the Skutch Research AND Skutch Keysone Grants are officially open! Skutch Research Grants: typically, five grants of up to $1500 USD each awarded annually. Skutch Keystone Grant: typically, one or two grants of up to $15,000 USD awarded annually. Deadline for receipt of applications for both grants is JUNE 15, 2026. Access to our grants program is an AFO member benefit that you can enjoy for only 20 - 30 USD annually, along with many other benefits! Both grants are restricted to individuals based in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Check out the complete grants information on our website!
Onithological Council's bimonthly news brief for January/February 2026 is up on our website!
NEW ON OUR BLOG: "BYE BYE BYCATCH" They say necessity is the mother of invention, and that was certainly true of our new method of selectively trapping songbirds. We didn't set out to engineer a remotely closing door for a feeder trap- we just needed a way to capture some cautious House Sparrows. The overall goal of this collaborative project is to find valid indicators of welfare in a common wild bird [House Sparrow]. [...] After a few months, House Sparrows were reliably coming to the feeders, so we thought trapping them would be relatively easy. We were wrong. [...] We put out ground traps that were specifically designed to catch House Sparrows, leaving them baited [...] so birds could habituate to them. But the House Sparrows avoided them entirely... Pictures: a male House Sparrow perched atop a nest box, and a small flock of House Sparrows eating seeds on a feeder.
¡Breve recordatorio que los llamados a RESUMENES, BECAS DE VIAJE Y DE SOSTÉN FAMILIAR para nuestra conferencia AFO WOS 2026 continuan abiertos! Toda la información en: afowos2026.org
Gentle reminder that the call for ABSTRACTS, TRAVEL AWARDS and CAREGIVER GRANTS for our AFO WOS 2026 conference is still open! All info in: afowos2026.org
SMALL GRANTS FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN BANDING CERTIFICATION SESSIONS Grants are restricted to applicants from Latin America and the Caribbean. Deadline: March 31, 2026 Apply here: www.animalecology.org/grants Pictures: AFO and NABC logos
PEQUEÑAS SUBVENCIONES PARA SESIONES DE CDERTIFICACION DE ANILLAMIENTO PARA LATINOAMÉRICA Y EL CARIBE. Oportunidad restringida a candidatos de America Latina y el Caribe. FECHA LIMITE: 31 de marzo, 2026 Aplica en www.animalecology.org/grants PICS: logos for the AFO and the NABC
¡Nuestra revista, Journal of Field Ornithology, presenta UN NÚMERO ESPECIAL! Un número entero dedicado a artículos sobre Estudios sobre aves utilizando Motus, un sistema global de rastreo de fauna silvestre. Esta colección presenta una amplia gama de temas aviares, entre ellos la conectividad migratoria, tiempos de migración, el uso y la duración de las escalas, los movimientos no migratorios, el uso y la selección del hábitat y las condiciones climáticas asociadas con las salidas y los movimientos migratorios. ¡Nuestra revista es de acceso abierto! ¡Visita journal.afonet.org para leer este número especial (y muchos más) gratis! Motus es un programa de Birds Canada, implementado en colaboración con investigadores y organizaciones.
THE JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY presents a special edition! A whole number dedicated to papers on "Avian Studies Using Motus, a Gloabl Wildlife Tracking System". The collection features a broad range of avian topics, including migratory connectivity, migratory timing, stopover use and duration, non-migratory , habitat use and selection, and weather conditions associated with migratory departures and movements. OUR JOURNAL IS OPEN ACCESS. Visit journal.afonet.org to read this special issue (and more) for free. Motus is a pogram of Birds Canada in collaboration with participating researchers and organizations. Pics: logo of Motus and Birds Canada
El 2025 está llegando a su fin... ¡llegó el momento de renovar tu membresía AFO! ¡Sigue disfrutando de todos los increibles beneficios que te brinda nuestra membresía por solo 20 - 35 usd al año! Si aún no formas parte de nuestra comunidad, ¡únete! Tu apoyo hace posible todo lo que hacemos. Además, con Zeffy, nuestro nuevo portal de gestión de membresías, puedes configurar renovaciones automáticas... ¡y olvidarte de tener que renovar el año que viene!
2025 is coming to a close... meaning it's time to renew your AFO membership! Keep enjoying all the benefits our membership provides by just 20 - 35 usd! If you're still not a member, join us! You help supports and makes possible everything we do. Besides, with Zefft, our new membership management system, you can set automates renewals and forget about future renewal seasons!
With support from AFO's Bergstrom Award, I completed my master's thesis on Harris's Hawks in south Texas andwas able to draw exciting conclusions into how urbanization affects raptor social behavior. In more urban areas, group sizes were smaller and social interactions declined to levels similar to solitary raptors. This pattern may reflect the relative stability of urban environments compared to the unpredictable desert, suggesting that sociality functions as a strategy to navigate complex habitats. Although Harris's Hawks show remarkable adaptability to urban areas, these environments also introduce significant risks such as vehicle collisions, electrocution, and poisoning that must be addressed through conservation efforts. BROOKE POPLIN "Sociality and coopertive hunting in Harris's Hawks in South Texas"
NEW ON OUR BLOG! Poke, gape, or escape? Diurnal anthropogenic noise disrupts Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) incubation and nest attendance behavior Eastern Bluebirds are often classified as an urban-adapting species. [...] These landscapes are filled with various anthropogenic noise sources such as traffic, construction, and other forms of human activity. Eastern bluebirds willingly breed in nest boxes located in noisy areas, despite it being detrimental to their reproductive success. We hypothesized that this decrease in reproductive success is due to anthropogenic noise pollution disrupting typical incubation and nest attendance behaviors in Eastern bluebird pairs...
¡EL LLAMADO A APLICACIONES PARA SIMPOSIOS, TALLERES Y EVENTOS ESPECIALES para nuestra conferencia conjunta AFO WOS 2026 en Newport, Rhode Island, ESTÁ ABIERTO! Fecha limite para todas la aplicaciones: 18 de enero, 2026. Encuentra más informacion y los enlaces para aplicar en el sitio web. La página se actualizará constantemente a medida que nos aproximemos al evento. afowos2026.org ¡Nos vemos allí!
THE CALL FOR SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS for our AFO WOS 2026 joint conference in Newport, Rhode Island, is OPEN! Deadline for all applications is January 18, 2026. Application links can be found on the conference website. The site will be constantly updated as the event grows closer. afowos2026.org We hope to see you there!
¡Está abierto el llamado para las becas Bergstrom Grants 2026! Las becas Bergstrom Grants de AFO financian investigaciones y otros proyectos que contribuyan a nuestro conocimiento de la historia natural, la ecologia y/o la conservacion de las aves que vivan en condiciones naturales. Están restringidas a no profesionales, estudiantes universitarios y candidatos de maestría que trabajen en Estados Unidos o Canadá. La fecha límite para aplicar es el 10 de febrero de 2026. El acceso a nuestro programa de becas es un beneficio para los miembros de AFO, que pueden disfrutr por solo 20 o 30 USD al año,¡junto con muchos otros beneficios! ¡Si ya eres miembro/a, recuerda renovar tu membresía antes de fin de año! ¡Consulta la información completa sobre la beca en nuestra web!
Applications for the 2026 Bergstrom Grantss are open! AFO's Bergstrom Grants promote question-driven research and other projects that add to our knowledge of the natural history, ecology and/or conservation of birds living under natural conditions. They are restricted to non-professionals, undergraduates, and Masters degree candidates working in the United States or Canada. Deadline for receipt of applications is February 10th, 2026. Access to our grants programs is an AFO members benefit that you can enjoy for only 20 - 30 USD annually, along with many other benefits! If already a member, be sure to renew your memberships before the end of 2025! Check out the complete grant information on our website!
BUSQUEDA LABORAL ABIERTA El Journal of Field Ornithology busca co-editor/a en jefe
NOW HIRING Recruiting co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Field Ornithology Picture: common tern with open beak, calling and standing on marshy vegetation
Journal of Field Ornithology Volumen 96, Número 3 Septiembre 2025 ¡Nuestra revista es de acceso abierto! Visita journal.afonet.org para leer de manera gratuita este número y muchos más.
JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY VOLUME 96, ISSUE 2 June 2025
LAST CALL! The applicaitons deadline for the 20255 round of the Skutch Research AND Skutch Keystone Grants is around the corner. Skutch Research Grants: typically, five grants of up to $1500 USD each awarded annually. Skutch Keystone Grant: typically, one or two grants of up to $15,000 USD awarded annually.