Alejandro CC @alecorr-castro.bsky.social

PhD student at @DiBio_UniPD working on the effect of nest temperature on Lesser Kestrels.

[Alejandro CC @alecorr-castro.bsky.social @AlexCoCastro]

Its time for the Autumn migration towards @alecorr-castro.bsky.social, see you there!

[Andreas Nord @CyanistesNord]

Abstract submission for the forthcoming @EOUnion meeting in Bangor, Wales, is open 🐣🦃🦅🐦🐧 We look forward to welcoming you all in Bangor. Follow the link below for information and abstract submission 👇 #Ornithology #Birds #EOU2025

[EOU 🐦 @EOUnion]

EOU2025 conference abstract submission is open! Submit your abstract at the following link: https://t.co/ABl0lASkoH and check the conference website for updates: https://t.co/yVZs4NmOEu We look forward to seeing you in Bangor, Wales 18-22 August 2025 #ornithology #EOU2025

[Grupo de Investigación en Aves Esteparias @giaeavesteparia]

Calling all bird lovers! 🌾Join us in Ciudad Real, Spain, for the International Conference on Palearctic Steppe Birds (March 25-29, 2025)!

🔭 Explore the latest research on steppe bird conservation and ecology.

ℹ️https://t.co/aPAMuQpfu5

#steppebirds2025 #ornithology

[Grupo de Investigación en Aves Esteparias @giaeavesteparia]

To start the third panel of the day, Alejandro Corregidor-Castro will present his work on the relationship between food availability and the impacts of nest temperature on lesser kestrels!

[Alejandro Cantarero @cantarero_a]

#NewPaperOut Hatching asynchrony as a reproductive strategy in birds may explain the hatching failure of the last eggs of the clutch @IBIS_journal @DptoFisioUCM @VeterinariaUCM https://t.co/49uULVj3r8

[Alejandro CC @alecorr-castro.bsky.social @AlexCoCastro]

@cantarero_a @IBIS_journal @VeterinariaUCM 👌🏻👌🏻

[@lifefalkon @lifefalkon]

Sampling season 2024 of #lesserkestrel in #Matera (spot the nestboxes on the roof). Many birds and many eggs: breeding season seems quite advanced this year!

[Marta Szulkin @MartaSzulkin]

Inspired by @AlexCoCastro, we are testing new methods to reduce heat stress in nestboxes. Kudos to the Anthropocene Biology Team @JagielloZuzanna @IgStadnicki @magdalenafus for braving the harsh weather & setting-up heat reducing fixes ahead of the field season!

[@lifefalkon @lifefalkon]

Fieldwork 2024 kick-off day! Despite Falkon is formally over, the after-life period will last 5 more years...stay tuned!

[Ricardo Rocha @RicardoNature]

New study shows that in one single island in the Canary Islands, ca. 50,000 pet cats (i.e. not feral!) prey on over 1.5 million animals/year including an estimated 632,222 (593,790–670,426) (endemic) reptiles and 284,834 (267,519––302,046) birds:

https://t.co/OUB9HQ8Kow

[Alejandro CC @alecorr-castro.bsky.social @AlexCoCastro]

@elequinter Oleee que bien! Enhorabuena!! 👏👏

[João Gameiro @Mr_Gameiro]

Interested in #MovementEcology and #RemoteSensing? Interested in #SteppeBirds? Join us and do your PhD with fantastic people on fantastic state-of-the-art science!!👇👇

[Alejandro CC @alecorr-castro.bsky.social @AlexCoCastro]

@Malnutridos @AlvaroLuna87 Depende de la revista. Hay algunas que siempre, hay otras que nunca 😬

[Alejandro CC @alecorr-castro.bsky.social @AlexCoCastro]

@CyanistesNord @J_Exp_Biol @AndreassonFDK Great to see this out, looking forward to trying the tags you mentioned!

[Víctor D. 🇮🇨 @BiodiverSiTal]

😺 Se analizaron MÁS DE 300 excrementos de GATOS en el Teide (sí, has leído bien).

🍖 Se estima que cada gato caza más de 1330 vertebrados al año en el Teide 🐇🦎🐦‍⬛

💀 Por el número de gatos, supondría la muerte de 257.739 vertebrados al AÑO

🇮🇨 El 66,67%, especies nativas

[Inês Catry @InesCatry]

👉We are hiring (1.5 years contract)! Looking for a highly motivated person to work in the #conservation of the #EuropeanRoller in Portugal. We need a Portuguese speaker, MSc or a PhD in ecology, fieldwork experience with birds, driving license and car. See thread for details!

[@lifefalkon @lifefalkon]

Anna Kyriakopoulou from @BiologyAuth introduced her project on the habitat selection of Italian Lesser kestrels in the pre-breeding period

#LFCC #lifefalkon

[@lifefalkon @lifefalkon]

Claudia DeBattisti from @UniPadova presents the feeding ecology and conservation of the #lesserkestrel in intensive agricultural landscapes in #Italy.

She found a strong negative relationships between nestbox occupancy and distance from the nearest colony.

#LFCC #lifefalkon

[@lifefalkon @lifefalkon]

@Mr_Gameiro shows how providing artificial nests in #Portugal results in both costs and benefits for the #lesserkestrel

High overlap among kestrels, rollers and starlings may lead to competition, especially under low resource availability in a climate change scenario

#LFCC