AFO news | AFO celebrates 2024
We have just closed off an exciting year, full of activities and achievements. None of this would have been possible without the continuous support of our members, for which we are beyond grateful! Take a look at our year in numbers. Let’s celebrate everything we accomplished in 2024! 2024 IN NUMBERS Events This year we […] Read More
JFO Education | Good practices for authors and reviewers (Trilingual post)
Challenges, solutions and suggested good practices for authors and reviewers of peer-reviewed journals We recently shared why manuscript turnaround times are so variable. Today, we will focus on some of the challenges and solutions that JFO has found regarding the availability of reviewers and referees for manuscript review. We will also recommend some good practices […] Read More
Guest feature | Larger birds get the tree: Space use of Yellow Warblers in Mexican agricultural fields
Neotropical landbirds spend up to 8 months of the year at wintering sites in Mexico or Central and South America. As during the breeding season, many species compete for and defend territories during this time. Western Mexico hosts the highest diversity and density of wintering migrants in the Americas, resulting in strong competition for wintering sites. Birds that are unable to acquire a high-quality territory... Read More
AFO meetings | Join our 2025 AFO annual meeting in Ogden, Utah!
SAVE THE DATE! Our next annual event will be held in Ogden, Utah, between July 29 and August 1, 2025. Nested in the Wasatch mountains, just east of the Great Salt Lake, the location couldn’t be better for gathering to share new research and, of course, birding. Just 40 minutes north of the Salt Lake City […] Read More
JFO Education | How long will it take to get my manuscript back? (Trilingual post)
How long will it take to get my manuscript back? We know that the process of publishing an article can be long and tedious. At JFO we attempt to shed light onto this process for our authors. In this article we present a general overview of the reviewing process of your article... and try to explain why sometimes it feels like it takes too long to get sent back to you. Read More
AFO news | Flocks Project moving forward
The Flocks Team attended American Ornithological Society’s (AOS’s) 2024 Annual Meeting in Estes Park (for more information about the Flocks project, you can read this press release) to meet with ornithologists interested in founding affinity groups. An affinity group—what we are calling Flocks—is a network or community established around a shared identity, topic, or interest. At AOS 2024 our team also […] Read More
Ornithological Council bimonthly news brief: Sep-Oct 2024
The Ornithological Council’s mission is to: Over the last two months, Ornithological Council staff: 1. Met with the APHIS staff, including representatives of the Animal Products Import and Export Program, to discuss recent research on the viability of avian influenza and Newcastle Disease viruses on dried ornithological specimens and its impact on USDA treatment methods for […] Read More
AFO grants & awards | Presenting the 2024 recipients of our largest grant, the Skutch Keystone Grant
|The Association of Field Ornithologists has a fellowship program aimed at supporting field researchers at all stages of their careers, including non-professional ornithologists. The Skutch Keystone Grant is the largest grant within this program. Every year we award one or two of up to $15,000 to research projects that study the life histories (especially social […] Read More
