Thanks so very much to the @dfg.de and @sfb1372.bsky.social for providing María Jesús with the opportunity to get to know us and the time to develop her PhD plans and grant application, and to ANID and the @daadworldwide.bsky.social for funding 4 further years of very important #ternscience!

This #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience I would like to say a big THANK YOU to the amazing women and girls I currently have the pleasure of sharing my #ternscience journey with. Onwards and upwards we go! ❤️

There has been a little arrival explosion. 49 birds arrived yesterday, bringing the total to 58, among which 27 males and 31 females, aged 4 - 18. #phenology #ternscience

And as a last update for today: 317 birds have now been registered by our antenna system, compared to 401 and 860 on the same day in 2022 and 2023, respectively. So it looks like #avianinfluenza has taken out 63% of birds. #HPAI #H5N1 #seabirds #ornithology #fieldwork #ternscience

In other lovely news: the first chick of 2024 hatched two days ago. We're hopeful for a big baby-boom to make up for the #HPAI induced losses of the last two years. #seabirds #ornithology #fieldwork #ternscience

This is the 33rd year in which we mark the eggs of the Banter See common terns according to their laying order and it seems like at least one of the birds has caught on to it. :-) #longtermstudy #seabirds #ornithology #fieldwork #ternscience