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Gyorgy Szimuly @WorldWaders

Founder of World Shorebirds Day, birder, bird photographer, shorebird conservationist.

Joined May 2010
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Celebrating 40 years of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network and thanking the people who have supported World Shorebirds Day. worldshorebirdsday.org/celeb… #WHSRN #WorldShorebirdsDay #Shorebirds #Waders #ShorebirdConservation #Birds #ornithology

Celebrating 40 Years of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network

Celebrating 40 years of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network and thanking the people who have supported World Shorebirds Day.

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Oystercatcher Day has officially launched as a new international awareness initiative focused on oystercatchers, coastal habitats, and beach-nesting birds. worldshorebirdsday.org/oyste… #Shorebirds #Waders #Ornithology #ShorebirdConservation #OystercatcherDay

Oystercatcher Day Has Officially Launched

Oystercatcher Day has officially launched as a new international awareness initiative focused on oystercatchers, coastal habitats, and beach-nesting birds.

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For more than a decade, World Shorebirds Day existed across surveys, local events, social media posts, photographs, and conversations scattered around the world. Now, it has a new home. The new World Shorebirds Day portal is live. worldshorebirdsday.org/welco…

Welcome to the New Home of World Shorebirds Day

For more than a decade, World Shorebirds Day existed across surveys, local events, social media posts, photographs, and conversations scattered around the world. Now, it has a new home. The new World...

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A personal reflection on David Attenborough at 100, The Life of Birds, and the signed photograph that helped shape a young birder’s path. bird-observer.org/a-wanderin… #sirdaviattenborough #davidattenborough #naturalhistory #Birdobserver #Ornithology

A Wandering Albatross in a Hungarian Village: The Documentary That Changed How I Understood Birds

A personal reflection on David Attenborough at 100, The Life of Birds, and the signed photograph that helped shape a young birder’s path.

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A personal reflection on David Attenborough at 100, The Life of Birds, and the signed photograph that helped shape a young birder’s path. bird-observer.org/a-wanderin… #sirdaviattenborough #davidattenborough #naturalhistory #Birdobserver #Ornithology

A Wandering Albatross in a Hungarian Village: The Documentary That Changed How I Understood Birds

A personal reflection on David Attenborough at 100, The Life of Birds, and the signed photograph that helped shape a young birder’s path.

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The Ornithologist@OrnithoMagazine
Apr 23
We now understand the drivers of curlew’s decline with precision. Yet across continents, recovery remains slow — or absent. On World Curlew Day, we take a closer look at them. theornithologist.org/world-c… #TheOrnithologist #worldcurlewday #shorebirds #waders #curlews #whimbrels

World Curlew Day: The Long Decline of Curlews, Now Fully Understood

Curlews are not disappearing unnoticed. We now understand the drivers of their decline with precision. Yet across continents, recovery remains slow — or absent. On World Curlew Day, a closer look at...

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Not everything resolves with time. Some things simply continue. A reflection on fifty years spent outside — in nature, in observation, and in motion. bird-observer.org/fifty-year… #birds #birding #ornithology #birdconservation

Fifty Years in the Same Direction with Birds

Not everything resolves with time. Some things simply continue. A reflection on fifty years spent outside — in nature, in observation, and in motion.

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Mar 19
A 40-year study of the Hermit Thrush reveals how climate change reshapes birds in unexpected ways — through both evolution and phenotypic plasticity. theornithologist.org/evoluti… #ornithology #birds #birding #TheOrnithologist #evolution #climatechange

Evolution or Plasticity? What the Hermit Thrush Reveals About Climate Change

A 40-year study of the Hermit Thrush reveals how climate change reshapes birds in unexpected ways — through both evolution and phenotypic plasticity.

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A Shoebill that never existed — yet looked entirely real. Artificial intelligence is already reshaping ornithology, from acoustic monitoring to synthetic imagery. What happens when realism is no longer proof of presence? theornithologist.org/ai-and-… #ornithology #ai #birds #birding

Fabricated Birds: AI and the Future of Ornithology

A Shoebill that never existed — yet looked entirely real. Artificial intelligence is already reshaping ornithology, from acoustic monitoring to synthetic imagery. What happens when realism is no...

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How do you plan a birding journey through one of the most diverse countries on Earth? This is the method we used for our Colombia trip. bird-observer.org/how-we-pla… #birds #ornithology #birding #birdobserver #tropicalbirding
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The Thousand Birder Circle is a new way for readers to support thoughtful ornithological writing and the continued development of The Ornithologist. Introducing the Thousand Birder Circle theornithologist.org/introdu… #birds #birding #TheOrnithologist #ornithology

Introducing the Thousand Birder Circle

The Thousand Birder Circle is a new way for readers to support thoughtful ornithological writing and the continued development of The Ornithologist.

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I’ve launched Bird Observer on Substack. A new space for field notes and reflections on birds, landscapes, and bird conservation. The first post explores what happens when we stop chasing birds and start watching a place instead. open.substack.com/pub/gyorgy… #birding #birds
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Mar 4
Today is #worldwildlifeday. In 1973, @UN @CITES adopted this day to celebrate & raise awareness for the world’s fauna and flora. We especially honor all the threatened & endangered species and the special humans working on their behalf (…)
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New research shows that just 11.6% of The Gambia remains highly suitable for Hooded Vultures – and most of it lies within human landscapes. theornithologist.org/where-p… #TheOrnithologist #birds #birding #birdconservation #hoodedvulture #vultureconservation

Where People Live, Hooded Vultures Survive – For Now

New research shows that just 11.6% of The Gambia remains highly suitable for Hooded Vultures – and most of it lies within human landscapes.

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The African Finfoot and a Twenty-One-Year-Old Promise. Two continents, two moments, one ethical lesson in birding. A new reflection on Bird Observer. bird-observer.org/an-african… #birdwatching #birds #birdingtrip #birding #TheGambia #birdobserver

An African Finfoot and a Twenty-One-Year-Old Promise

The African Finfoot and a Twenty-One-Year-Old Promise. Two continents, two moments, one ethical lesson in birding. A new reflection on Bird Observer.

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Feb 19
A new Conceptual Notes series in The Ornithologist explores the questions and uncertainties that sit just beyond conventional scientific publishing. theornithologist.org/concept… #TheOrnithologist #Birds #Birding #BirdScience #ornithology

The Ornithologist Launches ‘Conceptual Notes’: Exploring the Unanswered Questions in Ornithology

A new Conceptual Notes series in The Ornithologist explores the questions and uncertainties that sit just beyond conventional scientific publishing.

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CORRECTION! A short conceptual note on naming, migration, and the European Roller’s shifting centre of gravity. theornithologist.org/how-eur… #Birding #ornithology #TheOrnithologist

How European Is the European Roller?

A short conceptual note on naming, migration, and the European Roller’s shifting centre of gravity.

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American Oystercatchers are nesting on Florida rooftops as beaches disappear — an extraordinary but precarious response to coastal development. theornithologist.org/america… #ornithology #TheOrnithologist #Shorebirds #Waders #ShorebirdConservation #Birds #Birding

American Oystercatchers Take to the Rooftops: A Desperate Response to a Shrinking Coastline

American Oystercatchers are nesting on Florida rooftops as beaches disappear—an extraordinary but precarious response to coastal development.

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What began as a personal adjustment changed the way I bird — and how fifteen minutes of stillness can reveal far more than constant movement. bird-observer.org/standing-s… #birding #patchbird #patchbirdsurveys #birdobserver #birds #ornithology
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Listening to forests can change how habitat quality is understood. A Finnish study shows Crested Tits respond to fine-scale forest structure rather than forest age. theornithologist.org/fine-sc… #TheOrnithologist #Birds #Birding #ornithology

Sound-based surveys uncover fine-scale habitat selection in the declining Crested Tit

Listening to forests can change how habitat quality is understood. A Finnish study shows Crested Tits respond to fine-scale forest structure rather than forest age.

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