Trying to understand the world from a bird's perspective 🐦 | Migration and movement ecologist at BirdEyes.org. | Guest researcher at ibed.uva.nl | Co-founder of batumiraptorcount.org Full portfolio at www.wouter-vansteelant.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/wmgvs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wmgvs.bsky.social/post/3mjfvy37kq22uHet verdient een mooie naam, zo'n kleurrijke troep #kemphanen en -hennen. Een menigte kemphanen? Een gala? Een karavaan? Verschillende aspecten van de soort roepen verschillende connotaties en woorden op. Wie kan wat moois bedenken? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:gfah7cfn3brplocbil3kiw4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfvy37kq22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wmgvs.bsky.social/post/3mcup3ipjek2dJust noticed these upside down spikes in the corners of my hotel room in Spain. What a shitty way to keep the swallows and martins from nesting here. 😪20 Jan 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:gfah7cfn3brplocbil3kiw4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcup3ipjek2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/wmgvs.bsky.social/post/3mcsd6ydxec2sYOUNG GODWITS, GRAND FLIGHTS - Last autumn two young godwits that we feared to have died suddenly sent amazing data from Senegal. They had flown to West Africa in a non-stop flight. Among them W1WCCG, who achieved an AVERAGE speed >90km/h. 😳🤯 Read the story at: https://www.birdeyes.org/young-godwits-grand-flights/19 Jan 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:gfah7cfn3brplocbil3kiw4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcsd6ydxec2shttps://bsky.app/profile/wmgvs.bsky.social/post/3m62rt3zbz22hOn the train back home, still buzzing from some great days at @vogelwarte.bsky.social where Hans Schmid wrote "Getrennte Wege" - a classic synthesis of Honey Buzzard migration. A quarter century later the species has revealed a few more, but still not all of its migratory "Geheimnisse". #ornithology [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:gfah7cfn3brplocbil3kiw4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62rt3zbz22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wmgvs.bsky.social/post/3m5qxx3paq22yGreat day exploring the hills around Sempach ahead of a work visit to @vogelwarte.bsky.social. Good practice wt woodland birds of which I've seen very little since moving to Fryslan few yrs ago. Lovely soundscape wt whistling Red Kite, croaking Ravens, ticking Hawfinch, rattling of Mistle Thrush...16 Nov 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:gfah7cfn3brplocbil3kiw4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5qxx3paq22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wmgvs.bsky.social/post/3m3poj5wob22oThe meadows still have to flood, but the winter bird community at Blaugerzen is starting to form. The first Barnacle and White-fronted Geese are back, and mixed flocks of Lapwing, Starling and Golden Plover are on the fields again. They'll define the birding scene for next five months. #birding21 Oct 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:gfah7cfn3brplocbil3kiw4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3poj5wob22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wmgvs.bsky.social/post/3m2zgki272c2mOver the past 2 weeks, no less than 10 Dutch GPS-#Spoonbills made the crossing from Iberia to Africa. They did so in classic Spoonbill fashion by starting the ocean-crossing near Cadiz, rather than taking the Strait of Gibraltar. 1/2 #ornithology https://www.globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/species/platalea-leucorodia12 Oct 2025 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:gfah7cfn3brplocbil3kiw4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2zgki272c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wmgvs.bsky.social/post/3lzzzc2vwfc2tAfter a super intense week with a back-to-back Spoonbill and Wader Study conference, its time to shift to lower gear for a bit. Starting the day with a slow stroll through the fog at Griene Dyk. Hoping for a Yellow-browed Warbler among the plentiful Gold- and Firecrests. #birding30 Sep 2025 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:gfah7cfn3brplocbil3kiw4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzzzc2vwfc2t