title: Flying free before building my nest.
authors.affiliation: Antoni Margalida is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Lleida in Spain and an associated senior scientist in the Division of Conservation Biology at the University of Bern. He thanks Tim Birkhead, Karl Schulze-Hagen, and Rhys E. Green for advice and Raphaël Arlettaz for his continuous support. Send your story to SciCareerEditor@aaas.org.
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Margalida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D002321:Career Choice; D002322:Career Mobility; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources