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About the author

Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)

Jente Ottenburghs is the BOU’s Journal Publicity Officer and resident science writer. He is a curious evolutionary biologist with a passion for writing. He obtained his PhD from Wageningen University (the Netherlands) where he studied the genetic consequences of hybridization between several goose species. After a postdoc at Uppsala University (Sweden), he returned to Wageningen University for a lecturer position in ecology. Apart from his goose work, Jente manages the Avian Hybrids Project, a website and blog that gathers the scientific literature on hybridization in birds.

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The colour of Blue Manakin eggs

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-02-05T12:37:51+00:0010 Feb 2022|adaptation, Breeding, camara traps, camouflage, eggs, experiment, nest monitoring, nest predation, tropical birds|

Could these colour patterns function as camouflage?

Learning the language of birds

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-01-22T13:26:35+00:0027 Jan 2022|behaviour, Breeding, experiment, non-breeding ecology, passerines, recording, song, territoriality, vocalisations|

Context matters when it comes to mobbing calls.

A warbler’s choice

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-01-10T14:42:34+00:0013 Jan 2022|acoustic monitoring, breeding biology, communication, experiment, habitat selection, sound, territoriality|

How do Black-and-white Warblers select a breeding location?

Cheating Red-footed Falcons

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-12-28T16:32:07+00:0030 Dec 2021|birds of prey, breeding biology, extra pair paternity, nest monitoring, raptors|

Researchers count the number of extra-pair offspring in this falcon species.

Risk-takers breed earlier

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-12-11T11:39:19+00:0016 Dec 2021|breeding biology, breeding success, competition, forest birds, islands, life history, personality|

But does early breeding also provide any benefits?

Disappearing tongue spots in Dunnock nestlings

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-11-30T10:24:33+00:002 Dec 2021|behaviour, breeding biology, monogamy, nestling provisioning, nestlings, parental care|

What could be the function of these peculiar markings?

Attacking the Common Cuckoo

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-11-18T10:17:25+00:0018 Nov 2021|behaviour, brood parasitism, eggs, nest monitoring, reproduction|

Host aggression affects the speed of egg-laying.

The nightly call of the tinamou

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-10-30T11:31:25+00:004 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, breeding biology, communication, habitat, nocturnal birds, territoriality|

Why does the Undulated Tinamou call at night?

Counting roadside raptors

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-10-30T11:17:50+00:0021 Oct 2021|citizen science, Conservation, Migration, monitoring, population dynamics, raptors, volunteers|

When it comes to road counts, slower is better.

Any way the wind blows

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-10-04T19:08:50+00:007 Oct 2021|behaviour, breeding biology, distribution, habitat selection, Seabirds|

Exploring the role of wind in the habitat choice of seabirds.

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