behaviour Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Any way the wind blows

By Jente Ottenburghs|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.

The secret sex lives of jackdaws

By Rebecca Hooper|2021-09-30T12:58:20+00:0030 Sep 2021|avian biology, behaviour, BOU-funded, Breeding, breeding biology, colonial birds, corvids, early-career researcher, ECR, extra pair paternity, genomics, reproduction|

Using the latest genomic tools to investigate jackdaw sexual behaviour

Leg rings and diving behaviour

By Agustina Gómez-Laich|2021-09-28T11:19:54+00:0016 Sep 2021|acceleration, behaviour, bio-logging, colour ringing/banding, foraging, ringing, Seabirds|

Does being ringed affect underwater performance of foraging cormorants?

Baked eggs in a changing climate

By Simon C. Griffith|2021-08-17T18:59:54+00:0023 Aug 2021|arid zone, behaviour, climate change, eggs, nesting success|

Two species suffer catastrophic embryo mortality in recent heatwaves

Sounds like an owl battle

By Fabrizio Grieco|2021-07-30T15:27:51+00:002 Aug 2021|acoustic monitoring, behaviour, bioacoustics, communication, nocturnal birds, territoriality, vocal activity|

Study reveals new insights about how group-living Scops Owls communicate

The pace-of-life of the Pied Flycatcher

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-08-03T12:04:46+00:0029 Jul 2021|behaviour, ecology, foraging|

Searching for a link between metabolism and personality.

Desert birds don’t wait for rain

By Amanda Bourne|2021-07-08T14:36:58+00:0012 Jul 2021|behaviour, BOU-funded, breeding biology, cooperative breeding, diet, diet composition, foraging, stable isotopes|

Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari start breeding before rainfall

Pheasants in the mountains

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-07-01T07:12:23+00:001 Jul 2021|behaviour, camara traps, competition, habitat selection, niche overlap|

How can three pheasant species coexist on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?

BOU supports student-led research

By William Feeney|2021-06-18T13:44:48+00:0024 Jun 2021|behaviour, BOU-funded, brood parasitism, nesting|

BOU funding supports new ornithological discoveries by student researchers

Does albatross allopreening aid parental coordination?

By Natasha Gillies|2021-06-18T07:25:36+00:0021 Jun 2021|behaviour, Breeding, communication, display, mate selection, monogamy, nesting, pair communications, pair-bond, parental care, Seabirds|

Allopreening between pairs of Black-browed Albatross may help them coordinate their care