behaviour Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

The first migration of Icelandic Whimbrel

By Camilo Carneiro|2023-11-06T09:02:38+00:006 Nov 2023|annual cycle, behaviour, bird movements, creative writing, gps tags, Migration|

How do 60 day old whimbrels reach their wintering sites?

The call of the Striped Cuckoo

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-10-27T13:57:52+00:002 Nov 2023|acoustic monitoring, annual cycle, behaviour, breeding biology, Cuckoos, mate selection, passive acoustic monitoring, song, vocalisations|

This species uses two vocalisations for different purposes.

Space-use of Northern Gannets

By Kyle d'Entremont|2023-08-07T20:38:56+00:0017 Aug 2023|behaviour, fisheries, foraging, movements, predator-prey interactions, Seabirds|

What can gannets tell us about their pelagic prey?

Do crossbill calls change over time?

By Ralph Martin|2023-08-07T17:41:54+00:0014 Aug 2023|acoustic monitoring, avian biology, behaviour, bioacoustics, communication, passerines, song|

Covering 58 years of crossbill recordings

The secret life of cowbird couples

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-07-15T11:47:25+00:0010 Aug 2023|behaviour, brood parasitism, life history, reproduction|

Are Screaming Cowbirds socially monogamous?

Preventing eagles from hitting wind turbines

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-07-09T10:06:46+00:0013 Jul 2023|behaviour, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, collision risk, raptors, wind farms|

Which flight characteristics predict entry into rotor-swept zones?

Are long tails all about sex?

By Wenyi Zhou|2023-06-19T17:22:26+00:0026 Jun 2023|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, communication, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, feathers, IBIS, passerines, phenotypic variation, plumage|

A review of functions of avian elongated tails

What shapes Griffon Vultures’ social networks?

By Orr Spiegel|2023-06-13T22:32:49+00:0022 Jun 2023|behaviour, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, communication, flight, gps tags, movements, raptors, satellite tracking, scavengers, soaring birds, vultures|

Vultures’ social interactions across different situations matter for their population structure

Can birds count?

By Mylène Dutour|2023-06-13T23:16:17+00:0022 May 2023|behaviour, bioacoustics, bird communities, competition, early-career researcher, ECR, experiment, fieldwork, IBIS, passerines, plasticity|

Can European birds evaluate the numbers of mobbers?

Male eagles establish territories closer to birthplace

By Phil Whitfield|2023-05-16T11:04:05+00:0015 May 2023|behaviour, bird movements, dispersal, IBIS, movements, raptors, soaring birds|

GPS-tagging confirms theory, but questions remain unanswered

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