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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

Why do gulls steal from humans?

By Shubhi Raghav|2023-05-15T13:43:15+00:0011 May 2023|adaptation, anthropogenic food sources, behaviour, bird-human interactions, early-career researcher, ECR, foraging, kleptoparasitism, People, Seabirds|

What affects Herring Gull food stealing behaviour in towns?

Male dotterels take the night shift

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-04-19T14:46:22+00:0020 Apr 2023|behaviour, bio-logging, Breeding, incubation, nest recording, parental care, thermoregulation|

Why do males spend more time on the nest at night?

Seeking shelter under the snow

By Amy Shipley|2023-04-17T17:37:08+00:0017 Apr 2023|adaptation, adult survival, annual cycle, behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, climate, climate change, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, game bird, habitat selection, IBIS, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, temperature, thermal stress, winter|

The benefits of snow burrowing for a winter-adapted bird

Fledgling mobility matters

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-03-21T10:42:02+00:0023 Mar 2023|antipredator behaviour, behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, cavity nesting, fledgling survival, parental care, survival, trade-offs|

Comparing cavity-nesting and open-cup-nesting species.

Honey-hunting and human-honeyguide mutualism

By Afan Anap Ishaku|2023-03-16T09:32:54+00:0016 Mar 2023|Africa, behaviour, bird-human interactions, BOU-funded, early career, ecology, ECR, evolution, fieldwork|

What is the current state of honey-hunting and human-honeyguide mutualism in Northern Nigeria?

Which habitats do birds prefer?

By Da-li Lin|2023-02-15T13:59:41+00:0020 Feb 2023|behaviour, bird communities, distribution, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, Farmland birds, forest birds, habitat, habitat selection, IBIS, land use, modelling, population structure, volunteers|

A comparison of habitat preference assessment methods

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