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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

Is successive remating beneficial for short-lived birds?

By Esteban Botero-Delgadillo|2023-02-08T13:43:27+00:0016 Feb 2023|behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, ecology, fieldwork, forest birds, IBIS, Neotropics, nesting success, pair-bond, passerines, population dynamics, population structure, tropical birds|

Mate replacement versus mate retention in the Thorn-tailed Rayadito

Are Sandwich Terns at risk of collision?

By Mark Collier|2023-02-08T12:26:34+00:0013 Feb 2023|behaviour, bird-human interactions, collision risk, fieldwork, flight, foraging, monitoring, mortality, renewable energy, Seabirds, wind farms|

Flight heights of Sandwich Terns higher than previous estimates

Dominant pigeons move more

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-01-22T12:15:54+00:0026 Jan 2023|behaviour, bio-logging, dominance, metabolism, movement|

Maintaining a dominance hierarchy takes time and energy.

Can nest reuse be risky?

By Thomas Mérő|2023-01-23T10:42:19+00:0023 Jan 2023|annual cycle, behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, brood parasitism, cavity nesting, fieldwork, fledglings, natural history, nest predation, nesting, nesting success, parasites, parasitism, passerines|

Rare observations of nest-reuse in an open-cup nesting European passerine

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