birds of prey Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Urban raptors are small(-ish) generalists

By Daniel S. Cooper|2022-03-20T16:13:14+00:0021 Mar 2022|adaptation, bird assemblages, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, citizen science, ecology, IBIS, modelling, occurrence data, open source, plumage, population structure, raptors|

Community science data from cities on multiple continents reveal size and ecological traits that correspond to urban abundance

On the hunt for winter sun

By Connor Panter|2022-01-31T19:27:21+00:003 Feb 2022|behaviour, bird movements, birds of prey, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, foraging resource limitation, gps tags, habitat selection, illegal killing, land management, land use, migrant, mortality, movements, overwintering, raptors, satellite tracking, scavengers, soaring birds, winter|

Exploring drivers of Red Kite space use in winter

Colouration in Bearded Vultures

By Pascual López-López|2022-02-03T14:35:55+00:0031 Jan 2022|avian biology, birds of prey, communication, IBIS, non-vocal communication, plumage, raptors, reproductive signalling, soaring birds, vultures|

Dominant females are usually darker and prefer darker males for breeding: a new study on bird colouration

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.

Connecting vultures to the Internet of Things

By Jethro Gauld|2021-12-21T12:08:29+00:0020 Dec 2021|bio-logging, birds of prey, BOU-funded, early career, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, gps tags, movement, raptors, satellite tracking, scavengers, soaring birds, tracking, vultures|

A new way to track bird movements using a growing LoRa network

Do forest owls respond differently to prey shortages?

By Urška Ratajc|2021-12-14T12:27:27+00:0013 Dec 2021|birds of prey, community ecology, diet, diet composition, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, IBIS, machine learning, nocturnal birds, population dynamics, populations, predator-prey interactions, territoriality|

Machine learning approaches identified mice population cycles as key parameter

Modelling suitable vulture breeding areas on Sardinia

By Fiammetta Berlinguer|2021-09-30T13:02:22+00:0027 Sep 2021|Bayesian modelling, birds of prey, habitat selection, IBIS, nesting, nesting success, reproduction, scavengers, soaring birds, vultures|

Bayesian hierarchical modelling identifies predictors of reproductive success in Griffon Vultures

Forest fires influence the diet of Spotted Owls in California

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-06-11T11:28:38+00:0020 May 2021|birds of prey, forest birds, predation|

These owls consume more flying squirrels after extensive and frequent wildfires.

Illegal bird killing persists in eastern Spain

By Jorge Crespo|2021-02-09T09:41:36+00:0015 Feb 2021|Bird Protection, birds of prey, endangered, hunting pressure, illegal killing|

Persecution of protected species is declining, but is still a problem

Exploring raptor diets using social media

By Connor Panter|2021-01-18T13:33:37+00:0021 Jan 2021|birds of prey, diet, Facebook, image processing, predation, raptors, sexual dimorphism, social media|

Web-sourced images provide insights into sex- and age-differences in the diet of an avian predator