cavity nesting Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

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.

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

Selecting the best tree hole

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-11-09T16:01:12+00:0017 Nov 2022|bird communities, Breeding, cavity nesting, forest birds, nesting, reproduction|

How do birds decide on a cavity to nest in?

Maternal competitive events influence offspring phenotype

By América Hernández|2022-08-31T17:00:23+00:005 Sep 2022|avian biology, Breeding, breeding biology, cavity nesting, competition, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, eggs, experiment, IBIS, nest monitoring, nest-site limitation, passerines, phenotypic variation|

Compete with me and my progeny will grow faster

Tailoring nestbox programmes for target species

By Karleah Berris|2022-06-21T16:57:09+00:0027 Jun 2022|behaviour, birds of conservation concern, Breeding, cavity nesting, ecology, fieldwork, habitat degradation, IBIS, islands birds, monitoring, nest-site limitation, nesting, parrot, Psittaciformes, reproduction|

Glossy Black Cockatoo nestbox use influenced by behaviour and competition

Starlings defy climate change in new nestboxes

By John Flux|2021-08-09T15:38:56+00:0016 Aug 2021|cavity nesting, climate change, nesting, phenology|

Laying dates in New Zealand, no change. Denmark, yes. But new colonies get it wrong.

Hyacinth Macaw conservation in the Brazilian Pantanal

By Maxwell R. Oliveira|2021-08-03T12:05:44+00:0019 Jul 2021|Bird Protection, cavity nesting, distribution, endangered, grassland, parrot, population structure, protected areas, threatened species, wetlands|

Habitat loss and lack of protected areas threaten the iconic Hyacinth Macaw

Ornithomycology: an overlooked field of study

By Todd F. Elliott|2020-12-15T14:37:07+00:002 Mar 2020|cavity nesting, fungi (diet), mycophagy, nutrition, Ornithomycology|

The ecological significance of symbiotic associations between birds and fungi