nesting Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Competition for food in artificial mixed colonies

By João Gameiro|2022-04-15T11:26:17+00:0018 Apr 2022|adaptation, bird assemblages, bird communities, communal, community ecology, diet, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, nest monitoring, nesting, nestlings, niche overlap, population structure, stable isotopes|

Do birds in artificial mixed colonies overlap in their diet?

Do occurrence data predict nest sites?

By Frank Fogarty|2021-11-15T10:34:05+00:008 Nov 2021|Breeding, ecology, grassland, grassland birds, habitat, IBIS, modelling, nesting, occurrence data, passerines, selection, steppe birds|

Occurrence data are easy to collect, but can they provide information about nesting habitat?

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

Untangling the problem of plastic nests

By Nina O'Hanlon|2021-08-27T08:32:12+00:0030 Aug 2021|bird-human interactions, fisheries, nest monitoring, nesting, nesting material, plastics, pollution, Seabirds|

Can an opportunistic approach be used to measure plastic pollution?

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.

Painted Stork nesting dangerously low

By Abdul Jamil Urfi|2021-07-09T12:14:42+00:005 Jul 2021|bird-human interactions, colonial birds, nest monitoring, nesting, nesting success|

Is people’s protective attitude really a factor at Kokkare Bellur (South India)?

BOU supports student-led research

By William Feeney|2021-06-18T13:44:48+00:0024 Jun 2021|behaviour, BOU-funded, brood parasitism, nesting|

BOU funding supports new ornithological discoveries by student researchers

Does albatross allopreening aid parental coordination?

By Natasha Gillies|2021-06-18T07:25:36+00:0021 Jun 2021|behaviour, Breeding, communication, display, mate selection, monogamy, nesting, pair communications, pair-bond, parental care, Seabirds|

Allopreening between pairs of Black-browed Albatross may help them coordinate their care

The benefits of urban nesting

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-03-20T13:34:04+00:0025 Mar 2021|adaptation, eggs, nesting, Urban birds|

Pale-breasted Thrushes take advantage of buildings and adjust their incubation behavior.

Does testosterone make for bad fathers?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-02-11T08:27:42+00:0011 Feb 2021|antipredator behaviour, behaviour, incubation, nesting|

Japanese Barn Swallows might be an exception to the rule.