nesting Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

The benefits of urban nesting

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

Japanese Barn Swallows might be an exception to the rule.

A hard day’s night on the nest

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-22T16:39:06+00:008 Oct 2020|behaviour, breeding biology, eggs, nesting|

Conditions during the night determine nesting behavior in the morning.

The remarkable nesting success of New Zealand Mallards

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-15T12:42:10+00:0018 Jun 2020|hybridization, nesting, waterbirds|

These ducks have a longer nesting season and produce more eggs compared to their mainland relatives.

Nesting on the edge

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-15T12:46:32+00:0027 Feb 2020|bird communities, Breeding, eggs, experiment, nesting, News|

Experimental study explores predation rates on nests along forest edges.

The secret life of urban gulls

By Anouk Spelt|2020-12-15T17:33:11+00:0022 Jul 2019|behaviour, habitat selection, nesting, Seabirds, Urban birds|

How do urban gulls utilize their environment?

Avian migration from a tropical perspective

By Mateo Ruiz|2020-10-11T14:49:22+00:0017 Jun 2019|habitat selection, Migration, nesting, tropical birds|

How do resident and migratory birds assemble in Mexican wetlands?

Nesting in a degraded cloud forest

By Dries Van de Loock|2020-10-11T20:49:10+00:0029 Apr 2019|cooperative breeding, forest birds, habitat degradation, nest predation, nesting, tropical birds|

Placid Greenbuls show flexible nesting behaviour in a degraded cloud forest

Nesting plasticity balances competing risks

By Bri Benvenuti|2020-10-20T09:03:05+00:0026 Nov 2018|marsh birds, nesting, plasticity, site fidelity|

Does prior experience influence nesting behaviour?

Conspecific brood parasitism in Prothonotary Warblers

By Anna Tucker|2020-12-21T18:18:02+00:0030 Jul 2018|breeding biology, brood parasitism, fledglings, Genetics, nest monitoring, nesting, nesting success, News|

Parasites or orphans? What are the costs of raising additional, unrelated chicks?