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Why do shrikes store prey?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-10-01T09:59:15+00:005 Oct 2023|breeding success, diet, fledglings, nest monitoring, nestling provisioning, parental care|

Red-backed Shrikes with larders have nestlings in better condition.

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What do Common Guillemot chicks eat?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-08-19T13:02:45+00:0024 Aug 2023|diet composition, foraging, monitoring, nestling provisioning, parental care, predator-prey interactions, Seabirds|

Long-term study reveals a drastic change in diet.

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Disappearing tongue spots in Dunnock nestlings

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-11-30T10:24:33+00:002 Dec 2021|behaviour, breeding biology, monogamy, nestling provisioning, nestlings, parental care|

What could be the function of these peculiar markings?

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Mother songbirds pick up the slack

By William D. Harrod|2020-12-15T12:58:53+00:001 Jun 2020|nestling growth, nestling provisioning, nestling survival, parental care|

Female Hooded Warblers completely compensate for late-season male nest desertion

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