Urban birds Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Caracaras: Why the bad rep?

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-06-17T15:20:23+00:0017 Jun 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, illegal killing, monitoring, persecution, road traffic, satellite tracking, Urban birds|

A spunky group of raptors deserve a public relations makeover

Causes of Death of Female Cooper’s Hawks

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-05-01T16:15:47+00:0022 Apr 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, bird movements, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, movements, road traffic, satellite tracking, Urban birds|

Despite protection, urban hawks still face an array of threats

Call of the wild: Vocal flexibility in response to urban noise

By Ashleigh Marshall (she/her)|2024-03-21T01:55:45+00:0021 Mar 2024|bioacoustics, call repertoire, flexibility, noise, Urban birds, vocal activity|

Evidence of spectral and temporal call flexibility in House Finches

The impact of DDT on Spanish Blackbirds

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2024-01-29T10:25:12+00:0011 Jan 2024|habitat degradation, insecticide, invertebrates, non-invasive sampling, parasites, Urban birds|

Birds in natural areas are exposed to more pesticides

Birds and people: we need to explore further

By Barry McMahon|2023-08-22T10:29:10+00:0028 Aug 2023|bird-human interactions, collaboration, communication, Conservation, IBIS, Urban birds, urbanization|

From conflict to coexistence

Bird-building collisions spike during fair weather

By Erin Jackson|2023-05-30T11:18:49+00:005 Jun 2023|bird-human interactions, collision, collision risk, creative writing, early-career researcher, ECR, habitat selection, Migration, mortality, passerines, Urban birds, urbanization, volunteers|

Could calm weather be the perfect storm for bird collisions?

Changes in societal attitudes towards wildlife in Spain

By Juan Jiménez|2022-11-03T12:52:42+00:007 Nov 2022|adult survival, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, collision, illegal killing, mortality, owls, passerines, persecution, raptors, rehabilitation, road traffic, scavengers, survival, Urban birds, urbanization|

An assessment using admissions to wildlife recovery centres

Does urban breeding influence gull foraging?

By Liam Langley|2022-10-27T16:18:10+00:0031 Oct 2022|adaptation, behaviour, bird movements, bird-human interactions, colonial birds, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, foraging, habitat selection, IBIS, movements, satellite tracking, Seabirds, tracking, Urban birds|

Urban and coastal breeding Lesser Black-backed Gulls segregate by foraging habitat

Foraging ecology of the House Sparrow

By Jan Havlíček|2022-08-08T12:13:16+00:008 Aug 2022|behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ecotone, ECR, Farmland birds, foraging, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, IBIS, land management, movements, parental care, passerines, survival, Urban birds, urbanization|

Parents feeding offspring prefer fast-food sources and have to go the extra mile in urban environments

City birds have fewer feathers

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-06-04T09:01:28+00:002 Jun 2022|adaptation, Breeding, diet, forest birds, heat, nestlings, non-invasive sampling, thermoregulation, Urban birds|

Could it be due to thermoregulation or food quality?