Fairy-wren babies need password for food
It's always a good idea to listen to your mother, but that goes double for baby fairy-wrens even before they are hatched.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2012
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Great tits join forces to defend neighbours' nests
Great tits appear to have what might be described as their own neighbourhood watch scheme, the latest research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2012
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Fragmented forests result in more snakes, fewer birds
About half of all bird nests don't survive due to predators, particularly in fragmented forest areas, but why? University of Illinois researchers monitored both the prey and predator to find an answer.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2010
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Can bird feeders do more harm than good?
Many bird lovers put out feeders full of seed for their feathered friends—but those feeders may also attract predators that eat eggs and nestlings. The researchers behind a new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2016
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Cages and emetics rescue wading birds
The number of waders (shorebirds) in Sweden is falling rapidly. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg have tested drastic new methods to protect species such as the Northern lapwing and redshank from predators, including ...
Ecology
May 10, 2010
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UF study finds cats No. 1 predator to urban mockingbird nests
A new University of Florida study shows cats are the dominant predator to mockingbird eggs and nestlings in urban areas, prompting conservationists to urge pet owners to keep felines indoors at night.
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2011
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Noise pollution negatively affects woodland bird communities
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows the strongest evidence yet that noise pollution negatively influences bird populations, findings with implications for the fate of ecological communities situated amid growing ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 23, 2009
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New study reveals how bumblebees steal birds' nests
A new study highlights the 'parasitism by theft' of bumblebees that invade birds' nests and claim them as their own. Their warning buzz helps bumblebees to "scare" the bird away from the nest. The work by Piotr Jablonski ...
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2013
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Researcher studies increased predation of sagebrush songbirds in natural gas fields
Arid land bird populations are in decline around the vicinity of oil and gas wells in Wyoming—but, not for the reasons you might initially think.
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2016
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Some songbird nests are especially vulnerable to magpie predation
A new study has revealed a range of factors that cause a variation in predation by magpies on farmland songbirds.
Ecology
May 29, 2019
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