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Guillam E. McIvor, Auteur ; Susan D. Healy, AuteurHooded Crows Corvus cornix selected nesting trees based on species, height, grouping and distance from an occupied house. Nest re-use was common and pairs that re-used old nests produced more fledglings than those that built a new nest.Aims: To [...]
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Ida E. Bailey, Auteur ; Kate V. Morgan, Auteur ; H. Dieter Oschadleus, Auteur ; Stacy L. DeRuiter, Auteur ; Simone L. Meddle, Auteur ; Susan D. Healy, AuteurBuilding a structurally robust nest is crucial for reproductive success in many birds. However, we know little about the criteria birds use to select material or where they go to collect it. Here we observed the material collection of male Cape [...]
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Guillam E. McIvor, Auteur ; Susan D. Healy, AuteurCapsule We describe an instance of joint nesting by Hooded Crows Corvus cornix in Orkney, Scotland, in 2011, where nine eggs were laid in a single nest. As the territory was occupied by a trio of birds that engaged in territory defence as a grou[...]
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Zachary J. Hall, Auteur ; Simone L. Meddle, Auteur ; Susan D. Healy, AuteurDespite centuries of observing the nest building of most extant bird species, we know surprisingly little about how birds build nests and, specifically, how the avian brain controls nest building. Here, we argue that nest building in birds may b[...]
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Ida E. Bailey, Auteur ; Gernot Segelbacher, Auteur ; Susan D. Healy, Auteur ; T. Andrew Hurly, Auteur ; Josephine M. Pemberton, AuteurThe Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) population is declining in some areas of North America, but not in others. The reasons for the decline are, as yet, unknown. Understanding the genetic population structure of this species could be usefu[...]
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Laura A. Kelley, Auteur ; Susan D. Healy, AuteurAlthough the presence of vocal mimicry in songbirds is well documented, the function of such impressive copying is poorly understood. One explanation for mimicry in species that predominantly mimic alarm calls and predator vocal isations is that[...]
