Coloration of Birds and other Creatures
The photo of the Red-backed Shrike eggs taken by Klaudia will be featured on the cover of the latest issue of Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. Inside – our new article on sexually selected eggshell coloration hypothesis. Congratulations Klaudia!
Yesterday Klaudia defended her doctoral thesis. I am so proud of her. Congratulations!
Klaudia Szala went to the “Sensory Ecology” course held at Lund University in Sweden https://www.biology.lu.se/phd-studies/phd-courses/sensory-ecology . She is one of 40 doctoral students selected from among many applicants. Congratulations Klaudia!
The last article constituting Paweł’s PhD thesis just came out in Journal of Ornithology https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10336-022-02017-9.pdf ! Congratulations and keep fingers crossed!
Adrian and Paweł attended at IX Hole-Nesting Bird Conference at Oxford University (6-8 Sep 22) where they presented posters showing results from studies on our Great Tit population. Check Twitter for photos https://twitter.com/HNBirds2022 !
Our new article about unusual brood overlapping in which nestlings and eggs from consecutive broods occur simulaneously in the same nest. We presented data for Great Tit and performed a mini literature review as well.
Our new article in Ecology & Evolution just came out! We describe how to monitor nest box interior using out-of-the-shelf trail camera. The method Is very simple and very effective. We have been using it since 2015 and now I can’t imagine going to my wood without trail cameras. Using described set up we analyzed hours of egg laying and hatching in the Great Tit. Enjoy reading!