We will be announcing the first AFO Café of the year soon, so grab your beverage of choice and stay tuned!

And if you’re interested in sharing your own research or topic of interest at an AFO Café, send us a DM! 🧵/4

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Bird research in Malta has reached the EU courts [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/bird-research-in-malta-has-reached-the-eu-courts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #birdresearch #Malta #promoted

Nightingales are great singers, but how well can they hit the tone? 🎶 Scientists from Daniela Vallentin’s group at our institute found that nightingales can imitate the pitch of whistles in real time! Read more: https://www.bi.mpg.de/news/2023-07-vallentin

#nightingale #birdsong #vocalcommunication #ornithology #birdresearch #researchnews #maxplanck #maxplanckinstitute #neuroethology #animalbehavior #behavioralneuroscience

Female sex-role reversal of two coucal bird species is apparently linked to elevated testosterone levels. Male sex-role reversal, however, doesn't require low testosterone levels, as a new study by Wolfgang Goymann shows:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.2401

#MaxPlanck #MaxPlanckInstitute #ResearchNews #Birds #BirdResearch #Ornithology #AnimalBehavior #SexRoles #science #BirdBehavior #GenderInNature #scicomm #wisskomm

See exclusive footage from our institute featured in a three-part bird documentary by star-producer Fergus Beeley, known for “The life of Birds” with David Attenborough. Starting tonight at 6:30 pm live on ARTE, or online: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/103989-001-A/voegel/

#ArteTV #FergusBeeley #BirdResearch #Ornithology #AnimalBehavior #WildLifeResearch #MaxPlanck #Documentary #Science #scicomm

Earlier morning activity of blue tits correlates with higher reproductive success outside the partnership. But getting up early doesn’t necessarily mean more offspring. It could rather be an expression of fitness.

Read more: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arad006

📷 Julius Kramer

#mpiforbi #maxplanck #maxplanckinstitute #research #ornithology #birds #behavior #birdresearch

The early bird catches the worm? Extensive field research on blue tits finds that higher age and earlier morning activity of males correlate independently with more mating success outside their existing partnership.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.01.016

#ornithology #biologicalintelligence #research #science #scicomm #wisskomm #maxplanck #birdresearch

📷 Axel Griesch

Blue tits like to visit their neighbors for a reason! New findings of Peter Santema and Bart Kempenaers suggest that the visits can lead to extra-pair reproductive success.

Read more: https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/34/1/150/6958462

#ornithology #birds #birdresearch

📷 Julius Kramer

#mpiforbi #maxplanck #maxplanckinstitute #research #ornithology #birds #behavior #birdresearch #wisskomm #scicomm

Yo #ornithology #BirdScience #BirdResearch #bird peeps of Mastodon! 🐣

I'm looking for a diverse flock of bird researchers/scientists (any discipline) to feature in my new #ChildrensBook (about, well, birds) highlighting a range of cool science/fieldwork. 😎

Please reply and say hi so you're on my radar!😍🐦 My illustrator and I *really* want to hear about you and your cool research/fieldwork and - if you'd be happy - to have you appear in the book.xx