Pasen, dat betekent eieren zoeken. De eerste nesten gevonden op de Schiermonnikoogse kwelder voor ons @birdeyes-gfn.bsky.social onderzoek. Het paar van het voorste nest heeft er zin in: met maar liefst 5 eieren verwachten ze een succesvol broedseizoen!

Read the paper in @amornith.bsky.social or the blog: americanornithology.org/balancing-ne... if you want to know if they have favourite tree species, avoid lesser noddy colonies, and have a specific height preferences (and more!).

We also found that females placed their nests near the territory border if their male neighbor is older than their partner. Could nest placement facilitate extra-pair matings?

A key finding was that pairs with helpers can take more risks. Pairs with helpers nested in food-rich areas, even with higher predator density. In contrast, pairs with helpers choose sites away from nest predators.

🐦🪺 How do birds select their nest-site? Simple question, but hard to answer. Our latest (my first authored 🎉) paper investigates how food availability, predator density, and helpers influence nest-site selection and nest survival in the Seychelles warbler.

Paper: academic.oup.com/auk/advance-...