😍🦅 An absolutely fantastic project and the best collaboration. I am very happy that it was successful on such a scale. We are glad that we could contribute on behalf of our Czech team from @prfju.bsky.social 🪶 🙏 #BirdCognition @ckecz.bsky.social
🐦 Exciting news! Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology:
“A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.”
Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
“A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.”
Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia
Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...
journals.plos.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
😍🦅 An absolutely fantastic project and the best collaboration. I am very happy that it was successful on such a scale. We are glad that we could contribute on behalf of our Czech team from @prfju.bsky.social 🪶 🙏 #BirdCognition @ckecz.bsky.social
🤩 Both amusing and informative! #BirdCognition #Ornithology 🪶
Absolutely thrilled to share my Ted Ed Lesson on corvid cognition and brains ed.ted.com/lessons/how-...
How smart are crows? - Katharina Brecht
In one of Aesop’s fables, a crow is searching for water. It spies a pitcher— but the water inside is beyond its reach. So, the crow begins dropping in pebbles. One-by-one, they displace the water, and...
ed.ted.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🤩 Both amusing and informative! #BirdCognition #Ornithology 🪶
Big thank you to Nanxi Huang for her help with data collection, Abdelrahman Elzayadi for his help with video scoring, and to Debbie Kelly for her guidance and advice!
Picture by the Bandelier National Monument
#corvids #birdcognition #caching
Picture by the Bandelier National Monument
#corvids #birdcognition #caching
July 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Big thank you to Nanxi Huang for her help with data collection, Abdelrahman Elzayadi for his help with video scoring, and to Debbie Kelly for her guidance and advice!
Picture by the Bandelier National Monument
#corvids #birdcognition #caching
Picture by the Bandelier National Monument
#corvids #birdcognition #caching
😍 Thank you, Maja, for the wonderful summary of our research. I would like to add that this is not all—another batch of crazy bird scarecrows will be coming soon. Stay tuned 🤩🪶🦅🧪
@ckecz.bsky.social
#BirdCognition #Ornithology
@ckecz.bsky.social
#BirdCognition #Ornithology
A kestrel with a pigeon beak? A pigeon with sparrowhawk talons?
To study predator recognition, researchers prepare the most hilarious mixed-species #bird dummies. 🪶🧪
Want to see some photos & learn about the #science behind these experiments?
Have a look:
beaksandbones.substack.com/p/kestrel-re...
To study predator recognition, researchers prepare the most hilarious mixed-species #bird dummies. 🪶🧪
Want to see some photos & learn about the #science behind these experiments?
Have a look:
beaksandbones.substack.com/p/kestrel-re...
Scientists built a kestrel plushie with a pigeon beak—here's why
A kestrel with the beak, eyes, and legs of a pigeon is no longer recognized as dangerous by Red-backed shrikes.
beaksandbones.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
😍 Thank you, Maja, for the wonderful summary of our research. I would like to add that this is not all—another batch of crazy bird scarecrows will be coming soon. Stay tuned 🤩🪶🦅🧪
@ckecz.bsky.social
#BirdCognition #Ornithology
@ckecz.bsky.social
#BirdCognition #Ornithology
🧠🦅 Facial configuration matters 🦅🧠
We tested if wild #GreatTits recognise predators not just by what facial elements are present (eyes, beak), but also how they’re arranged.
👁️🔄 Rotate the eyes 90° = more fear
👁️↩️ Rotate them 180° = same fear
👁️🚫 No eyes/beak = no fear
#BirdCognition 🐦🪶🧪 #JCOMP
We tested if wild #GreatTits recognise predators not just by what facial elements are present (eyes, beak), but also how they’re arranged.
👁️🔄 Rotate the eyes 90° = more fear
👁️↩️ Rotate them 180° = same fear
👁️🚫 No eyes/beak = no fear
#BirdCognition 🐦🪶🧪 #JCOMP
April 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🧠🦅 Facial configuration matters 🦅🧠
We tested if wild #GreatTits recognise predators not just by what facial elements are present (eyes, beak), but also how they’re arranged.
👁️🔄 Rotate the eyes 90° = more fear
👁️↩️ Rotate them 180° = same fear
👁️🚫 No eyes/beak = no fear
#BirdCognition 🐦🪶🧪 #JCOMP
We tested if wild #GreatTits recognise predators not just by what facial elements are present (eyes, beak), but also how they’re arranged.
👁️🔄 Rotate the eyes 90° = more fear
👁️↩️ Rotate them 180° = same fear
👁️🚫 No eyes/beak = no fear
#BirdCognition 🐦🪶🧪 #JCOMP
❗️🧠 I'm reminding this starter pack, anyone who wants to be added, let me know.
#BirdCognition 🧪🪶🦜🦅🦉🐦⬛🦆🐥
#BirdCognition 🧪🪶🦜🦅🦉🐦⬛🦆🐥
🦅🧠 Bird Cognition 🧠🦅
Anyone who studies or is just fascinated by how birds perceive, learn, remember and solve problems 🐦
Let's all meet in this cool new #starterpack 🤩
Let me know if you want to join in too 🦜🦤🦉🦆🐣🪺🪶🧪
🔗 go.bsky.app/V2K7HQM
#Ornithology #Birds #AnimalBehaviour
Anyone who studies or is just fascinated by how birds perceive, learn, remember and solve problems 🐦
Let's all meet in this cool new #starterpack 🤩
Let me know if you want to join in too 🦜🦤🦉🦆🐣🪺🪶🧪
🔗 go.bsky.app/V2K7HQM
#Ornithology #Birds #AnimalBehaviour
March 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
❗️🧠 I'm reminding this starter pack, anyone who wants to be added, let me know.
#BirdCognition 🧪🪶🦜🦅🦉🐦⬛🦆🐥
#BirdCognition 🧪🪶🦜🦅🦉🐦⬛🦆🐥
Eurasian jays perch with objects from a food-hiding experiment, hinting at their episodic-like memory #EurasianJays#FoodHidingExperiment#EpisodicLikeMemory#MemoryStudy#PLOS#NE#BirdCognition
May 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Eurasian jays perch with objects from a food-hiding experiment, hinting at their episodic-like memory #EurasianJays#FoodHidingExperiment#EpisodicLikeMemory#MemoryStudy#PLOS#NE#BirdCognition
A pleasant surprise this morning for @babi_mt. Urban great tits from Utrecht have started! 5 eggs today so first egg on March 26. Also note the colourful urban nest material. #TheGreatEggRace @WythamTits @MadingleyBirds @StA_Nestboxes @AnneCharmantier @SPIbirds @birdcognition
November 29, 2024 at 1:27 PM
A pleasant surprise this morning for @babi_mt. Urban great tits from Utrecht have started! 5 eggs today so first egg on March 26. Also note the colourful urban nest material. #TheGreatEggRace @WythamTits @MadingleyBirds @StA_Nestboxes @AnneCharmantier @SPIbirds @birdcognition