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Nazca Booby

Parenting Tradeoffs

Every choice a breeding bird has a price; focus on themselves or on the next generation?

Parenting Tradeoffs

Every choice a breeding bird has a price; focus on themselves or on the next generation?

Bluebird dad feeding a fledgling

Bird Brooding

Bird dads make many contributions to the survival of their offspring, including brooding: keeping hatchlings warm until their own insulating feathers grow in.

Bird Brooding

Bird dads make many contributions to the survival of their offspring, including brooding: keeping hatchlings warm until their own insulating feathers grow in.

Hunting Barn Owl

Keeping Chicks Fed

What's a mother Barn Owl to do if her mate doesn't bring home enough food for hungry chicks? She adapts her behavior in real-time.

Keeping Chicks Fed

What's a mother Barn Owl to do if her mate doesn't bring home enough food for hungry chicks? She adapts her behavior in real-time.

Singing Carolina Wren

Female Birdsong

Not all singing birds are male, and new research sheds light on why some females sing. 

Female Birdsong

Not all singing birds are male, and new research sheds light on why some females sing. 

Singing Song Sparrow

Not Every Bird

Haikubox bioacoustic data shows that while some bird species participate in the springtime dawn chorus, other birds offer their best vocal performances at other times.

Not Every Bird

Haikubox bioacoustic data shows that while some bird species participate in the springtime dawn chorus, other birds offer their best vocal performances at other times.

Lazuli Bunting singing at dawn

Early Birds

Why so early, bird? The dawn chorus is a welcome springtime symphony of birdsong - but why do birds sing at dawn's first light?

Early Birds

Why so early, bird? The dawn chorus is a welcome springtime symphony of birdsong - but why do birds sing at dawn's first light?