maandag 22 december 2014

Crows, a sociable lot

Bird behaviour is a fascinating subject.
You can study an individual, a pair or a group of birds.
The last weeks I've discussed senses and bird behaviour.
Just look on Twitter for #BirdSenseSmell and #BirdSenseTaste.
Areas which are just barely being touched by science and still have a lot
of mysteries.
This week the subject will be the behaviour of crows, member of the Corvidae family, which are very sociable birds with strong communication skills. It's not only craaa !!
What do we know of the crow's behaviour, which research groups are there and what are still mysteries?
I will focus on the carrion crow, a common bird in my country The Netherlands and Europe.

Tune in on Twitter and Facebook where I will daily tweet /post this week.

maandag 15 december 2014

A matter of taste!

Last week we discussed the bird sense smell on the social network BirdBehaviour.
Thank you kindly for your retweets, favorites, mentions and feedback.
If you want to look back just check Facebook and Twitter on #BirdSenseSmell.
You will find information on the genetics, morphology, chemistry and behaviour related to the bird sense smell. And a lot of information on different birds using their smell.

This week I want to discuss with you the bird sense taste.
It is going to be a week of tongues, taste buds, nerves, food and some very nice birds.

Just tune in on Facebook and Twitter with #BirdSenseTaste and join the discussion.

See you online!!



maandag 8 december 2014

Do birds smell?

My last blogpost about the Crimson rosella and how it can smell its own subspecies and gender inspired me to have a closer look at the bird sense smell.
I was already reading Birkhead's book 'Bird sense' chapter 'seeing' and the chapter 'smell' gives also a detailed history on bird smell research.
This week I will post daily on my social network Birdbehaviour about birds and their sense to smell. You can follow this on Twitter or Facebook by #BirdSenseSmell.
As always, your thoughts and feedback on this are very welcome.
I hope to see you online.