😍🦅 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 🪶

A beautiful, slender, blue corvid picking up a pine cone to extract the seeds

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

😍 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

🧠🦅 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

❗️🧠 I'm reminding this starter pack, anyone who wants to be added, let me know.

#BirdCognition 🧪🪶🦜🦅🦉🐦‍⬛🦆🐥

Eurasian jays are perched on a branch with a collection of objects around them

Eurasian jays perch with objects from a food-hiding experiment, hinting at their episodic-like memory #EurasianJays #FoodHidingExperiment #EpisodicLikeMemory #MemoryStudy #PLOS ONE #BirdCognition