Bird species are hypothesized to join mixed-species flocks (flocks hereon) either for direct foraging or anti-predation-related benefits. In this study, conducted in a tropical evergreen forest in the Western Ghats of India, we used intra-flock association patterns to generate a community-wide as...
The migration of animals is a fascinating event, with huge shoals, flocks or herds of animals making long and sometimes dangerous journeys every year. There’s still so much for us to learn about how animals migrate, but what we do know is that it’s an incredible way for our world’s ...
2014. Using intra-flock association pat- terns to understand why birds participate in mixed-species foraging flocks in terrestrial habitats. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 68:185-196.Sridhar H, Shanker K. Using intra-flock association patterns to understand why birds participate in mixed-species foraging ...
have tight-knit flocks with elaborate social hierarchies; others, like the Hermit Thrush, live most of their lives alone. These differences are surely fundamental to shaping the lives of birds, from their mundane daily experiences to how they tackle life-or-death challenges. If you spot a deadl...
Guineas spook very easily, so there will be very little happening in your yard that you don’t know about. Also, guineas love to eat ticks, so you can’t go wrong there. 13.Provide Shelters for Free-Range Flocks If you free-range your birds, place a few shelters around the pasture ...
Now when storks travel, they go in flocks. Thousands of them left Egypt together. High in the air, with their broad wings spread and their long legs stretched out behind them, they covered Europe in a few hours. Then they scattered all over the marshy lands of the new country. It was...
number. The remaining birds at once forsook his fields, cryingto each other, "It is time for us to be off to Liliput: for this man is no longer content to scare us, but begins to show us in earnest what he can do." If words suffice not, blows must follow. Page8The Dog in ...
Travel + Leisure didn’t hedge their praise either, calling it the “Destination of the Year” for 2017. How do you say “must visit” in Portuguese? (It’s “a não perder.”) All these glowing write-ups beg the question: just what makes Portugal so special? Is it a buzzy flash...
always that it was just more comfortable. But theories are not plentiful, given the small number of scientists who have actually studied flamingo behavior. One—experimental psychologistMatthew J. Anderson—has made a mini-career out of trying to explain why the iconic birds do what they do...
Oh, and by the way, if you're wondering how this approach can be of practical use for humans: The movie industry had been trying to create computer-generated flocks of birds in movie scenes. The question was how to do it easily on a large scale?A researcher used these three rules in...