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8 posts · Last used Aug 08

Jon Sullivan @joncounts@mastodon.nz
· 2mo ago
On Thursday I watched this tarāpunga (NZ Red-billed Gull) on the edge of the ocean repeatedly doing a slow shuffle dance in the wet sand. It would shuffle its feet to make a wet puddle then stop and eat whatever little invertebrates rose to the surface. Then it would do its dance steps again. Definitely full marks for style and smarts. https://flic.kr/p/2stT4kF https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/389180275 #birds #seagull #nz #beach #Chroicocephalus #gulls #AnimalBehaviour
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bees and nature @Florapis@toot.wales
· 3mo ago
The the gull master criminal who had rifled through our stuff, thrown my towel in a rock pool and emptied my bag while it was unattended. This is him checking I hadn't hidden anything once I gathered it all together again. You have to love them #gulls #wildlife
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Sarah Dal @sarahdalgulls@ecoevo.social
· 5mo ago
I love it when you find a paper that precisely answers a question we were thinking about today - how much like a natural egg does a dummy egg have to look like so the gull will accept it? Answer - they'll even accept a bright red cube if it's approximately egg size, which I can vouch for, having seen Herring gulls incubating vaguely spherical rocks, golf balls, and on one occasion, a head from a Barbie doll https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8599063/ #Gulls #Ornithology
Nest sanitation behavior does not increase the likelihood of parasitic egg rejection in herring gulls
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Nest sanitation behavior does not increase the likelihood of parasitic egg rejection in herring gulls

Birds’ behavioral response to brood parasitism can be influenced not only by evolution but also by context and individual experience. This could include nest sanitation, in which birds remove debris from their nests. Ultimately, nest sanitation ...

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