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Welcome to EcoBird in the News! 

Here, you'll find our latest features, interviews, and appearances across TV, podcasts, and other media, highlighting EcoBird's work and insights on bird behavior, conservation, and environmental research.

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How do pigeons find their way home (in Dutch)

How do pigeons find their way home? (In Dutch)

35 young gulls with transmitter released (in Dutch)

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Foraging efficiency related to site fidelity in Black-faced Cormorants

21/02/2025

Thomas Cansse wrote a blog post for Seabird tracking discussing his latest research on Black-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax fuscescens), an endemic species of Australia. Until recently, little was known about their ecology, and due to a lack of tracking data, nothing was known about their movements, habitat use, and foraging behavior. To fill this gap, Thomas and Luc (in collaboration with colleagues in Australia) tracked black-faced cormorants using GPS-GSM loggers or GPS loggers with pressure sensors over four consecutive breeding seasons.  In this blog post, we discuss the latest results of this research. You can read the full story here. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another successful Open Day at the WRC

17/08/2024

This year, we once again took part in the Wildlife Rescue Centre’s Open Day, welcoming over 1,000 visitors!

 

Katy captivated audiences with her research on chickens, even giving children the chance to participate in hands-on behavioral studies. Meanwhile, Reinoud and Frederick shared fascinating insights into their ongoing research on gulls, engaging young and old alike with the latest findings on neophobia (the fear of novelty), GPS tracking, and thermal imaging.

Herring Gulls on Display: An Awareness Campaign at De Ploate Hostel

11/07/2024

As part of a research project on how rooftop breeding affects Herring gulls' reproductive success, nests on several Ostend rooftops—including youth hostel De Ploate—are monitored throughout the breeding season. De Ploate embraced this project to raise awareness of Belgian coastal wildlife by installing rooftop cameras that livestream the nesting process on a screen in the lobby. Guests can watch the entire journey, from incubation to a chick's first flight—a captivating glimpse into the resilience of nature.

How do pigeons find their way back home?

14/03/2024

Pigeons are sometimes released 1000's of kilometres from home, and yet they still find their way back. How do they do that? Well, they simply have exceptional orientation skills and combine different techniques to determine their direction of flight.