If so, the alarm calls sounded by the host while defending the nest might confer valuable information for the cuckoo searching for a nest. To test this hypothesis, the researchers placed a 3-D cuckoo ...

If the reed warbler detects an alien egg in its nest, or spots a cuckoo nearby, it may eject the odd-looking egg. ... or deserts the nest, the loss is great.

THERE ARE approximately 35 species of warblers that appear in New Jersey annually. Yet, in this tiny state — 166 miles in length, from High Point to Cape May — 27 species of them nest here ...

Reed warblers face an ongoing battle to prevent cuckoos laying eggs in their nests. UK News Website of the Year 2024. Your Say ; News ... or deserts the nest, the loss is great.

For obvious reasons, reed warblers have never been happy with the arrangement. They will attack female cuckoos on sight, reducing the chance of their nest being targeted.

In addition to wood duck boxes, 85 smaller nest boxes at Holt Lake attract prothonotary warblers, the east’s only cavity-nesting warbler. In 2015, those boxes fledged 200 young warblers, up from ...

image: Great reed-warblers undertake an incredible migration through sub-Saharan Africa every year. view more Credit: J. Horns. Populations of many birds that migrate between Eurasia and Africa ...

Male birds’ puzzling off-season singing in winter could be practice for flirting in spring. Europe’s great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) and some other male long-distance migrants ...

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. Brett Westwood presents the great reed warbler. As you'd expect from their name ...

In the summers it spends in Europe, the great reed warbler fills every hour of daylight with song. At the edges of reed beds, males sing from the tops of the tallest grasses to attract mates, and ...