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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · 8d

He also presented a co-authored poster with @franhckr.bsky.social on the effect of vegetation structure on superb fairywren survival.
#SFW_ANU

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · 8d

#CIO2025 (Italian Conference of Ornithology) is now finished! @sramellini.bsky.social organised a symposium on the overlooked non-breeding season and presented his results on the territorial stability of superb fairywrens. He won 'Highly Commended' for his presentation, congrats!

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Sep 7

It is indeed!

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Aug 22

Today's fieldwork assistant was very keen to check the temperature data we are collecting 🐦‍⬛☀️ #SFW_ANU #birds #ecology #ornithology

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Aug 18

One of our project member's first PhD paper is now out!! Congratulations 🎉

Samuele Ramellini @sramellini.bsky.social · Aug 17

🚨 My first #PhD chapter is now out in Biological Reviews @camphilsoc.bsky.social.

We explore the link between non-breeding sociality and territoriality. 🦉⚔️

Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/brv....

Non‐breeding social behaviour as an investment in reducing future territoriality costs

Territoriality is costly, and animals should adopt strategies to cope with these costs. Seasonal territoriality for breeding – a common strategy in many groups of animals – can reduce costs during th...

doi.org

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jul 31

On Tuesday, @sramellini.bsky.social spoke to ABC Radio Canberra Drive about superb fairywrens and the #SFW_ANU project. If you missed it, you can listen to it here (from minute 07:50): www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Drive - ABC listen

The lively debate and stories that have shaped Canberra today.

www.abc.net.au

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jul 24

In today's lab meeting we updated @damienfarine.bsky.social's website with a project overview and also added our finalised logo!
Check it out here: sites.google.com/site/drfarin...

Logo design by @franhckr.bsky.social

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jul 3

Christmas in the Northern hemisphere means snow and pine trees, here in Canberra we have king parrot baubles for #ChristmasinJuly 🎄

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jun 24

Already done 🫡 sBnr is her new name! Let's see what she does in the next breeding season

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jun 24

Earlier this season we said goodbye to GBB. Born in 2014, she was one of the oldest and most productive females in our population:
35 nests, 80 eggs, 47 chicks fledged, 35 reached independence, 24 grandkids. This female below has now taken over her territory. Big 🐾 to fill!
#SFW_ANU #birds #ecology

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jun 19

Greeted by a stunning sunrise this morning as @franhckr.bsky.social and @sramellini.bsky.social brave the cold at the gardens ❄️ Trying to catch the last few unbanded individuals in our population and helping colleagues with some thornbill research 🐦‍⬛
#SFW_ANU #ecology #ornithology #birds

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Cyril C. Grueter @cyrilgrueter.bsky.social · Jun 17

Just out in Biological Reviews!
My new paper highlights intergroup peace in primates: tolerance, affiliation, group mergers etc. We propose a new framework for understanding these interactions, with insights into the roots of human cooperation.

📖 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Close encounters of the friendly kind: pacific between‐group interactions in primates

While intergroup conflict features prominently in the behavioural ecology literature, its antonym, intergroup peace, has been a rather neglected phenomenon until recently. Neighbourly relations and a....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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David López-Idiáquez @davididiaquez.bsky.social · Jun 12

Happy to share our last work just published in @animalecology.bsky.social. With @claire-doutrelant.bsky.social and Peter Pearman. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @cnrs.fr @biology.ox.ac.uk

Global patterns of colouration complexity in the Paridae: Effects of climate and species characteristics across body regions

Variation in colour complexity in the Paridae is linked to climate, climate variability and several biotic factors. The strength of the associations is patch specific. Variables related to resource c...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jun 17

One of the (many) aims of our project is to understand what animals do outside the breeding season. In a new editorial in ALULA, @sramellini.bsky.social highlights some examples of how local, field-based research can help bridge this major knowledge gap.
Read it here: doi.org/10.60990/alu...

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · Jun 16

Interested in Postdoc Research here in Oxford? Many projects possible using long-term population studies of birds, field & lab experiments with insect consumers, phenology of trees all in Wytham woods & based in new Biology building
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

Image of the new Biology Building, completed, and opening from August 2025

Lunch with the field team to celebrate another successful season - May 2025

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jun 13

#ASSAB2025 finished this afternoon with an announcement that we will meet in Adelaide next year, how exciting! Even more exciting, @sramellini.bsky.social won 'Highly Commended' for his presentation on the multilevel society of superb fairywrens, congrats! 🎉 #SFW_ANU @animbehav.bsky.social

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · Jun 12

🌟CONGRATULATIONS🌟 to You Zhou of @scienceanu.bsky.social on the publishing of her 2nd #PhD chapter in @asab.org Animal Behaviour. All about temporal #masking in the beautiful superb fairywrens.
#noise #fieldwork #playbacks
With Rob Magrath.
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jun 11

Day 2 of the #ASSAB2025 conference has just begun! Don't forget to attend our two talks today for #SFW_ANU project updates:
11:15 @sramellini.bsky.social on the fairywrens' multilevel society
15:45 @franhckr.bsky.social on fairywren foraging behaviour
@animbehav.bsky.social

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jun 11

Day 1 of the #ASSAB2025 conference opened with an incredible plenary! Join us tomorrow for #SFW_ANU project updates. At 11:15 @sramellini.bsky.social will talk about their multilevel society, and
@franhckr.bsky.social will talk about their foraging behaviour at 15:45!
@animbehav.bsky.social

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jun 3

An unfortunate yet fascinating encounter during yesterday's fieldwork: a sparrowhawk catches one of our fairywrens as we're following a group to collect social data 😦🦅
#birds #ecology #predation #ornithology #SFW_ANU @franhckr.bsky.social @sramellini.bsky.social

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · May 23

With the cold weather and brown males the non-breeding season is officially upon us! 🐦 Our fieldwork now focuses on their sociality and foraging 🍿 #ecology #birds #ornithology #SFW_ANU @sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Feb 21

When you go to collect data but the data doesn't let you write it down ✍🏻🐦😆
#bird #ecology #ornithology #SFW_ANU
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social
@scienceanu.bsky.social

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Feb 13

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone from us here at the #SFW_ANU project, including our birds 🐦 Even though the breeding season is over, it's the perfect day for some allopreening to strengthen our social bonds 😉

#ornithology #birds

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Feb 4

Aaaand that's the official end of this year's breeding season! Yesterday, we banded the last chick - that's 68 in total! About to fledge any day now, let's wish him/her well ✨🕊️

#ornithology #ecology #birds @scienceanu.bsky.social
@sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social

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ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social · Jan 30

With the 2024 breeding season coming to an end, we have started to band the few remaining unbanded adults to prepare for the collection of social data this winter. This guy is our first banded adult! 🐦
#ornithology #birds #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU @sramellini.bsky.social @franhckr.bsky.social

Adult male superb fairy-wren in blue breeding plumage

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