Racing stripes
Andrew Jenkins|Arjun Amar|citizen science|facial plumage|falcon|feathers|FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|malar stripe|Michelle Vrettos|online|Peregrine Falcon|raptor|reflective glare|thermoregulatory behaviour|University of Cape Town
Resetting the system
“Royal Society for the Protection of Birds”|bait|FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|Gough Bunting|Gough Island Restoration Programme|house mice|Mouse-Free Marion|Peter Ryan|RSPB
Fast food failure
adult starlings|African Ornithology|biodiversity|birds|breeding performance|cognitive skills|Covid-19 impact|Covid-19 pandemic|diet|FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|health traits|human food scraps|invertebrates|junk food|long-term impacts|nestling size|nestlings|nutritional deficits|population monitoring|protein-rich|Red-winged Starling|survival|urbanisation|winter weight
Heat and miss
FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|foraging|global warming|heatwave|Richard du Toit|Rowan Martin|Spike-heeled Larks|Susan Cunningham|thermoregulation
Cleaning house
COVID-19|entanglement|FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|ingestion|Kyle Mclean|Lockdown|Peter Ryan|plastic|pollution|seabirds|Vonica Perold
Sixty not out
60th anniversary|ADU|Animal Demography Unit|Cecily Niven|Centre of Excellence|conservation biology|COVID-19|FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|Lockdown|Marina Niven|National Research Foundation|Niven library|NRF|SABAP2|Sir Percy FitzPatrick|University of Cape Town
“Parklife: Drivers of biodiversity in Johannesburg’s urban green spaces”
“Orange-breasted Waxbill”|Caroline Howes|FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|Johannesburg|luxury effect|Marietjie Froneman|University of the Witwatersrand