Evo Eco Cognition

Research group at University College Cork. Investigating the evolutionary ecology of cognition in wild great tits.

[Evo Eco Cognition @birdcognition]

Our great tit project is almost at its conclusion. We're excited to be completing analysis and revealing results so over the next few weeks we'll be introducing our team and their work. #irishgreattitteam

[Evo Eco Cognition @birdcognition]

New Paper out today by Jenny @JayCee_161 Gabrielle @GabsDavidson Michael @FrogListener Ipek, Camille @CamilleTroisi and John. How #personality, and inhibitory control are associated with #foraging flexibility in great tits. @uccBEES @UCC

[Dr Jenny Coomes @JayCee_161]

NEW PAPER! Today my first PhD chapter is out in @AnimalEcology We looked at how personality and inhibitory control influenced foraging flexibility in great tits. @uccBEES @birdcognition Find the paper here: https://t.co/9zMb41Hf7N THREAD 1/6

[Dr Jenny Coomes @JayCee_161]

Today (Friday 16th) at @asab_easter2021 I'll be presenting my poster on inhibitory control and diet of adult and nestling great tits. 6pm in the Cognition room.
Come and find out how cognition links to diet in everyone's favourite passerine 😃#ASAB_Easter2021

[Evo Eco Cognition @birdcognition]

New work from our lab! Motivation and personality with problem solving in great tits.

[Amy Cooke @cookeam_amy]

*new paper* Does motivation and personality influence sequential innovative problem-solving? We show consistent individual differences in problem-solving performance in captive bred great tits. @GabsDavidson @KvanOers @birdcognition @uccBEES @niooknaw

https://t.co/c61muQbKEA

[Evo Eco Cognition @birdcognition]

Two of our group Shane @ShaneE_Somers and Jenny @JayCee_161 are presenting at the Irish Ecology and Evolution Conference @irish_ecology over the next two days. They'll be talking about the gut microbiome and DNA metabarcoding of the diet of great tits. Join us if you can!

[Evo Eco Cognition @birdcognition]

Microbiome work from our lab. Congrats all!

[Gabrielle Davidson @GabsDavidson]

I'm very excited to share my first empirical paper on the gut #microbiome published in @SciReports https://t.co/VYCf8IuTwD where we manipulated the gut microbiota to test its effect on behaviour in wild great tits. 🧵⬇️This fab action shot photo is courtesy of @Jamesoneillii

[James O'Neill @Jamesoneillii]

A decent day finally meant mist nets open in the garden in W Cork for #birdringing! Lots caught, including this fab recovery of a @birdcognition @uccBEES study great tit ringed in 2017 about 38km to the east!
And finished off with a redwing roost catch 👌

[Evo Eco Cognition @birdcognition]

Latest pre-print from our lab group. Check it out 👇

[Michael Reichert @FrogListener]

Latest preprint is up! No evidence for cross-contextual consistency in spatial learning and behavioural flexibility in a passerine: https://t.co/oN5u5lpzNp

Led by @CamilleTroisi with @cookeam_amy @GabsDavidson Iván de la Hera & John Quinn.

[Lucy Taylor @LucButtons]

LIVE (Llŷn Iveragh Ecomuseums) recruiting 4 Knowledge Gatherers for ecology / geology / natural heritage projects co-designed with communities. 1-year positions based in Kerry and north Wales. Go to https://t.co/XZAr9q1Vd8 and search for job 040731. #jobfairy #ecoamgueddfa

[ASAB @asab_org]

The @ASABvirtual2020 is FREE and open to ASAB members AND NON-MEMBERS! More information about registration and abstract submission to follow. BRING ON THE ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH FUN!! 🐶🐱🐭🐹🐰��🐼🐻‍❄️🐨🐯🦁🐮🐷🐸🐵🦍🐔🐺🦊🦝🐗🐴🐝🐌🪲🐜🕷️🪰🐢🦎🐙🦀🐠🐟🐬🦈🦭🐦🦜🐀🐿️

[Evo Eco Cognition @birdcognition]

New paper from our lab. Check it out!

[Michael Reichert @FrogListener]

Latest paper out in #RSOS! Multiple factors affect discrimination learning performance, but not between-individual variation, in wild mixed-species flocks of birds https://t.co/epgxvna3NL w/@birdcognition @GabsDavidson @samcrofts4 @JoshAFirth John Quinn & Ipek Kulahci @uccBEES

[Evo Eco Cognition @birdcognition]

Beginning of March for new nests! Everyone get out checking! #TheGreatEggRace

[St Andrews Nestboxes @StA_Nestboxes]

Checked our nests this morning and we have 3 that have already started! Earliest yet. #TheGreatEggRace @WythamTits @MadingleyBirds @birdcognition @BlueTitEcology @Phenoweb_Scot @scedwards19 @GlasgowUrbanEco @piedflynet #ornithology #bluetit

[Evo Eco Cognition @birdcognition]

We are really grateful to Sam @SamBayley2 for his last two years helping on our project. We wouldn't have the nest data from the ~350 nest boxes in the 12 field sites in West Cork without his help. We'll use this breeding information in our future work. We wish Sam all the best.

[Sam Bayley @SamBayley2]

A wonderful send off from my @uccBEES colleagues for my last day on the @birdcognition project and a great couple of leaving gifts @JayCee_161 @AlanMc_23 @SammyBall9 @Ash_w_b @Sara_AMarti @CamilleTroisi @ShaneE_Somers @jamspangle @GaryFKett

[Sam Bayley @SamBayley2]

Owenahincha this morning - 85 birds of 15 species including a Teal, Kingfisher, 2 Redwing (Icelandic and Scandinavian), Blackcap, Stonechat and 11 Chiffchaff (inc 1 Siberian) @tulkkina @JayCee_161 @AlanMc_23 @_BTO @BirdWatchIE

[Sam Bayley @SamBayley2]

Busy session at Ballinphelic this morning. 90 birds of 14 species inc a Reed Bunting and 5 Bullfinch. Also saw a Woodcock, a Long-eared Owl and a probable Goshawk! @IrishRaptorSG @ShaneE_Somers @_BTO @BirdWatchIE

[Sam Bayley @SamBayley2]

Wow! Check out where will be underwater with the sea level rise in 30 years time.... My current @uccBEES office will be part of the River Lee! @BioDataCentre @SxBRC @UCC @BirdWatchIE @_BTO https://t.co/sColNK9IuW

[Sam Bayley @SamBayley2]

Doing some audio analysis from some of the @birdcognition nest boxes and realised that Chaffinch contact call looks like an artist version of trees in a snow storm

[Irish Woodcock Project @IrishWoodcock]

WOOOOHOOOO!! The Irish woodcock project is a-go for the winter! We set nets for snipe in a field at my home in West Cork. Didn't get snipe, but it was so special to catch the first #woodcock of the season, ringed by @JayCee_161 🎉

[Sam Bayley @SamBayley2]

Decent first winter ringing session at Ballinphelic for the year with 60 birds of 12 species inc a late moulting adult Bullfinch. Then an attempt at Snipe which ended with the first Woodcock of the season @tulkkina @JayCee_161 @Jamesoneillii @AlanMc_23 @BirdWatchIE @_BTO

[Sam Bayley @SamBayley2]

62 birds of 15 species this morning at Owenahincha. Highlights being a Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, the first Redwing, 15 Goldcrest, 17 Long-tailed Tit and 4 Redpoll @BirdWatchIE @_BTO