Had a great time in Lincoln, UK at the 2015 Nest Construction & Function Conference! Here, I presented my research on material selection in zebra finches, which provides the first concrete evidence that these birds both learn about, and base their material choice on, the structural properties of nesting materials. That birds pay attention to the properties of nesting materials was further supported by research by Nat Warning and Lauryn Benedict on Rock Wrens--very neat!
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