Thoroughly enjoyed giving a talk (and hearing others!) at the 4th Annual Institute for Behavioural and Neural Sciences (IBANS). A great venue for early career researchers across multiple disciplines to get together and discuss their work.

Just back from a brilliant 5 days at the Archbold Biological Station in Florida. Here, I was reunited with Corina Logan to scout for Boat-tailed grackles, but also made some new friends, the most memorable of which was this handsome (avian) chap below whom belongs to the endemic Florida scrub jay population.

Thrilled to have received the Ron Weisman Outstanding Student Presentation award at the 24th International Conference on Comparative Cognition in Melbourne Beach, Florida, where Sue Healy, Lauren Guillette and myself attended and all presented talks. My talk was titled Effects of Early-life Experience and Social Environment on Material Choice in Nest-building birds.

New paper out by lead author Patrick Neilands - grateful to have contributed!