This gallery contains photos from various events where birds were ringed. These events usually have public audience while members of our research team inform the public about the importance of ringing and some interesting trivia about bird life.
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In 2014, for the first time we conducted research in cooperation with our colleagues from the University of Vienna, Department of Cognitive Biology, under the leadership of prof. Thomas Bugnyar. Jája Beránková, Kateřian Bílá and Saša Průchová visited Vienna in August and September and conducted experiments with free-ranging crows in the area of Zoological garden Schönbrunn. They tested responses of the crows to alarm calls in the context of varying threat of predation (in the enclosures of wolves, bears, antelopes and peccaries).
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In 2015, we visited our fellow organization in the Alps – Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle – for the first time, and conducted experiments at the Cumberland Wildpark in Grünau im Almtal, Austria. Our research focused on antipredatory behaviour of the common raven (Corvus corax) and the research team comprised of Jája Beránková, David Nácar, Kateřina Bílá and Honza Havlíček.
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In cooperation with the Czech polar centre, we study breeding biology and ecology of the arctic tern (Sterna paradisea) in Svalbard. During several stays at the polar station, we observed progress and success of breeding, risk of predation and the ability of parents to respond to the predation threat (human disturbance) in urban and natural parts of the archipelago
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In 2015, we conducted shrike research in Doupovské hory with one capture session where most of our research group participated and which resulted in captures of very nice species, such as kingfisher or water rail.
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