Wow, after 8 birds arrived on the 12th of April, 57 more arrived on the 13th! I've not seen an 'arrival-explosion' like it. The birds seem excited about it too, wasting no time between arrival, courtship and the start of 'nest building'.

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Egg Characteristics of Female Common Terns Are Repeatable, and Vary With Maternal Age and Laying Order | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

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There’s such beauty in variety – and the eggs laid by our terns show it too. In our newest paper we try to find patterns in this variety and test how female identity and age, as well as laying order, affect the colour, spottiness, shape, and size of eggs: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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And last but not least, Leonardo Crocenzi presenting how #herbicide exposure can affect antipredator behaviour in toads 🐸 @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social

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And now Christophe Dubois presenting his study demonstrated the effect of #PFAS exposure on blood-brain interface and cerebral activity 🧠 @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social

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