Request for information:
When I embark on a new article, I find it helpful to ask for input from
bird enthusiasts (professional and amateur) online. I am currently
conducting a literature research on two topics: nocturnal singing
(excluding owls and other nocturnal species) and sentinel behaviour in
birds. If anyone has any firsthand experience, examples, ideas, references,
or comments on either of these topics, I would love learn more.
For starters, I have follow information on sentinel behavior in Scrub Jays
(North America), Jungle Babblers (India), Crows (North America), Arabian
Babblers (Israel), and a mention of such behaviour in Australian Parrots
(need references). It would seem that a prerequisite for the expression of
sentinel behaviour is a highly evolved social hierarchy.
I have had less success on locating examples of nocturnal singing ... I have
found one study on grassland birds (North America). There are, of course,
well known examples such as Willie Wagtails (Australia). Nightingale-thrush
and -wrens, Ovenbirds, and Mockingbirds. Any additional information would
be welcome.
Cheers, Jim
Interpretive Birding Bulletin, Editor
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