Conference – Behaviour 2017
The Healy lab descended in full force on the Behaviour 2017 conference (perhaps partially because it was held in sunny Portugal, see image at end). Sue certainly had a full programme. Not only was there a book launch…
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Big Garden Birdwatch
On the last weekend of January Alexis, David, Eira, Lauren and Shoko from the Rutz Lab donned their citizen science caps and joined the hundreds of thousands of people up and down the country who took part in the Big…
Fieldwork in the Canadian rockies
Another successful fieldwork season in the Canadian rockies! David and Georgina were joined by former Healy lab member Dr Maria Tello-Ramos, as well as three undergraduates from the University of St Andrews (Vicki,…
Well done David!
David has won a research grant from the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour to study landmark use in wild hummingbirds. This is his first grant, so it’s a landmark achievement for him (pun entirely intended).…
Outreach – Research Illustration
David‘s work on hummingbirds has been included in the Research Illustration project, which aims to communicate science through the use of art. After contacting David, the team of artists and researchers put together a…
Congratulations Dr Pritchard!
A huge well done to David Pritchard, who passed his Viva yesterday and had a smile on his face for hours afterwards. Congratulations Dr Pritchard!
Paper published – Congratulations David!
Well done to David Pritchard on his recent publication in Animal Cognition, looking at the use of landmarks by male rufous hummingbirds to locate a food reward
Spatial navigation in hummingbirds
To test spatial memory, David Pritchard taught hummingbirds to feed from an artificial flower positioned between two landmarks. He then removed the flower and watched to see where each hummingbird searched for it,…