Fieldwork 2017
Another successful field season completed this year, where Sue, Andy, and Georgina were joined by four undergraduate students from the University of St Andrews (two of which were gathering data for their Honours…
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Well done, Nora!
A big congratulations to Nora who will be joining a lab run by Rita Covas, Claire Doutrelant, & Fanny Ryback. She’ll be studying cooperative behaviour in sociable weavers in South Africa starting in the end of…
Sneak peek footage
During our field season earlier this year, Sue and our collaborator Andy Hurly (and the hummingbirds) were involved in the filming of a documentary. The series ‘The Nature of Things‘ features a look at hummingbirds,…
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).…
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
Welcome back!
Two of our PhD students, Maria and Georgina, have just returned from Canada, having completed 7 weeks of fieldwork in the Rockies. They had two undergraduates, Amy and Ellen, helping them work with wild male rufous…