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Ibises at the park but not only... #3
Today, we were graced by the presence of one of the most spectacular birds in Florida: the Roseate Spoonbill!
An automated puzzle box to test innovation rates in urban birds
1. ObjectivesUrban animals often appear more innovative: they open rubbish bins and milk bottles, use cigarette butts to protect their nestlings against ecto-parasites. But are they really better a...
Other examples of avian innovations in the city
Living in the city can be tricky: for us and for the birds, urban spaces offer accessible resources concentrated in space, but also change fast and ask us to constantly adapt. They basically throw ...
Happy New Year! Directly from the field: watch this ibis learn how to get a reward!
After about a week of training, during which we taught the birds to associate the box with food, we finally started actually challenging them! Their task: press a yellow button for a snack. This mo...
Ibises at the parks ... but not only part#2
Today, someone was looking hard for a snack! Not interested in my box at all, which is fascinating: why ibises but not herons? That is one of the objectives of my PhD! Finding out what makes ibises...
Ibises at the parks, but not only...
The parks are filled with fantastic birds, today for instance, we encounter a couple of Sandhill Cranes ! Thankfully they did not attempt to solve the box (they would have smashed it...)
Daily Captain's Log
Tue Dec 30 2025So farWe have trained the birds to associate the box with food. We achieved it by programming the box to reward them with every peck on the box! They are quite smart, and they figure...
Watch our ibises interact with the box!
When I started this project, I expected that my tagged ibises would be first to approach the box. That is due to sampling biais: the ibises I caught are most likely the boldest of them all seen the...
Meet our ibises
While my puzzle box is brand new, I am not unfamiliar with the ibises. I have been working with them for the past four years, and captures 123 of them already!! Why you ask? To get to know them! So...