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Programme and Abstracts Edited by Zoltán Barta FIN TURKU 2017 Eth O 11 Conference of the EuropeanU Ornithologists’ Union 18 – 22 August 2017 Turku Finland SPONSORS: Copyright c 2017 European Ornithologists’ Union PUBLISHED BY THE SCIENCTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE AND THE LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License (the “License”). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at . Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. The design of this booklet is based on the Legrand Orange Book LATEX Template by Mathias Legrand (HTTP://WWW.LATEXTEMPLATES.COM) Photograph credits: Toni Laaksonen (birds) and Turku Touring (people) Conference logo is designed by Aleksi Lehikoinen APART FROM CORRECTING FOR OBVIOUS TYPOS, THE ABSTRACTS ARE PUBLISHED AS THEY WERE SUB- MITTED BY THEIR AUTHORS. A Web based version of this booklet can be found at First printing, August 2017 Contents I General information 1 Welcome from the President . 6 2 Organisers . 7 2.1 Local Organising Committee 7 2.2 Scientific Programme Committee 7 3 Related events . 8 II Programme 4 Friday, 18/08/2017 . 10 5 Saturday, 19/08/2017 . 11 5.1 Plenary: Erkki Korpimäki 11 5.2 Saturday, 19/08/17: Parallel symposia I 11 5.3 Plenary: Jane Reid 14 5.4 Saturday, 19/08/17: Parallel oral sessions I 14 5.5 Saturday, 19/08/17: Parallel poster pitching I 17 6 Sunday, 20/08/2017 . 20 6.1 Plenary: Patricia Monaghan 20 6.2 Sunday, 20/08/17: Parallel symposia II 20 6.3 Plenary: Henri Weimerskirch 23 6.4 Sunday, 20/08/17: Parallel oral sessions II 23 6.5 Sunday, 20/08/17: Parallel poster pitching II 25 7 Monday, 21/08/2017 . 29 8 Tuesday, 22/08/2017 . 30 8.1 Plenary: Peeter Hõrak 30 8.2 Tuesday, 22/08/17: Parallel oral sessions III 30 8.3 Plenary: Péter L. Pap 33 8.4 Tuesday, 22/08/17: Parallel oral sessions IV 33 III Abstracts 9 Plenaries . 38 10 Symposia . 41 11 Oral sessions . 70 12 Posters . 131 INDEX Author Index . 194 I General information 1 Welcome from the President . 6 2 Organisers . 7 2.1 Local Organising Committee 2.2 Scientific Programme Committee 3 Related events . 8 1. Welcome from the President It is a true pleasure to welcome delegates from across Europe and far beyond, to the 11th Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union to be held in Turku, Finland. From Badajoz in Spain, where we last convened in 2015, we are crossing much of the continent from South West to North East, visiting a community that is again vibrant and passionate about Ornithology: birds know no boundaries, and in their study, nor do we! Looking through this abstract book I am fascinated to see the EOU take yet another growth step, evidenced by ever higher levels of ornithological research while staying young at heart. This is thanks to all those who instill their enthusiasm, so that we are becoming a community where young ornithologists come to meet their peers and seasoned ornithologists come to connect with them, sharing their own insights and getting inspired by new ideas. According to records, the EOU will celebrate its 20th birthday in Turku – also marking 20 years of open borders in Europe for many of us. I hope that we can celebrate together, thankful for what we have achieved in these 20 years, while being mindful how precious these freedoms are. In this spirit, I wish you all exciting scientific experiences combined with an appreciation of socialising with others, from far and near. Once again, the young ornithologists have organised special activities for networking with each other and for welcoming first-timers to mingle effortlessly. Our programme is again joined by a satellite symposium of the Migrant Landbird Study Group, which this time will last for two days. I cannot predict the many additional opportunities that will open up in Turku, but I’m confident that they will abound. This conference is only possible because some people have given up much of their private time over the last two years to open Turku’s doors to the EOU, from extending the invitation several years ago to compiling a programme packed with exciting events. In the first instance, it is Toni Laaksonen whom we all owe an enormous thank-you for his invitation, for his admirable organizational skills, and for his hard work to get everything prepared. Toni has been supported by Jon Brommer, and by a team of others who helped by dividing up many of the countless tasks amongst each themselves. Zoltán Barta has served as our Scientific Programme Chair in the most modest and thoughtful ways, handling hundreds of submissions, thousands of emails, and facing tough decisions. Zoltán, too, received support from members on the Scientific Programme Committee. Thank you very much for all your efforts. On behalf of Council and Officers of the EOU, I wish you all an inspiring, invigorating and joyful meeting. Enjoy Finland! Barbara Helm Glasgow (Scotland), August 2017 President of the EOU 2. Organisers 2.1 Local Organising Committee Toni Laaksonen, University of Turku (Chair) • Jon E. Brommer, University of Turku • Suvi Ruuskanen, University of Turku • Aleksi Lehikoinen, University of Helsinki • Local Volunteer Team (University of Turku): Fabio Balotari-Chiebao, Barbara Class, Camilla Ekblad, • Bin-Yan Hsu, Pauliina Järvinen, Pauliina Järvistö, Elina Koivisto, Tuuli-Marjaana Koski, Tiia Kärkkäinen, Esa Lehikoinen, Giulia Masoero, Chiara Morosinotto, Sandra Ruiz, Pälvi Salo, Tom Sarraude, Martin Seltmann Aboa Congress and Event Services • BirdLife Finland • 2.2 Scientific Programme Committee Zoltán Barta, University of Debrecen (Chair) • Tamer Albayrak, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi • Elena Arriero Higueras, Universidad Complutense de Madrid • Daniela Campobello, University of Palermo • Jan O. Engler, University of Göttingen • Arne Hegeman, Lund University • Barbara Helm, University of Glasgow • Susi Jenni, Swiss Ornithological Institute • Toni Laaksonen, University of Turku • Jan-Åke Nilsson, Lund University • Arie J van Noordwijk, Netherlands Institute of Ecology • Jim Reynolds, University of Birmingham • Madeleine Scriba, University of Lausanne • Judy Shamoun-Baranes, Universiteit van Amsterdam • Matthias Weissensteiner, Uppsala University • 3. Related events MIGRANT LANDBIRD STUDY GROUP SYMPOSIUM August 17th-18th, EOU2017 Turku, Finland • • BIRD EVENING FOR THE LOCAL PUBLIC 21/08/2017, 18:00 – 20:00, Hall IX • EXHIBITORS II Programme 4 Friday, 18/08/2017 . 10 5 Saturday, 19/08/2017 . 11 5.1 Plenary: Erkki Korpimäki 5.2 Saturday, 19/08/17: Parallel symposia I 5.3 Plenary: Jane Reid 5.4 Saturday, 19/08/17: Parallel oral sessions I 5.5 Saturday, 19/08/17: Parallel poster pitching I 6 Sunday, 20/08/2017 . 20 6.1 Plenary: Patricia Monaghan 6.2 Sunday, 20/08/17: Parallel symposia II 6.3 Plenary: Henri Weimerskirch 6.4 Sunday, 20/08/17: Parallel oral sessions II 6.5 Sunday, 20/08/17: Parallel poster pitching II 7 Monday, 21/08/2017 . 29 8 Tuesday, 22/08/2017 . 30 8.1 Plenary: Peeter Hõrak 8.2 Tuesday, 22/08/17: Parallel oral sessions III 8.3 Plenary: Péter L. Pap 8.4 Tuesday, 22/08/17: Parallel oral sessions IV 4. Friday, 18/08/2017 Registration open 15:00 Natura Welcome reception 17:30 Agora Opening of the Congress 18:30 Hall IX-X History of Finnish Ornithology 18:45 - Hall IX-X Toni Laaksonen 19:30 18:45 History of Finnish Ornithology Timo Vuorisalo, Esa Lehikoinen, Risto Lemmetyinen FH, p. 130 5. Saturday, 19/08/2017 Registration 8:00 Natura Practical information 8:50 Hall IX-X 5.1 Plenary: Erkki Korpimäki 9:00 Hall IX-X Alexandre Roulin 9:00 Living in a variable environment: owls, kestrels and the high-amplitude northern vole cycle Erkki Korpimäki Plenary.1, p. 38 Coffee 10:00 Natura and Main building 5.2 Saturday, 19/08/17: Parallel symposia I Symposium 1: Orientation and navigation of birds: recent advances 10:30 Hall IX Nikita Chernetsov & Dmitry Kishkinev 10:30 Introduction Nikita Chernetsov, Dmitry Kishkinev Sym1.0, p. 41 10:35 Recent advances in the study of positioning cues used by migrating birds Dmitry Kishkinev, Nikita Chernetsov Sym1.1, p. 41 11:00 The neural basis of avian navigation Dominik Heyers Sym1.2, p. 42 Saturday, 19/08/2017 12 11:15 Studying orientation in free-flying migrants Kasper Thorup, Victor Bulyuk, Mikkel Willemoes, Marta Lomas Vega, Katherine Snell Sym1.3, p. 42 11:30 The ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve provides magnetic map information in a migratory songbird Alexander Pakhomov, Anna Anashina, Dominik Heyers, Nikita Chernetsov, Henrik Mouritsen Sym1.4, p. 43 11:45 How do juvenile soaring raptors find their way on their first autumn migration? Insights from life-long tracking studies in the Old and New World Wouter M.G. Vansteelant, Keith Bildstein, Bernd Meyburg, Patrik Byholm Sym1.5, p. 43 Symposium 2: Hot N cold: Ecophysiological adaptations of migrants and residents 10:30 Hall I Andreas Nord, Arne Hegemann & Cas Eikenaar 10:30 Introduction Andreas Nord, Arne Hegemann, Cas Eikenaar Sym2.0, p. 44 10:35 Seasonal programmes along the migrant-resident spectrum Barbara Helm Sym2.1, p. 44 11:00 Food, fat, and decision-making at stopover sites Leonida Fusani Sym2.2, p. 45 11:15 Fuel for the pace of life: baseline blood glucose concentration co-evolves with life-history traits LukášBobek, Oldˇrich Tomášek, Tereza Králová, Marie Kotasová Adámková, TomášAlbrecht Sym2.3, p.
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    ETHIOPIA: Birding the Roof of Africa; with Southern Extension A Tropical Birding Set Departure February 7 – March 1, 2010 Guide: Ken Behrens All photos taken by Ken Behrens during this trip ORIENTATION I have chosen to use a different format for this trip report. First, comes a general introduction to Ethiopia. The text of this section is largely drawn from the recently published Birding Ethiopia, authored by Keith Barnes, Christian, Boix and I. For more information on the book, check out http://www.lynxeds.com/product/birding-ethiopia. After the country introduction comes a summary of the highlights of this tour. Next comes a day-by-day itinerary. Finally, there is an annotated bird list and a mammal list. ETHIOPIA INTRODUCTION Many people imagine Ethiopia as a flat, famine- ridden desert, but this is far from the case. Ethiopia is remarkably diverse, and unexpectedly lush. This is the ʻroof of Africaʼ, holding the continentʼs largest and most contiguous mountain ranges, and some of its tallest peaks. Cleaving the mountains is the Great Rift Valley, which is dotted with beautiful lakes. Towards the borders of the country lie stretches of dry scrub that are more like the desert most people imagine. But even in this arid savanna, diversity is high, and the desert explodes into verdure during the rainy season. The diversity of Ethiopiaʼs landscapes supports a parallel diversity of birds and other wildlife, and although birds are the focus of our tour, there is much more to the country. Ethiopia is the only country in Africa that was never systematically colonized, and Rueppell’s Robin-Chat, a bird of the Ethiopian mountains.
  • Winter Bird Highlights 2015, Is Brought to You by U.S

    Winter Bird Highlights 2015, Is Brought to You by U.S

    Winter Bird Highlights FROM PROJECT FEEDERWATCH 2014–15 FOCUS ON CITIZEN SCIENCE • VOLUME 11 Focus on Citizen Science is a publication highlight- FeederWatch welcomes new ing the contributions of citizen scientists. This is- sue, Winter Bird Highlights 2015, is brought to you by U.S. project assistant Project FeederWatch, a research and education proj- ect of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Bird Studies Canada. Project FeederWatch is made possible by the e are pleased to have a new efforts and support of thousands of citizen scientists. Wteam member on board! Meet Chelsea Benson, a new as- Project FeederWatch Staff sistant for Project FeederWatch. Chelsea will also be assisting with Cornell Lab of Ornithology NestWatch, another Cornell Lab Janis Dickinson citizen-science project. She will Director of Citizen Science be responding to your emails and Emma Greig phone calls and helping to keep Project Leader and Editor the website and social media pages Anne Marie Johnson Project Assistant up-to-date. Chelsea comes to us with a back- Chelsea Benson Project Assistant ground in environmental educa- Wesley Hochachka tion and conservation. She has worked with schools, community Senior Research Associate organizations, and local governments in her previous positions. Diane Tessaglia-Hymes She incorporated citizen science into her programming and into Design Director regional events like Day in the Life of the Hudson River. Chelsea holds a dual B.A. in psychology and English from Bird Studies Canada Allegheny College and an M.A. in Social Science, Environment Kerrie Wilcox and Community, from Humboldt State University. Project Leader We are excited that Chelsea has brought her energy and en- Rosie Kirton thusiasm to the Cornell Lab, where she will no doubt mobilize Project Support even more people to monitor bird feeders (and bird nests) for Kristine Dobney Project Assistant science.