Q: Are colorfully feathered male birds the target for predators — that is, colorful in order to draw attention away from the less colorful female birds? I have read that the colorful male birds are ...

High up from the forest floor, birds flit from limb to limb and weave their homes from leafy foliage, seemingly safe from ...

Ecologists tend to think of mobbing behavior as primarily a way that smaller birds protect their nests and chicks from larger predators. Shown here, a Willie wagtail attacking an Australian raven. Ray ...