Ants are predators of invertebrates and also can cohabit with nesting birds. We previously showed Myrmica & Lasius ants searching for food and/or raising their own broods within Wood Warbler nests: https://t.co/SjlYdLeM0W https://t.co/ewjO6hbMK6 https
RT @Maziarz_Marta: Black #Woodpecker excavating an ant nest in #Białowieża #Forest. An example of negative interactions between birds & #an…
2/6 #BOU2022 #BREAK1 We collected 129 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix nests & extracted arthropods, inc. #ants & blood-sucking ectoparasites (blowfly Protocalliphora azurea). For methods of arthropod extraction see: https://t.co/2CdbZNlJVc htt
Birds of the park, and elsewhere: Interspecific attraction between ground-nesting songbirds and ants: the role of nest-site selection..... https://t.co/XPPjtVFTsf #birds #ants #nests https://t.co/7efhi1725U