Sexy males make bird mothers better (1 Viewer)

Read all about it:

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996290

thanks for that EB.

Thanks Elizabeth, very interesting article.
bert.

"High UV colouration makes the birds more obvious to predators such as sparrow hawks and is therefore an ‘honest indicator’ of viability – if a feature makes a bird more likely to be predated, the fact that the animal has survived shows he is stronger, healthier and more resourceful,” explains Gage

Wow, Blue tit females realy think through choosing a mate???

Is it really logical that being more obvious to predaters is an advantage??

Perhaps they just didn't like the smell of the sunscreen?


Gary