We welcome our new intern Lennart Jungkunst from Stuttgart. Lennart will start studying biology next winter semester and is currently supporting us with the monitoring of the greylag geese and the cavity-nesting project.
Many thanks for the numerous visitors and for taking part! For her MSc thesis she will monitor the Common Sandpiper at the pebble shores along the Alm river and create a methodology on how to monitor the riverine birds with a thermal imaging drone. We welcome our new master's student Danyang Shi who is studying at Wageningen University and Research. For her MSc research practice Danyang is at the KLF to investigate the ontogeny of agonistic behavior and aggression in greylag geese goslings.
For his Master's thesis Amit is at the KLF to monitor the nest-box bird population and investigate the impact of traffic noise on the heart rate in Great tits.
We welcome our new volunteer Caitie Adams. Caitie is from Australia and will be at the KLF for a 5-month internship, participating in the monitoring of greylag goose behaviour. We welcome our new master's student Edoardo Bonte who is studying Environmental Sustainability at the University of Padua. For his Master's thesis Edoardo will monitor the nest-box bird population and investigate the impact of traffic noise on parental care in Great tits. KLF research team helps Darwin's finches fly home after seven months in captivity.
The finches were kept safe as part of the ambitious Floreana Island ecological restoration project on the Galapagos archipelago. In this interview, Sonia Kleindorfer gives an overview of the project, which provides hope for the future as many people work together to restore ecosystems. For her Master's thesis Francesca will monitor the nest-box bird population and the investigate the impact of traffic noise on begging behavior of Great tits.
