NestCams

Education

School classes are warmly welcome to join NestCams! The pupils can learn more about greylag geese and northern bald ibises in general, as well as improve their knowledge on animal behavioural research. Additionally, they can make a valuable contribution to research - from anywhere in the world. In the past few years, we have been successfully working with school classes and are excited about their contributions! School classes are reliable observers of animal behaviour and children are generally fascinated/excited by the work with real scientific data.

In the future, we will prepare/provide teaching materials and share it together with our publications:

• Science for kids, edited by kids – a publication from another greylag goose study from us: https://kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.2019.00068
• Frigerio, D., Puehringer-Sturmayr, V., Neuböck-Hubinger, B., Gegendorfer, G., Kotrschal, K., Hirschenhauser, K. (2019) Monitoring public awareness about the endangered northern bald ibis: a case study involving primary school children as citizen scientists. PeerJ, 7, e7569
• Hirschenhauser, K., Frigerio, D., Leighinger, V., Schenkenfelder, I., Neuböck-Hubinger, B. (2019) Primary pupils, science and a model bird species: evidence for the efficacy of extracurricular science education. PLoS ONE, 14 (7), e0220635
• Puehringer-Sturmayr, V., Gegendorfer, G., Rittenschober, J., Szipl, G., Frigerio, D. (2018) Involving pupils/citizens in long-term behavioural biology research: Lessons learnt and future perspectives. In: Heigl, F., Dörler, D., Ernst, M. (editors). Proceedings of the Austrian Citizen Science Conference, 2018 February 1-3, Salzburg, Austria. Frontiers, p. 34-38
• for children up to 10 years, many pictures and very vividly represented: Kalas, S. (1986) The goose family book, Neugebauer Press, U.S. unfortunately only available in used condition

We are happy about every participation and also about experience reports, improvement suggestions etc.! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!

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Bibliography

Here is a list of publications and books that we think may be of interest to you.

Scientific publications from the Konrad Lorenz Research Centre can be found on the homepage: https://klf.univie.ac.at/publications/

• Galván I, Palacios D, Negro JJ (2017) The bare head of the Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) fulfils a thermoregulatory function. Frontiers in Zoology, 14(15), 1-9
• Beck K, Frigerio D, Loretto M-C (2016) Der Kolkrabe – Schwarzfedriges Genie oder doch nur ein Unglücksbote?. ÖKO L, 38(1), 3-11. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/OEKO_2016_01_0003-0011.pdf)
• Kiliç A (2015) Reproduction Success in the Birecik Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita). Journal of Applied Biological Sciences, 9(1), 6-10
• Frigerio D, Hemetsberger J, Kotrschal K (2014) Selbst nach 40 Jahren Forschung: Neues von den Grünauer Graugänsen. ÖKO L, 36(1), 3-13. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/OEKO_2014_1_0003-0013.pdf
• Portugal SJ, Hubel TY, Fritz J, Heese S, Trobe D, Voelkl B, Hailes S, Wilson AM, Usherwood JR (2014) Upwash exploitation and downwash avoidance by flap phasing in ibis formation flight. Nature, 505(7483), 399-402
• Frigerio D, Gegendorfer G (2013) Exotisch oder heimisch? – Der Waldrapp aus dem Almtal. ÖKO L, 35(3), 3-13. https://www.zobodat.at/publikation_volumes.php?id=37548
• Scheiber, I., Weiß, B., Hemetsberger, J., Kotrschal, K. (2013) The Social Life of Greylag Geese: Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
• Clark JA, Haseley A, Van Genderen G, Hofling M, Clum NJ (2012) Increasing Breeding Behaviors in a Captive Colony of Northern Bald Ibis Through Conspecific Acoustic Enrichment. Zoo Biology, 31, 71-81
• Böhm, C., Pegoraro, K. (2011) Der Waldrapp – Geronticus eremita. Ein Glatzkopf in Turbulenzen. Hohenwarsleben, Deutschland: Westarp Wissenschaften-Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
• Smith KW, Aghnaj A, Bekkay ME Oubrou W, Ribi M, Armesto MJ, Bowden CGR (2008) The provision of supplementary fresh water improves the breeding success of the globally threatened Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita. Ibis, 150, 728-734
• Lorenz, K. (1988) Hier bin ich—wo bist du?. Ethologie der Graugans. München, Deutschland: Piper Verlag