|Two female fairy-wrens, a superb (left) and a lovely (right)|
I'm currently working on a large comparative project that involves traveling to 7 different field sites across Australia. We're working on determining the function of female song and female ornamentation and why there is such variation among species.
I've just finished phase I, which focused on the lovely fairy-wren, the gorgeous blue one above. The lovelies live in tropical Northern Australia, in and around mangrove forests.
I'm now embarking on phase II, focusing on red-backed and variegated fairy-wrens a little further south. These females are perhaps the dullest, but are still singing their little heads off.
Excited for the next adventure!