choosy females

Who gets who?

Males and females form pairs in order to reproduce. What determines the choice of partner – love, chance? Or is it an active choice?

Choosy females

For many bird species, it often is an active choice – the females choose a mate from among the available males.

The right stuff

So the question is: What does a really good male look like? By which criteria are they judged? In the display cases are three examples from the common birds of your garden.