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Dr Mehrnaz Tavasoli dedicated her PhD study to broadening the understanding of how individuality in behavioural traits contributes to reproductive success and survival in common blackbirds.

Several years ago, I was awakened nearly every day of late spring by a recurring – and very loud – bird sound. I say “sound,” rather than “song” because this particular noise was not so melodious as the cheery whistling of the robin or the musical...