Want noisy miners to be less despotic? Think twice before filling your garden with nectar-rich flowers

[PhysOrg]

Noisy miners are complicated creatures. These Australian native honeyeaters live in large cooperative groups, use alarm calls to target specific predators, and sometimes help raise the young of other miners. But they're perhaps best known for their aggressive and coordinated attacks on other birds—a behavior known as "mobbing."

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