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In the mere-presence condition (MP), the two birds were separated by a transparent wall and only the naïve bird had access to sunflower seeds.
The birds were separated for the tests so that they could be tested individually.
Once the pellets were reliably being eaten (minimum 3 days), the birds were separated to their individual cages for 2 more days.
The birds were separated from their conspecifics prior to the experiment by LC whereas only the respective experimenter was present during the experiments.
Although 52.8% of all interventions were successful (i.e., the birds engaging in affiliative interactions were separated), 22.6% of the interventions had an indecisive result (i.e., all three birds either stayed or left), and 24.5% resulted in joint aggression of the affiliating birds against the intervener, which then had to retreat.
Third parties separating interventions could be regularly observed during affiliation bouts, that is, two birds that were sitting in contact and/or engaged in allopreening were separated by a third bird that was previously not involved in the interaction.
Birds in the same training cage were separated by a wire-mesh partition each day, just before training started, to prevent them from scrounging from solving cage companions and to ensure that each bird learned the task.
In the same shelter were 194 cats; most had access to an outdoor enclosure near the poultry area and were separated from the birds by a wire-mesh fence.
In our trials, mosquitoes that entered the trap were separated from the bird by a mesh screen.
The 12 crows were separated into three treatment groups with 4 birds in each group.
