Breeders Eggs Information 
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
This laughingthrush is a cooperative breeder – nestlings are fed by all members of a group, often 6-12 (not just 2 as in Wham!): “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” ” ( source ). ” Even more strangely, the U.S.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
The nickel was placed in the nest for the photo to show me the size of the egg for identification purposes, then removed. The Mourning Dove is a prolific breeder. She found the nest under the windshield wiper of her vehicle that was parked in her garage.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
As you can easily judge from the dullness of this information, it is not something I made up but rather an appalling example of nepotism in the naming of birds. In providing this information, they quote extensively from an ornithology book that was published 3 years before I was born (and I am not a young man).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
In the former, a female lays her fertilized egg in the nest of another species, in the hopes that her offspring will be raised by the unwitting hosts. ii) cooperative breeders may be more obvious targets as a result of the increased activity of helpers near the nest.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2024
There is not really much scientific information about the Laced Woodpecker , and the scientific species name vittatus (“banded, ribboned”) does not give me much to talk about either. No other information.” The species is a cooperative breeder – birds other than the parents help feed the chicks.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2024
The Borneo-endemic Chestnut-crested Yuhina is a cooperative breeder – the vast majority of breeding pairs (97%) in a study conducted here at Mount Kinabalu had helpers. This includes the Sunda Cuckooshrike – the only bit of information I can provide is that the Latin species name larvata means masked.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2023
If the male’s color fades after the first egg, the female reacts by laying a smaller second egg – seemingly deciding that it is better to cut her losses as the male apparently is the avian equivalent of a deadbeat father. Yes, you can get that information! Probably without having a single thought while doing it!
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