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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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According to the HBW, when breeding, male birds do most of the incubation and parenting while females often leave the nest up to one week before the eggs hatch. According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

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This means its parents did not abandon the incomplete nest, as they do when a potential predator is nearby: “Grey Fantails desert incomplete nests in response to the attention of predators [which we tested] by placing a mounted Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), a common nest predator, near fantail nests that were under construction.”

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. Because, Ms. On the WCS web page, Ms.

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