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The long and winding road

10,000 Birds

This tiny passerine winters in Africa, places like Tanzania, Nigeria, Somalia. Nests are usually made in a sheltered cleft in rocks. Anywhere from 3-8 very pale blue eggs are laid, incubated by both parents. Five nestlings crowd this nest, well back in a cleft in the rocks, sheltered and hidden. Both sexes feed the young.

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