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| Nest building appears to be |
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| There appears to be some evidence that weaver birds in Africa, |
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| that experienced adults can build a better and faster nest in more ideal location |
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| Nest building , incubation, brooding and feeding and caring of young differ markedly among |
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| ________ care is the most common pattern in 237 avian subfamilies |
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1. To protect the selves, their eggs , developing young from predators and adverse weather conditions.
2. Maintain warmth that promotes incubation of eggs and rapidly developing young (altricial birds.)
3. Creates a platform so that the eggs and young maybe be situated in trees, soggy ground, floating on water, off substrate.
4. Construction/possession of a nest satisfies some of the most basic desires a bird has-nest building, stimulation of hormones that regulate copulation, egg laying, breeding, and care of young(all in a most complex package). |
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| Choices range from on leaves, on sandy substrate using only a scrape, slightly elevating mud nests of flamingos, our local Killdeer, some gulls. |
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