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Young males perform the “ oblique with long call ” held out from the body .
display , causing other males to avoid them and females to Several species of
gull nest on narrow cliff ledges where land near them . Females approach males
with the ...
Young males perform the “ oblique with long call ” held out from the body .
display , causing other males to avoid them and females to Several species of
gull nest on narrow cliff ledges where land near them . Females approach males
with the ...
Page 74
Visiting when great reed warbler ( Acrocephalus arundinaceus ) , and the the
hosts are away from the nest the cuckoo is able to place cuckoo eggs are
strongly blotched with gray and black , her egg in the nest after the host has
started the ...
Visiting when great reed warbler ( Acrocephalus arundinaceus ) , and the the
hosts are away from the nest the cuckoo is able to place cuckoo eggs are
strongly blotched with gray and black , her egg in the nest after the host has
started the ...
Page 92
Difficulties Because of the concealing nature of the nest cavity , the Toucans nest
in natural cavities or in old woodpecker in the behaviour of hole - nesting birds is
more difficult to study nests . Smaller species may usurp a nest freshly ...
Difficulties Because of the concealing nature of the nest cavity , the Toucans nest
in natural cavities or in old woodpecker in the behaviour of hole - nesting birds is
more difficult to study nests . Smaller species may usurp a nest freshly ...
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