Interesting article about cooperative breeding birds

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Interesting article about cooperative breeding birds

Post by nelloyello11 » Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:08 am

My husband shared this with me and I thought some of my forum friends might find it interesting too 8)

http://io9.com/birds-offer-insight-into ... 1486017170
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Re: Interesting article about cooperative breeding birds

Post by debbie276 » Sat Dec 21, 2013 6:07 am

Very interesting read, thanks for sharing.

In my aviary when a chick fledges very often I will see a older sibling or other adult even a different species feed the chick. :)
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https://mickaboo.org/confluence/downloa ... ummary.pdf
http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56

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Re: Interesting article about cooperative breeding birds

Post by Sam007 » Sun Dec 22, 2013 11:22 pm

Very interesting article.
I love Gouldian Finches.

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