Birding/robins nests

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Expert: - 5/25/2007


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Do mother robins have to stay on eggs after she haves them?

Answer
All bird eggs need brooding, with only one exception: The Megapodius birds of Australia and insular Asia. These build large earth nests where they bury the eggs with such precision as to place them at a depth that will generate the precise heat to hatch them, much like crocodiles do.

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Miguel Rodriguez

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Long time enthusiast of birding, specifically of the birds of the island of HISPANIOLA (Dominican Republic and Haiti) in the CARIBBEAN. Also, some knowledge of CARIBBEAN FAUNA IN GENERAL. I also have a limited knowledge of birds of Eastern North America. I am NOT A VETERINARIAN NOR A BIRD BREEDER so can not give any information regarding bird diet, nesting habits, chick raising, etc.

Experience

Amateur ornithologist since 1992.

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Founding member of the Hispaniolan Ornithological Society.

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