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Centered on the birdhouse floor is a wide 3/4" tall cone,
pointed up, with a wide wooden disk balanced upon it.
Glued
to the disk is a store-bought bird nest. The parent birds
adopt
the nest, line it with feathers and the eggs are laid in it.
When the eggs hatch there is typically a chick
that is
bigger
than the others, gets more food, and bullies and crowds
the
other chick which reduces its chances of survival.
When
the parents bring food the chicks stretch their mouths
up.
The bigger, heavier chick will overbalance the nest,
causing
it to sag slightly under him, boosting the lighter chick
higher
to receive more food.
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This idea touches my heart, and makes me believe in
mankind again. Thank you for that. Love the idea. I hate
finding the little runt of the litter, so to speak, on the ground
dead. + |
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//a store-bought bird nest// |
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What kind of nation has stores that sell bird's nests? I
mean, OK, there's China, but that's a different thing. |
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// This idea touches my heart, and makes me believe in mankind again. // |
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Blergh <copious vomiting> |
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You can't buck natural selection. |
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// What kind of nation has stores that sell bird's nests? // |
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It's probably a euphemism for something unpleasant. Best not to enquire. |
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Can't take a little joke can you, 8th. Wow, what a sucker. |
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some birds break out of their eggs at different times in order that, if necessary, the older birds get to eat their younger siblings. just saying, 'tis nature's way. |
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I find that birds prefer to make their own nests and who can blame them. the idea of a tip-the-lady out of bed contraption is hilarious... |
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//some birds break out of their eggs at different
times in order that, if necessary, the older birds get
to eat their younger siblings. just saying, 'tis nature's
way. // I always wondered why Sturton was an only
twin. |
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Sturton Buchanan - the third and probably oddest of
the brothers. |
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any relation to the delightful Gordon? |
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Sturton is very unlikely to be related to anything or
anyone delightful. |
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This is just avian socialism. Where's the
incentive for birds to grow? Won't birds raised
under this mollycoddling regime be
disadvantaged when they eventually leave the
nest and have to fend for themselves? |
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But what about immigration - cuckoos, for example? |
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