Common Guillemots Uria aalge successfully feed two chicks
A pair of Common Guillemots Uria aalge with a small chick adopted a second and successfully reared both to normal fledging age. A single day's feeding watch suggested that the pair doubled the normal feeding rate and the adults spent little time together at the nest-site, though the chick was n...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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2000
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5124/ http://www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/?page=journalcontents&vol=2&no=2 |
Summary: | A pair of Common Guillemots Uria aalge with a small chick adopted a second and successfully reared both to normal fledging age. A single day's feeding watch suggested that the pair doubled the normal feeding rate and the adults spent little time together at the nest-site, though the chick was never left unattended. |
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