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- Title
Incubation of a foreign object by a Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) in Florida.
- Authors
Greene, Daniel U.; McCleery, Robert A.
- Abstract
Ground-nesting birds typically maintain a nest free of foreign materials but occasionally are known to incubate a foreign object, often in the presence of other eggs. In May 2012, we discovered a Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) incubating a turkey oak (Quercus cerris) acorn along with 2 eggs within a mesic flatwoods forest in Clay County, Florida, USA. Herein, we report this observation and include 3 possible hypotheses for this behavior.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; FOREIGN bodies; FREE material; EGG incubation; OAK; ACORNS
- Publication
Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2020, Vol 132, Issue 2, p436
- ISSN
1559-4491
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1676/1559-4491-132.2.436