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down, bound together with spider webs, the outside covered in lichens. What an engineering marvel.One of my quests is to someday find a hummingbird nest.
One of our common birds here in Virginia, the Carolina Chickadee, builds its nest primarily of moss. When I open a “Bluebird box” and see all moss, I know to whom that belongs.
One of our unique nest builders is the Great-crested Flycatcher; its nest always has part of a snake skin in its lining.
Nest building normally goes on for two to 10 days, by which time the egg laying commences. The norm is for the bird to lay an egg a day and then when all the eggs have been laid, the incubation period begins. Most incubation for smaller birds is approximately 10-14 days and is done primarily by the female. The larger birds (geese, ducks, hawks) have an incubation period of some 25-30 days. Each bird species has differences in the feeding of their young, but usually both parents are involved.
These young birds are given a small window of opportunity to mature as most of these youngsters have to fly thousands of miles soon, some starting as early as late July/early August. I was fortunate to have seen a baby Arctic Tern when visiting above the Arctic Circle one July. I knew that it
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