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How cowbirds take advantage of other birds
Cowbirds hatch a few days earlier and are often bigger ... cowbirds are a parasitic species, meaning they lay their eggs in other birds' nests! Their eggs hatch a day or two earlier than most birds, ... songbirds. Cowbirds can even disguise their eggs by mimicing the look and color of the host bird's eggs! They have found that ...
www.illinoisraptorcenter.org

PARC Education
Most amphibians lay gelatinous eggs under water, while others, like certain salamanders, lay their eggs on moist land. After the eggs hatch, the baby amphibians enter an aquatic ... . Studies have shown that chemicals like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) build up in turtle eggs, reduce eggshell thickness and cause reproductive failure. Other studies have shown reduced male ...
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Rideau Canal Waterway - The Pest Page
A female zebra mussel can produce up to one million eggs a year. They reproduce when the water temperature reaches 12oC (54oF). ... our area. The Gypsy moth goes through several stages. The eggs hatch during tree bud breaking (late May). The newly hatched caterpillars ... (sex attractant) which lures the male moth. Eggs are laid shortly after mating. The eggs are laid in clusters called "egg masses". ...
www.rideau-info.com

Peregrine Falcon - WDNR
If the eggs are lost early in the nesting season, she may lay another clutch. The female does most of the incubating. After 32 days, the eggs hatch ... causing her to lay eggs with thin shells. When adults incubated the eggs, the eggs broke under their weight. ... behavior was influenced by the pesticides; even if the eggs hatched, adults often would not care for the chicks ...
www.dnr.state.wi.us

EcoIQ Magazine Spring 2002 Features
In summer, plants and animals tap the abundant food to grow ...
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The Grass Snake (Natrix natrix)
Females lay eggs in June or July, normally in rotting vegetation (such as a compost heap) which acts as an incubator. The eggs hatch into miniature versions of the adults ... of fish or frogs from garden ponds or to use the compost heap to lay eggs in. A key part of the conservation strategy for this species is to educate and ...
www.herpconstrust.org.uk

The Canadian Peregrine Foundation -- USA & International home page
BBC) Two eggs from a pair of endangered birds of prey have hatched on a tower block in central London. The Peregrine Falcons laid three eggs ... on the eggs briefly Monday. The eggs are expected to hatch in early May. Ohio's falcon population continues to grow, Henry said. Maverick was born in 2000. Seventeen or 18 sets of eggs ...
www.peregrine-foundation.ca

Codling Moths
April or May. The females lay eggs on leaves and small fruit for about a month. When the eggs hatch, the young caterpillars feed on ... are minute wasps that lay their eggs in moth eggs, including the eggs of the codling moth. When the wasp eggs hatch, the juvenile wasp eats the ... three batches one week apart when the moths start to lay eggs(3) (approximately mid-April in the Northwest(1)). The wasps ...
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Eggs | Mercy For Animals
Laying more than 250 eggs per year each, laying hens' bodies are severely taxed. They suffer from "fatty liver syndrome ... laying breeds are of no economic value. They are literally discarded on the day they hatch - usually by the least expensive and most convenient means available. They may be thrown in ...
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Don't Throw the Eggs Out!
NOT be throwing martin eggs out of nests just because they think they are not going to hatch. We have been following ... eggs (or whatever) took 25-35 days to hatch. We heard a horror story from a landlord who, impatient, dissected his eggs that were overdue to hatch by only 1 or 2 days. He found fully developed and alive embryos inside! He murdered his eggs out ...
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