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A Peek At New Life
Turner, Abbi
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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/132933
Description
- Title
- A Peek At New Life
- Author(s)
- Turner, Abbi
- Issue Date
- 2023
- Keyword(s)
- Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior
- Abstract
- This retractable mirror allows me to take a look inside the nests I find. My research largely focuses on egg rejection, removing foreign eggs from the nest, of American robins. Days earlier, the mother of this nest rejected a beige foreign egg that I placed inside. A few days later, in fact when I took this specific peek inside the nest, one of her nestlings was actively hatching while its siblings had already emerged from their shells. Just like that, I’d watched a new batch of baby birds enter this world. What would come of this new life? I continued to check on them because I find their growth journey to be endearing. As they age, speckles appear on their body and tufts of down feathers grace their heads. If I was lucky, I’d get a glimpse of them before or after they fledge the nest. I wonder about if they’ll succeed in surviving their first year. Life is hard for new birds. I wonder if they’ll migrate and leave Urbana, Illinois. Mostly though, I wonder about where they might have their own nests one day… and if they might one day discover in that nest an unfamiliar egg.
- Type of Resource
- Text
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- Language
- eng
- Handle URL
- https://hdl.handle.net/2142/132933
- Copyright and License Information
- Copyright 2023 Abbi Turner
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