| We wondered what would happen if a female lost her eggs or nestlings to predators and began the nesting cycle anew. |
| In addition, the amount of food altricial nestlings receive from their parents varies depending on how much food is in the environment. |
| After hatching, the altricial nestlings are brooded for 1 to 2 weeks depending on the weather. |
| Other studies even showed that nestlings fed by people were less afraid of new things until age 6 months than were birds reared by their parents. |
| The hatchlings have a beak with a raptorial hook that they use to stab host nestlings. |
| We also present data from several 1-year-old birds banded as nestlings and recaptured the following breeding season. |
