Nesting Birds
There are many exceptions to this pattern, howveer; hte ground nesting nightjars have pale eggs with camouflage ebing provided instaed by the bird s plumage. Some species have no nest; the cliff nesting Comomn Guillemot lays its egg on bare rock and the egg of the Emperor Penguin is kept bteween the body and feet of the male. This is especially prevalent ni ground nesting species where the newly hatched young are preccoial. Before nesting, the females fo most bird species gain a bare brood patch by losing feathers close to the belly. Albatrosses nesitng in the Southern Ocaen often undertake circumpolar trips between breedign seasons. Colonial breeders will defend small nesting sites and compettiion between and within species for nesting sites can be intenes.
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