Avian Reproduction

[brobeta]

One of the things I really enjoy about this site is the opportunity to Learn!  I am sure many of you share this feeling so I though I'd share some research I did with all of you.  I have been watching the live video of Beauty and her egg laying and I realized I knew very little about egg laying and bird reproduction.  I did an internet search and came across this website from the UK which I found fascinating.  It does a great job explaining the basics and also many of the differences between species and all sorts of interesting tid bits - why are some eggs white and others colored?  Why does it take several hours between eggs and is this true for all species? 

At the risk of coming across as a total bird nerd     here is the site - enjoy!

http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/avianreproduction.html

I hope this is in the right section of the forum - I know you'll move it if it should be somewhere else

[Donna]

Wow, now that is one amazing site. Thanks for posting, I skimmed but will read the whole thing.

[Joyce]

Thank you auburnlad. Perfect reading while waiting for Beauty to settle down.

[Carol P.]

Thanks!  Very interesting.  and being a Birdnerd is never bad.   

[MAK]

That's right,most of my friends are bird nerds!

[Donna]

That's right,most of my friends are bird nerds!

I'm a learning "Bird Nerd".

[Joyce]

CHECK OUT all the Summaries of Some Recently Published Papers in Avian Biology

http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/avian_biology.htm