"bird" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Juvenile birds return to the colony three years after fledging, but do not mate for the first time until seven or eight years old.
- For example, many birds mate for a breeding season or sometimes for life.
- Once the birds have mated, the female returns to her home territory to lay eggs and raise the chicks.
- The horn is shed after the birds have mated and laid their eggs.
- They also feared that since adults mate for life, a bird whose partner was taken may not mate again.
- These paired birds will mate every year between January and May.
- Should one partner die long before the other, the surviving bird often will not mate again for some years, or even for its entire life.
- The birds mate between the months of April and August.
- These birds often mate for life, and both parents will participate in raising the cygnets, but only the female will incubate the eggs.
- When the nest has been prepared, the birds mate so that the eggs are fertilised and the chicks will start growing.
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