Janet Hardin <wings at olympus.net> said;

" ... researchers are coming to believe that at least in most cases the
adults do restrict or stop feeding the chicks just prior to fledging,
perhaps hastening their departure. Puffin chicks are treated in a similar
manner."

do the parents restrict feedings, or do the chicks begin to refuse
feedings just prior to fledging?

Deborah Wisti-Peterson email:nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
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