Birdology: Adventures with a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur

by Sy Montgomery

“That may be why the bigger one kicked the littler one out of the nest,” Brenda says. Since mothers reuse the old nest if they raise two broods, nest mites are common in a season’s second clutch.