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need to conceal the position of the nest from red o tor a hunting 
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l is prs rented in the neat r or convenien 
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tun to are con 
tinned until the bird 
either removes the anal's or 31 te on it. Four Black Hod -lie a ;er; 
tested in this v-*y M teats in oil) 
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K* i * C* 
though i-i jpe to;: t it pick r\ up ani drcyp&l beside 
the neat so that i t fell deni the cliff, in the others the bfcrd 
brooded too shell. k**k vcStt**:** wmt 
In its readiness to brood 
r,n er -ah cl L richer thn cor y It. ? .ray the “lack Noddy again 
* cost 
raaetnbleo d u Kitiif ke m con tw.v s t * i th ground -nesting gulls 
and terns . 
While the cliff ledges of the Black Mold;/ nay he safer In 
nays, tic ■ 1- : d ;.n ^ to orounu-r ■ 3. Wi i 
peeled by a ft other bird, a young ground -nos ting $ull or tern 
either fights back or runs away. Xoung Kit hfi Hack Noddies 
rl lost - both h appeases 
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the attacker. 
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thott while the around nesting gul is -n’ to mu a a not, Jibcsss a- eras 
plausible that they too t. m somehow c tun* cte ■ t-li the no tirg 
al tua tion. 
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