Number of nests Number of nests 
792 
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Number of parasites found in the nest 
Number of parasites per chick found in the nest 
FIG. 1. Number of Northern Mockingbird nests collected in 2007 and 2008 according to (A) their number of parasites 
and (B) number of parasites per nestling (total number of parasites divided by number of nestlings in the nest). 
