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Multiple Male Feeders at Nests of the Veery 
Matthew R. Halley 12 and Christopher M. Heckscher 1 
ABSTRACT.—We present the first documentation of 
nestling care by multiple male feeders at nests of the 
Veery (Catharus fuscescens) in a Mid-Atlantic Pied¬ 
mont forest in northern Delaware. This is only the 
second confirmation of this behavior in a Nearetic- 
neotropicul migrant songbird. Five of six nests (83%) 
were anended by a male that concurrently fed nestlings 
at a second or third nest. Three of six nests (50%) were 
attended by one female and two males. No females were 
observed at more than one nest. We monitored >140 
Veery nests at our study site since 1998. and believe the 
dense breeding habitat and single-brooded nature of the 
ware , Agneulti.ro and Natural Resources. D 
ware State University. Dover. DE 19901. USA 
Corresponding author: e-mail: 
matthewhalley@gmail.com 
Veery have inhibited our ability to confirm this 
behavior prior to 201 1. Our data suggest this behavior 
is widespread in our study population. Received 25 July 
2011. Accepted 30 November 2011. 
Avian mating systems that feature multiple male 
feeders attending a single-female brood tire rare but 
taxonomieally widespread, and documented for uni' 
14 species representing nine families (Brown l 1 -- 
Hartley and Davies 1994. Ligon 1999. Goetz et i 
2003). This type of behavior is especial!}' rare anw- 
long-distance migrant songbirds. Only Smith - 
Longspur (Calcarins pictus) (Briskie et al. IW 
and Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bickttelli) (Goetz a. 
al. 2003) in North America feature provisioning by 
