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Podcast: BirdNote
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Female Blackbirds Choose Their Mates
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2019-04-09 02:00:00
Description: One male Red-winged Blackbird’s marshland territory may include five—or even as many as fifteen—nesting females. And he makes an effort to mate with every one of them. Biologists call this polygyny - when one male claims breeding rights with multiple females.
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