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The great tit nestlings in the younger forests tended to have higher stress levels than nestlings in the older growth forests—and nestlings from those younger forests had, on average, shorter telomeres than nestlings from the old-growth forests.
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Ethan Freedman, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
But for a hummingbird with a broken wing or a nestling with a missing mom, the situation is life-threatening.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Male white-browed sparrow-weaver nestlings of the Kalahari help their parents less than their sisters do.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
But Berg also witnessed a stepdad feeding a widow’s nestling.
—Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 6 May 2024
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Ethan Freedman, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
But for a hummingbird with a broken wing or a nestling with a missing mom, the situation is life-threatening.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Male white-browed sparrow-weaver nestlings of the Kalahari help their parents less than their sisters do.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
But Berg also witnessed a stepdad feeding a widow’s nestling.
—Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 6 May 2024
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“Nestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nestling. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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nestling
noun
nest·ling
ˈnest-liŋ 
: a young bird not yet able to leave the nest
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