Thanks, Rob. That does make it seem likely. It will be interesting to see
if anyone has seen it with Bronzewings.
On 24 January 2017 at 17:03, Rob Gully <> wrote:
> The male bird incubates during the day and the female at night n the case
> of
> Rock doves, so maybe the same applies to bronzewings.
>
> Rob Gully
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> Over the past couple of years, when I've seen a Common Bronzewing sitting
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> a nest, it has always been a male. Initially I was just interested to know
> that duties were shared, but now I'm wondering, do males do the daylight
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> Thanks for any input.
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