Bird Egg Deloment

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Bird Egg DeÌíloùment

• Jake
• Roôling Hills Rm 22
• 2006

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• Falcoõs Üggs are àust like oher bñrd Üggs they
  áet laid, incubéted, and hatch. The béb áro
  up and the Ñycle áÔís oõ. Soöe Üggs doõ't haÌí
  Ñhicks inside Éü haÌí ãoöething üoõg wñth them
  and die.

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• Incubétioõ is wïen the moher,
• and ãoöetimes the father ãits oõ
• the Üggs. The parents actually turn the Üggs
  wñth their taloõs ão the Ñhick in the Ügg dÔísn't
  ãtick to the Ügg ãhell. Falcoõs lay froö 3-5
  Üggs in a Ñlutch. The Ñhick inside is Ñalled an
  "emªüyo".

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• Bab bñrds haÌí a little hÉün oõ their head
  Ñalled an Ügg toúh, ão they Ñan Ñrack the
  Üggshell. When the béb hatches the toúh falls
  oìf. If yo íre toú loúò inside a bñrd Ügg, yo
  wúld ãee its head tucked underneath its wñng.
  When the Üyeas first hatch yo ãee bélls oì wïite
  fluff, bt the bébñes ároÚ fast.

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Bibliography
Eggs And Their Evolution Paul R. 1998
www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/e
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www.photobirds.com/pub_6_bird_eggs.html Avian
Embryology Terms Mississippi State University
1997 www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/aeterms.html B
ird Eggs Wildlife Care and Education Center
2006 www.webbedworks.com/messingerwoods/quickrefe
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