![]() ![]() Hand-reared females tended to nest in less productive areas than wild-reared birds and produced fewer young (two of eight hand-reared birds produced young vs. Hand-reared birds laid eggs later than wild-reared, although this difference was not significant. In 1987, eight hand-reared birds’ breeding attempts were monitored, alongside 16 wild-reared birds. Fledging rates were 79% and 38% for hand-reared and wild-reared chicks respectively. This compared with 92% of 185 parent-incubated eggs, or 43% including those destroyed by humans or natural causes. 1989), found that 79% of 28 artificially incubated Kentish (snowy) plover Charadrius alexandrinus eggs, taken from the wild, hatched (excluding 16 that were thought to be dead or infertile). Artificially incubate and hand-rear waders in captivityĪ replicated, controlled trial on coastal habitats in California, USA, in 1986 (Page et al. ![]()
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