Rare ‘itinerant breeding’ behavior revealed in California bird
Only two bird species have ever been shown to undertake what scientists call ‘itinerant breeding’: nesting in one area, migrating to another region, and nesting again there within the same year, to take advantage of shifting food resources. However, new research provides strong evidence of this rare behavior in a third bird — the Phainopepla, a unique bird found in the southwestern US and the northernmost member of an otherwise tropical family. …read more
