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Thread: The Courtship feeding of Orange-headed Thrush

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    Default nesting behavior 2024

    Only male initiate the construction of nest. Here the male is collecting nesting materials.
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    Default Nesting behavior 2024

    The male is putting a twig into nest.
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    Default Nesting behavior 2024

    The female is collecting nesting materials.
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    Default Nesting behavior 2024

    But the female didn't put the twigs into nest. She probably just instigate the male to initiate the nesting work sitting beside the nest.
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    Default Nesting behavior 2024

    The male is pressing the nesting materials by his chest to shape the nest.
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    Default Courtship feeding behavior 2024

    Here the female is begging for food from male
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    Default nesting behavior 2024

    The male is collecting nesting materials along with mud for lining the nest.
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    Default Nesting behavior 2024

    The male rubs his chest and coats the inside of the nest with mud. The female sits near the nest and watches.
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    Default Nesting behavior 2024

    The male rubs his chest in such a way that the inside of the nest is evenly coated with mud
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    Default Nesting behavior 2024

    You can see mud stains on the male's chest feathers.
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    Default Nesting behavior 2024

    The male even soaks his breast feathers in water if the mud coating inside the nest dries out in the high midday temperatures.
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