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145 pounds of nuts, the researchers were heroes to the blue tits. Peanut-fed tits
laid eggs earlier and l edged almost one extra chick per nest than did nearby
tits in forests lacking feeders.
Breeding earlier and producing more of spring may seem like a surei re
recipe for success, but this is not necessarily the case. Young birds typically
dine on insects that become abundant later in the summer. Thus in some situ-
Cat with Eu ro pe an robin
