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From: AChamove@massey.ac.nz (A.S. Chamove)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: feeding-rate
Message-ID: <948@massey.ac.nz>
Date: 5 Sep 90 01:55:06 GMT
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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We have noticed that in monkeys, the parents give food to their
offspring as a function of how hungry the offspring are.  That
is, the more the infants beg, the more often they are fed.

Is there any evidence that birds do the same?  Do the parents
return to the nest more frequently or collect food more, the
more the chicks beg?

arnold