From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #4911 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, September 3 2020 Volume 14 : Number 4911 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Take it with you on vacation, to the country, to the pool or work! ["Anti] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 05:44:58 -0400 From: "Anti-Mosquito Device" Subject: Take it with you on vacation, to the country, to the pool or work! Take it with you on vacation, to the country, to the pool or work! http://penisense.guru/fgM5acmditz0YB4mknQ7THxWnB5Zm8RNSJwxj5MgzWBmYdQ http://penisense.guru/uIJADuZIPbwmCdrHNxXKBaRky15G-ZDyYaL1rgrlG7-Sa4s Egg laying occurs no sooner than 18 days after copulation, with March being the height of the laying season.:73, 76 Under favorable conditions, eggs may be laid as early as mid January,:73 but egg laying is delayed at higher elevations. Heavy seasonal rainfall can extend breeding: young have been recorded in nests as late as August. Cactus wrens usually lay three or four eggs (although as many as seven have been recorded) which are smooth and ovate, colored white to pale pink and covered in brown speckles. Eggs are approximately 23 mm (0.91 in) C 17 mm (0.67 in) and average 3.57 g (0.126 oz) in weight. Egg laying begins about a week after nest completion, with one egg per day being laid in the morning. Incubation takes about 16 days and is done solely by females. Wrens are known to destroy the eggs and nests of other nearby birds, but do not engage in, nor suffer from, brood parasitism. Young hatch asynchronously over the course of about three days, with their eyes closed, and are mostly bald, with sparse patches of fuzzy white down. They are fed (mostly insects) by both parents. Young make begging vocalizations at least as early as two days old, with the vocalizations evolving as the chicks age. Chicks are dependent on their parents for the first three weeks after hatching. Nestlings open their eyes after between six and eight days, and grow feathers starting at eight days post hatching (although quills emerge as early as two days after hatching). Adult feather length is reached after twenty days. Nestlings reach adult weight after about 38 days, and gain independence between 30 and 50 days post-hatching. The young may remain in the parent's territory for a while after fledging, but will be driven off by the next breeding season. Juveniles that have not left may help take care of successive broods. Feeding The cactus wren is primarily an insectivore. It will also take seeds, fruits, nectar, and even small reptiles. They are inquisitive foragers, and will overturn leaves and other objects on the ground to find food. Though primarily ground feeders, they will also forage in larger plants. Some individuals have learned to take insects caught in vehicle radiator grills. Feeding begins in the late morning. As temperatures rise they seek out shaded areas in order to forage in cooler environments. This is partly to conserve water and to thermoregulate, but also because their insect prey is more sluggish and thus easier to catch in cool temperatures. The cactus wren can survive as a true xerophile, existing without any free water, as it receives almost all water from its diet. Eating cactus fruits is an important source of water, and individuals have been seen drinking cactus sap from wounds inflicted by Gila woodpeckers. Cactus wrens also sip nectar from saguaro blossoms and eat insects trapped within, serving as pollinators in the process.:187 Parents feed young with whole insects, although they may first remove wings or legs. One study found that the average caloric needs of a developing chick ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #4911 **********************************************