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OCR: BREEDING S NESTING! Birds North America most nesting aad raising of young IS done in the summer to take advantage 01 lono days and warm temperatures The nest must be properly placed for protection from predators. Birds build an enormous variety of nests from tiny camouflaged cups of igs and grass to huge stick formations Coming out ofits shell large enough to hold a person Birds eggs and into the world proves come ina variety colors aid sizes. The an exhausting Selecting a Site inct ubating parent usually the female may chore for this develop a its bare spot or to brood incubate patch on its belly new duckling. born to allow body heat the egg Once ino of the shell. some hatchlings are on their own. Others keep their parents bus raisino the hungry family Downy Young Incubating How long do b ...