Labels:bird | box | bulletin board | crt screen | fence | monitor | osprey | poster | railing | sky | tree | windowpane OCR: FAMILY LIFE Osprey (Pandlon haliaetus Brian Kenney The courtship rituals of raptors prepare them for mating Mating, besides being necessary for reproduction, also seems to the pair. Raptors will copulate far more than is required for egg fertilization, often several times day During the course of courtship and procreation, pair may copulate 400 600 times Itis possible that this level of intimacy ensures that only the partnering male and not competing male causes fertilization. A pair Ospreys used here illustrate the typical method of raptor copulation. 1) The male approaches stationary female ir flight from above By clenching his feet the sharp talons are made harmless and he can alight on the back of his mate without injury to her. contents ontions 4rnb bookmark last menu LIEE Pandion nec ...
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