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Godwits raised in captivity (1 Viewer)

Ah, beneficial egg theft!

Years ago, I was at a talk by Jane Goodall, and she was describing how a species of bird had been saved from extinction. I don't remember its name, but I do remember that there was only one pair of them left. The people trying to save it took the eggs from the nest and raised them artificially, then, once they were at a certain point, put them back in the nest. I believe the point was to make sure they learned the proper songs and behaviors? They then provided plenty of additional food to help the poor, overworked parents raising a double clutch, and all the babies fledged. I know black robins were originally helped by transferring their first clutch of eggs to another species' nests to be raised.

(Would anyone happen to know what bird that was? Google isn't being very helpful. I found an article on black robins, which were apparently down to a single pair at one point, but it's locked behind account sign-up and wasn't talking about that anyway.)
 
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