"Males and females can mate with up to seven different partners in any one breeding season and frequently vary their attitude to childcare between different clutches.
Over the course of a breeding season more than half of all clutches are cared for by the female, with up to a fifth cared for by the male. The rest, roughly a third, are abandoned by both."
Clutches are abandoned in order to seek new sexual conquests. Bird in question? The Penduline Tit.
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"Pendulous Tit" sounds like something Prince Phillip would call you for parking your car on his polo field.
There was some other Web site which showed pictures of anti-war "Girls Gone Wild" at a Hillary fundraiser last year. There are these legends from ancient times regarding sights that can make a man go mad, and I am still having nightmares.
"The Penduline Tit."
Until I read the whole thing, I thought you were talking about Code Pink, or even worse, the lower group here.
I was quite surprised, as I had never seen such content on WoC.
Heh - it's an old saw that without the existence of "boobies" and "tits", the repertoire of British birdwatchers, and comedians, would be sadly diminished.