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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All are roost sites except Salthouse, where there was a nest and the pellets collected came mainly from the nestlings.
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For a start, the nest, its eggs, its nestlings and its owners are all highly camouflaged.
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I wanted to stay until the nestlings left.
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Instead of going closer to the nest and finding the genuinely helpless nestlings, the killer followed the apparently helpless adult bird.
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More aggressive than their cousins, Caspians may supplement their fish diet with other birds' eggs and nestlings.