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Why these seabirds stage a rowdy springtime love-in | # seabirds

Why these seabirds stage a rowdy springtime love-in

Why these seabirds stage a rowdy springtime love-in

Biologist Ian Jones, a specialist in crested auklets, says a courting crowd can involve hundreds of birds “doing all sorts of weird things.” This cliffside encounter finds one subadult and one adult bird beak to beak; during courtship displays, the black pupils of males’ eyes shrink