nestling|nestlings in English

noun

[nest·ling || 'nestlɪŋ]

chick, bird that is not yet big enough to leave the nest; young child

Use "nestling|nestlings" in a sentence

1. When nestlings were 10 days old, parental feeding rates and nestling begging intensity were measured with tape recorders.

2. No smugglers cottages nestling against romantic cliffs.

3. She sat back, nestling against his chest.

4. Faber passed through Crawford , nestling in green hills.

5. I guessed they had a nestling.

6. 13 She sat back, nestling against his chest.

7. Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.

8. I saw a cottage nestling in the woods.

9. Bergerac is a charming city, nestling along the banks of the Dordogne

10. Crows eat some eggs and nestlings and grain, but destroy many harmful insects and rodents.

11. Nestling between the two spools was a tiny plastic packet, smaller than a thumbnail.

12. Bergerac is a charming city, nestling along the banks of the Dordogne

13. A spy-fly could be nestling in these furry walls.

14. For example, nestlings generally have quieter, Breathier, and more urgent vocalizations as they beg for food

15. After hatching, the altricial nestlings are Brooded for 1 to 2 weeks depending on the weather

16. The top shelf is where Gay Times is traditionally to be found, nestling coyly next to Penthouse.

17. Losses of adults and nestlings are described. The chemical analysis of an addled egg of 1967 is given.

18. The food habit of little egret and cattle egret were analyzed by getting the food disgorged by nestlings.

19. Synonyms for Avifauna include bird, birdie, fowl, songbird, warbler, chick, fledgling, passerine, raptor and nestling

20. For the results almost only 11 500 recoveries of ringed nestlings were used because of their reliability.

21. Egg size does not influence nestling mortality, but chicks from large eggs grow faster.

22. The mare lay in the straw with the newborn foal nestling into her side.

23. The Cox Island male and female, both resident from 1990 to 1994, produced very poorly: nil (1990); one live and one dead nestling plus an addled egg (1991); one nestling plus two addled eggs (1992); nil (1993); and two addled eggs (1994).

24. Activation of Auditory Centers during Freezing Response Depends on Visual Afferentation in Course of the Development of Pied Flycatcher Nestlings

25. There, nestling on a further bed of tissue-paper, were five glass Christmas tree decorations.