roosting
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falcons
- In falconiform: Behaviour
…may return to a regular roosting place or may settle for the night wherever it finds itself. Vultures often return nightly up to 100 miles to regular roosting cliffs or trees. In many less-active species, the roost is in the same general area as the nest. Members of a pair…
Read More - In bat: Roosting
Bats choose a variety of diurnal roosts, although the roost requirements of many bats, which are rather precise in terms of light, temperature, and humidity, limit their distribution. Each species favours a particular kind of roost, though this varies with sex, season, and reproductive…
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North American porcupines
- In porcupine: New World porcupines (family Erethizontidae)
It will roost in trees but also dens in hollow trees, logs, or stumps, in addition to caves, rock crevices, burrows, or snowbanks. Individuals living in coniferous forests spend much time on the ground. Those living in deciduous and mixed forests, however, are more often seen in…
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