A Cory's shearwater incubating the egg in her nest in a crevice on the seaside cliff at Ta Cenc in Malta.

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A Cory's Shearwater, a sea-bird that comes ashore only to breed, incubates the egg of its offspring in its nest deep in a crevice in sea-cliffs at Ta Cenc.

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Photo credit: © Victor Paul Borg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: bird, birds, birdwatching, brooding, conservation, cory, crevice, egg, ethology, female, gozo, hole, incubation, malta, mediterranean, nature, nest, nesting, rock, sea, shearwater, travel