Broods

He cited as evidence observations of broods of wild turkey poults, some of which are smaller than expected, and said the trend is expected to translate to grouse as well.

A rare co-emergence of adjacent periodical cicada broods will occur across the entire state of Illinois and in parts of Missouri and other surrounding states, filling the air with the sounds of their noisy mating call.

Cicadas emerge every year in Illinois, but the emergence of two, separate massive broods like parts of Illinois are experiencing this Spring hasn't been seen since Thomas Jefferson was President in 1803!

In the Southeast and the Mississippi Valley there are three broods of 13-year cicadas.

It is not common to have a dual emergence between Broods XIII and XIX.

That makes for a big number of broods that will, at some point, emerge in tandem.

The overlap of these two broods has been dubbed by an expert as “cicada-geddon” — but it won’t be the biggest cicada event.

There are 15 different broods that come out every few years, on 17- and 13-year cycles.

These two cicada broods won’t be seen at the same time for another eight generations.

This year, three broods of cicadas emerged at the same time: one with a 13-year cycle, one with a 17-year cycle, and one with a seven-year cycle.

Thomas Jefferson was president when the two broods last emerged together in 1803.

Too few hen mallards are returning north in spring to raise broods, a development exacerbated in recent years by a continuing loss of wetlands and other habitats, complicated by drought.

To say the event of two broods emerging at once is rare would be an understatement.

On the beach, Imra and Nura talk while the guys play volleyball and Tinya broods.

The same ones that put accent marks in their broods’ names.

She broods and glowers and wrestles with bottomless vats of survivor’s guilt—all very Bat.

Locally, meadow voles may produce six or seven broods a year, which is handy for an animal at the bottom of the food chain.

A. spelaea has low reproduction rates and broods in its gill cavity for up to five months.

Nevertheless, 43% of broods produced by incestuously paired females contained extra pair young.

The female salamander often broods the eggs.