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Incubation Time |
 | | Since, in general, birds do not begin incubating until the clutch is complete, "incubation time" is defined as the period from the laying of the last egg of the clutch until that egg hatches (or, if individual eggs can't be identified, from the last egg laid to the first egg hatched). |
 | | Incubation time is roughly correlated with the weight of the egg. |
 | | Data to be gathered include who incubates (and if both parents do, how the load is shared), the proportion of time the eggs are covered in different kinds of weather, egg turning frequency, and elapsed time from laying to hatching. |
| www.stanford.edu /group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Incubation_Time.html (476 words) |
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