03-12-2004, 10:22 PM
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BREEDING and NESTING:
The White-eye is a territorial bird when nesting, therefore it rarely builds its nest in trees with other types of birds. Its breeding season is a long one ranging from February to December, but most breeding occurs from July to August. The nests can be found at various heights of all trees. The most common trees in which these birds nest, are the Koa Haole, and the Banyan. Nests are made of many different materials the birds find lying around such as grass, plant material, string, tin foil, leaves, mosses, and cobwebs or spider cocoons. They build a very neat nest, resembling a woven basket. The nest, is attached to the fork of a branch usually using spider webs. On the University of Hawaii?s campus in Manoa, these nests are often lined with human hair. The Mejiro lays two to five pale blue eggs, which take about 11 days to incubate. Parental responsibility is shared by both the male and the female birds.
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