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A question for you, one for inclusion in the next hunt quiz in the back room of the Fox and Geese, before hunts and rural pubs cease to exist: what is the difference between nidifugous and nidicolous? Answer: the former describes birds with young that are precocious and leave the nest shortly after hatching, normally because they are ground nesting birds that nest in the open. Whereas nidicolous birds, normally ones that nest in trees or holes, tend to have chicks that remain