nest raiding
Robbing bird homes
Nest raiding is the act of plundering bird nests to steal eggs or young, whether by predators, other birds, or humans collecting specimens.
The term extends to any opportunistic theft from a protected space: Competitors accused the company of nest raiding when it hired away their top engineers.
In sports and business, nest raiding describes aggressively recruiting talent from rivals.
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- plunderGoods seized violently
- crowLarge black corvid
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
baby birds · thief · snatch and grab · hatchlings · robbery · smash and grab · survival · magpie · steal · vulnerable · chicks · foraging · food chain · pillage · opportunist · squirrel · defenseless · easy prey
nest raidingnest building
Assembling a shelter for young
incubation · brooding · nesting · egg laying
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