| Nest revisits were minimized to reduce disturbance, and incubating females were not purposely flushed from nests. |
| The male fasts while incubating for 60 days till the female returns at hatching time. |
| More exposed microsites receive more insolation, which may be energetically advantageous to incubating birds. |
| When an incubating bird is relieved by its returning mate, it leaves the nest immediately and flies away from the island. |
| You may see stiff-winged fulmars gliding effortlessly, or hear them cackling as they sit precariously on ledges incubating single eggs. |
| I don't know what else it would be used for, but in herpetology it is used for incubating reptile eggs. |
