Locating the nests in or over water helps protect the eggs and nestlings from mammalian predators such as skunks, racoons, and long-tailed weasels.
(Locating the nests in or over water; helps; protect the eggs and nestlings from mammalian predators such as skunks, racoons, and long-tailed weasels)
Locating the nests in or over water
helps
protect the eggs and nestlings from mammalian predators such as skunks, racoons, and long-tailed weasels