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percentage of time a parent incubates eggs after regular incubation of a clutch has begun, in relation to periods of inattentiveness or not incubating; can vary with species, sex, climate, weather, disturbances, etc.; Bald Eagles and other semialtricial as well as altricial birds, tend to have a lower percentage of attentiveness than precocial birds, although still quite high