In winter they congregate in large coveys and roost communally. These groups breed cooperatively, with the females communally nursing. The yellow-billed magpie is gregarious and roosts communally. These birds also feed and roost communally. Outside the breeding season, mourning doves roost communally in dense deciduous trees or in conifers. They also feed and roost communally. Like American crows, magpies tend to roost communally in winter. Caiques are high-nesting cavity birds and roost communally. Children were reared communally in the Synanon School. Early Choctaw communities worked communally and shared their harvest. They also renounced wealth, lived communally, and were pacifist vegetarians. It is communally and competitively drunk through straws at festive occasions. Kamameshi originally referred to rice that was eaten communally from the kama. The group was tightly knit and everything was communally shared. Sowing and harvesting dates were decided communally.