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... feeding ; ( D ) dabbling ; ( E ) diving for fish ; ( F ) diving for bottom invertebrates . Drawing by D. Malick Nest ... feeding , gradually excluding unpalatable or unsuitable objects . Feeding Three main lines of feeding behaviour have ...
... feeding ; ( D ) dabbling ; ( E ) diving for fish ; ( F ) diving for bottom invertebrates . Drawing by D. Malick Nest ... feeding , gradually excluding unpalatable or unsuitable objects . Feeding Three main lines of feeding behaviour have ...
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... feeding young . The pair also defends a perch site away from the nest burrow , usually a rock close to the water ... feeding . They migrate to pelagic winter feeding grounds by swimming . FORM AND FUNCTION Most members of the ...
... feeding young . The pair also defends a perch site away from the nest burrow , usually a rock close to the water ... feeding . They migrate to pelagic winter feeding grounds by swimming . FORM AND FUNCTION Most members of the ...
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... feeding by ground hornbills associations , seems applicable to certain traits that are common to many species within a family , as contrasted with members of another group . Kingfishers , motmots , and todies are stolid , phlegmatic ...
... feeding by ground hornbills associations , seems applicable to certain traits that are common to many species within a family , as contrasted with members of another group . Kingfishers , motmots , and todies are stolid , phlegmatic ...
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