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Did You Know This? (Part 4) |
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| Another selection of trivia for you. |
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Killdeer hatch with their eyes open, and as soon as their downy feathers dry, they start scurrying about, following their parents and searching the ground for something to eat. |
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Black-necked Stilts are well adapted with nocturnal vision, which allows them to feed on windy, moonless nights. |
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Mute Swans, endemic to Eurasia, were introduced to North American city parks, zoos, and estates in the late 1800s and early 1900s. |
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Roseate Spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja, feel for prey blindly, even if they can see it. When nerve endings along the inner lining of their bills signal contact with a living animal, the roseate snaps its bill shut and trapping prey. |
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Herons spread their wings to cast a shadow on the water making it easier to see their prey. Night herons will plunder the nests of other herons and make regular nighttime visits to colonies of terns or Franklin's Gulls.
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The Mourning Dove is also called the American Mourning Dove, and formerly was known as the Carolina Pigeon or Carolina Turtledove. It gets its name from the mournful cooing call it makes. |
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The White-breasted Nuthatch will pick up an insect, a piece of fur or vegetation in its bill and sweep the bark around its nest cavity.The most likely reason for this is to mask its own scent around the nest preventing detection by potential predators. |
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The Cactus Wren, native to the SW United States, likes arid regions and is often found around yucca, mesquite or saguaro. They form permanent pair bonds together defend a territory where they live all through the year. |
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Cattle egrets are very social gathering in large colonies. They follow livestock and even farm equipment like tractors to catch insects that are disturbed. |
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The Acorn Woodpecker, like many other birds, stores insects, seeds and nuts for winter use. They drill holes in various wooden constructions other than trees and even push seeds and other food items under roofing tiles, in cracks or crevices. |
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The Gilded Flicker of the Sonoran Desert region of the SW United States and NW Mexico frequently builds its nest hole in a majestic saguaro cactus. |
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The Mexican Jay's diet consists mainly of acorns and pine nuts which are stored during the fall for use during the winter months and the spring. Often the stored food gets lost to other birds or germinate therefore perpetuating the Jay's preferred habitat. |
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