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    This document discusses the different types of bills and feeding behaviors of various bird species. It describes how hummingbirds have specialized long, needle-like bills and tongues for extracting nectar from flowers. Woodpeckers have strong, sharp bills for excavating nests and long tongues for extracting insects from wood. Songbirds like cardinals and finches have conical bills for cracking and eating seeds. Chickadees and wrens have small, sharp bills for picking insects from leaves. Crossbills have uniquely crossed bills that work like shears for opening pine cones to access seeds. Swallows have small, weak bills that open wide to catch flying insects.

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    This document discusses the different types of bills and feeding behaviors of various bird species. It describes how hummingbirds have specialized long, needle-like bills and tongues for extracting nectar from flowers. Woodpeckers have strong, sharp bills for excavating nests and long tongues for extracting insects from wood. Songbirds like cardinals and finches have conical bills for cracking and eating seeds. Chickadees and wrens have small, sharp bills for picking insects from leaves. Crossbills have uniquely crossed bills that work like shears for opening pine cones to access seeds. Swallows have small, weak bills that open wide to catch flying insects.

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    This document discusses the different types of bills and feeding behaviors of various bird species. It describes how hummingbirds have specialized long, needle-like bills and tongues for extracting nectar from flowers. Woodpeckers have strong, sharp bills for excavating nests and long tongues for extracting insects from wood. Songbirds like cardinals and finches have conical bills for cracking and eating seeds. Chickadees and wrens have small, sharp bills for picking insects from leaves. Crossbills have uniquely crossed bills that work like shears for opening pine cones to access seeds. Swallows have small, weak bills that open wide to catch flying insects.

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    Gardening

    FOR THE

    Birds

    Bird Bills and Food!

    HUMMINGBIRDS have a needlelike bill and extendable tongue


    specialized for probing tubular owers for nectar.

    JAYS are omnivorous birds equipped with a general-purpose bill and can consume
    many things, including acorns, fruits, seeds, eggs, and young birds.

    WOODPECKERS have specialized strong, sharp, pointed bills for


    excavating nest hollows and a long barbed tongue for extracting wood-boring insects.

    NORTHERN CARDINALS and nches have heavy,


    upper bill and split by grinding the lower, sharply edged part of the bill.

    conical bills for cracking seeds and removing the kernel. The seed is held in the grooved

    CHICKADEES and wrens have small, sharp bills for pecking insects,
    such as aphids, from foliage.

    CROSSBILLS have distinctive crossed bills. The elongated upper and


    lower bill tips cross over each other like shears and are used to force pine cones apart while the tongue extracts the seed.

    SWALLOWS have small, weak bills that open wide to catch insects
    while they are ying.
    Check out the new book Gardening for the Birds for more information. Available everywhere books are sold.

    www.timberpress.com

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