English Aragonese Becada con lombriz en o pico British English Woodcock holding earthworm in its beak author name string: Ronald Slabke URL: https://commons...
Mixed forests and open fields; Diet: Carnivore: earthworms and insects; Reproduction: American woodcocks breed in the spring and summer. Females are solely...
for probing in soft earth or mud for earthworms, and dragging them out when found. In order to feed, theWoodcock has no option but to frequent the moist...
Boringinto the damp ground with it, this bird finds and eats greatnumbers of earthworms. The borings or holes made inthis way are sure signs to the hunter that...
given it the rather uncouthname, Bog-sucker. Its chief diet con-sists of earthworms, which are obtainedby pushing nearly or quite the wholelength of its bill...
of upper mandible. The birdis thus enabled to feel about and seize the earthworms deep down in the mud. Thus ends our brief survey of the five senses; that...
shooting, now, fortunately, largelya thing of the past. The nest of the woodcock is harderto find than either of the preceding.Indeed it is usually by mere...
as a forceps. Often the upper prong may be bent at will forhooking the earthworms out. Birds of this numerous familyhave four toes instead of three; but...
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