The prelude to Spring stirs Penny into a new mode of feasting and resting, prior to the nesting season. She stocks up on a variety of mixed wild bird seeds, Porridge oats, and wholemeal. As mating and nesting time approaches, she gets very fussy on what she eats, and concentrates on Algae, seaweed and minerals needed for egg production. Meanwhile she is building up her reserves and sookin up the seeds in the short clip below. (Apologies if you cant view using chrome browser, there seems to be an issue with this just now, try Internet explorer )
Great description. I've often wondered, watching our local pair whether vacuuming or vaporizing best describes them tucking in to their food.
ReplyDeleteSucking and vacuuming is about right I think.
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