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  2. Gleaning (birds) - Wikipedia

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    African penduline-tit (Anthoscopus caroli) hanging from the end of a branch and gleaning.. Gleaning is a feeding strategy by birds and bats in which they catch invertebrate prey, mainly arthropods, by plucking them from foliage or the ground, from crevices such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses, or even, as in the case of ticks and lice, from living animals.

  3. Glossary of bird terms - Wikipedia

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    Bird ringing is the term used in the UK and in some other parts of Europe, while the term bird banding is more often used in the U.S. and Australia. [49] bird strike The impact of a bird or birds with an airplane in flight. [50] body down The layer of small, fluffy down feathers that lie underneath the outer contour feathers on a bird's body. [51]

  4. Huia - Wikipedia

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    A quiet, social bird, the huia was monogamous, and pairs probably paired for life. [18] [25] The bird was usually found in breeding pairs, although sometimes groups of four or more were encountered. [25] Walter Buller records that a tame pair would always keep close to each other, constantly uttering a "low affectionate twitter", even when in ...

  5. Falconry training and technique - Wikipedia

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    The less a bird is hunted, the more important the mews and domestic quarters. In the UK the only law concerned requires the bird to be able to spread its wings in all directions, however in practice a much greater space is needed to avoid conditions such as bumblefoot and depression. This lack of laws in the UK is the source of much concern ...

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  7. Blue-crowned hanging parrot - Wikipedia

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    Characteristic of hanging parrots, the blue-crowned hanging parrot sleeps upside down by hanging from tree branches. The birds climb or fly up tall trees and will hang by either both feet or only one foot and will fluff their feathers and tuck their head and neck into their body. This behaviour evolved in order to limit nighttime predation.

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