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Tony D. Williams, Scott McWilliams, Julia A. Clarke, Scott MacDougall-Shackleton: What Is a Bird? (2021, Princeton University Press)

A large-format, beautifully illustrated look at the natural history of birds

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Chapter seven looks at how birds East and footage for food. Birds eat lots of things, from meat to plants and carrion. Some are generalist feeders, while others are specialist. Diets of birds can vary with the seasons or when breeding (to make eggs and feed their chicks). The behaviour of birds us also affected by how they gather their food: from predators to carrion eaters, fishes, fruits, insects, underground or shore creatures and even blood. Birds can sense for their food using their breaks or their sense of smell. Some birds have mastered the use of tools to find food, while others hoard it.