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Old 20-11-2007, 05:38 PM
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Smile Re: Herbivorous Birds

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Originally Posted by Gill Catton View Post
geese, swans and some ducks (shoveller, widgeon)

Though presumably they eat a few invertebrates or fish fry as 'by-catch' or even on purpose (watching mallard's chase flies has to be one of the funniest things ever!).
Animal food is important part of a Shoveler's diet (especially crutacea such as ostracods + Cladocera), but I'd agree with the others. Apparently Linnet + Twite are the only finches that don't feed their chicks on insect food, so these two should qualify.
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