Hungry Birds!
While I was writing one post yesterday I had a moment of lucid mind… just for a second 🙂 !, I was trying to figure out the increase of feed consumption and also why certain birds are so eager to fill their *crop with such desperation.
* (Bag that holds their food temporarily), the function of this bag is:
- – For safety: A bird’s digestion is very slow because the weak acidic process in their digestive system, Nature provided the bird with a sack at the end of its esophagus to hold the food just ingested, once there will be held temporarily, until the bird considers it’s safe to wait for the slow process of digestion, away from predators.
- – When the bird fills its crop and then later regurgitate the content for the purpose of feeding their hatchlings or fledglings.
Note: There are some birds that do not have the crop, their PH level is much higher, others eat vertebrates, forage in large prey.
My conclusion was that most birds do not pig-out entirely for themselves with abandonment, these noble birds feed their chicks also, I also believe that soon after, these will be waned at due time to get the food on their own.
Northern Cardinal (M) juvenile
Red-winged-Blackbird (M) Juvenile
Red-winged-Blackbird (M) Juvenile
Red-winged-Blackbird (F) Juvenile
House Finch -Male &female one fledgling
Male feeding fledgling
Female and fledgling on bottom, male feeding fledgling
Fledgling demands more food
Female getting ready to feed the other fledgling
Text and photographs © HJ Ruiz – Avian101
H.J. Ruiz - Avian101 
I’ve always maintained that anyone who uses the phrase “eats like a bird” doesn’t know birds. ha. 🙂 Great photos HJ.
Thanks Jet! I agree with you. 🙂
Beautiful post and Very informative too,
Thanks for sharing, best wishes, Aquileana 🙂
Thank you Aquiliana I appreciate it! 🙂
My first broods of bluebird and downy babies are now coming to the feeders on their own and basically camping out there. I can’t fill the feeders fast enough!
Congratulations Kathy! Isn’t it amazing how the family grows? 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
I’m getting better at i.d.ing ’em. 🙂
What the birds or the lucid moments? 🙂
Very funny, HJ ! – sometimes I don’t believe I have too many of the latter. :-\
🙂
Lovely pictures.
Thank you Tom! 🙂
What a lot of baby birds you have in your garden
They just come and go, they know they’ll find food there! 🙂
how do you add multiple pictures in one post? Is it just part of your theme or is there a certain way to do it? Awesome pictures btw!
I’ve email you some instructions about it. Thanks! 🙂
ok! 😉