. Birds that hunt and are hunted; life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water fowls . ntering in Central Americaand the West Indies. Rare in the eastern United common in the interior. Season—Summer resident or spring and autumn migrant. The avocet, like the skimmer, the sea parrot, and thecurlew, possesses one of the most extraordinary bills any birdwears. Slowly swinging it from side to side, as a farmermoves his scythe, the eccentric looking bird wades about inthe shallows, feeling on the bottom for food that cannot be seenthrough the mudd
. Birds that hunt and are hunted; life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water fowls . ntering in Central Americaand the West Indies. Rare in the eastern United common in the interior. Season—Summer resident or spring and autumn migrant. The avocet, like the skimmer, the sea parrot, and thecurlew, possesses one of the most extraordinary bills any birdwears. Slowly swinging it from side to side, as a farmermoves his scythe, the eccentric looking bird wades about inthe shallows, feeling on the bottom for food that cannot be seenthrough the muddy water. Often the entire head and neckmust be immersed to probe the mud for some small shell fishand worms that the sensitive, needle-like bill dislodges. Aleader usually directs the motions of a small flock that followshim through thick and thin, mud and water; or, if the watersuddenly deepens, off swim the birds until their feet strikebottom again, and the mowing motion is resumed, while thesickle bills feel and probe and jerk as the mowers movealong deliberately and gracefully. The curlews tool, the true 198.
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