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[Greg]

Interestingly, within the last few weeks on at least three occasions, I have watched a song sparrow sitting on the edge of my birdbath. The cement disc typically has maybe a half inch or so of water. The bird was not drinking, just looking around. Then, as I watched, it quickly dipped its beak into the water and appeared to carry away one of the hulled sunflower seeds that I use in my cylinder feeder. Was that to soften the seed?
I’m wondering if anyone else has observed such behavior from a song sparrow, or any other species for that matter?

Greg Pluth
University Place

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> On Dec 14, 2023, at 12:46 AM, Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com> wrote:

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> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/science/bird-cockatoo-parrot-dunking-food.html

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