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Dollarbird regurgitating

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Subject: Dollarbird regurgitating
From: John Brannan <>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 02:21:56 +0000
I was watching an adult Dollarbird feed a fairly recently fledged youngster up 
at the Pinnacle NR this morning, and was a bit surprised to see the adult 
regurgitating food to give to the chick. Until the parent arrived, I had 
assumed that they would be feeding the chick whole (undigested) insects. Is 
this a normal thing for Dollarbirds? I’ve seen parrots do this sort of thing of 
course, but was surprised to see it in a bird that is primarily an insectivore.

John Brannan
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