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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