Naturally Speaking: Frugivorous feeders

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Naturally Speaking: Frugivorous feeders


Robins that stay over during winter may rely on crabapple fruits because insects and earthworms are not out and about. (Jerry Davis photo)

It is food most times, not weather, which send animals scurrying to new locations when seasons change.

Birds, for example, are generally seed eaters, insect eaters or plant fluid consumers. Some are more generalists and consume a variety of energy sources.

 

 


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