What do bohemian waxwings Bombycilla garrulus find on agricultural fields in winter? Vad hittar sidensvansar Bombycilla garrulus på åkerfält vintertid?
We describe three cases when Bohemian Waxwings Bombycilla garrulus behaved as if they were searching for food on the ground in frozen fields in the winter. Inspection of the sites where they searched revealed little or no available food items. In one case the droppings contained juniper seeds but th...
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ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:34405 2024-06-23T07:51:50+00:00 What do bohemian waxwings Bombycilla garrulus find on agricultural fields in winter? Vad hittar sidensvansar Bombycilla garrulus på åkerfält vintertid? De Jong, Adriaan Olsson, Fredrik 2017 application/pdf https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/34405/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/34405/1/de-jong-a-et-al-20240611.pdf en eng eng https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/34405/1/de-jong-a-et-al-20240611.pdf De Jong, Adriaan and Olsson, Fredrik (2017). What do bohemian waxwings Bombycilla garrulus find on agricultural fields in winter? Vad hittar sidensvansar Bombycilla garrulus på åkerfält vintertid? Ornis Svecica. 27 :1 , 37-40 [Research article] Zoology Ecology Behavioural Sciences Biology Research article NonPeerReviewed 2017 ftslunivuppsala 2024-06-11T23:56:37Z We describe three cases when Bohemian Waxwings Bombycilla garrulus behaved as if they were searching for food on the ground in frozen fields in the winter. Inspection of the sites where they searched revealed little or no available food items. In one case the droppings contained juniper seeds but these must have been consumed elsewhere as there were no junipers at the site. Drinking water may have been the explanation in one case where upwelling water flowed over the ice. We speculate that eating minerals is another possible explanation, but leave the question open. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bombycilla garrulus Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive |
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We describe three cases when Bohemian Waxwings Bombycilla garrulus behaved as if they were searching for food on the ground in frozen fields in the winter. Inspection of the sites where they searched revealed little or no available food items. In one case the droppings contained juniper seeds but these must have been consumed elsewhere as there were no junipers at the site. Drinking water may have been the explanation in one case where upwelling water flowed over the ice. We speculate that eating minerals is another possible explanation, but leave the question open. |
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What do bohemian waxwings Bombycilla garrulus find on agricultural fields in winter? Vad hittar sidensvansar Bombycilla garrulus på åkerfält vintertid? |
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What do bohemian waxwings Bombycilla garrulus find on agricultural fields in winter? Vad hittar sidensvansar Bombycilla garrulus på åkerfält vintertid? |
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What do bohemian waxwings Bombycilla garrulus find on agricultural fields in winter? Vad hittar sidensvansar Bombycilla garrulus på åkerfält vintertid? |
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What do bohemian waxwings Bombycilla garrulus find on agricultural fields in winter? Vad hittar sidensvansar Bombycilla garrulus på åkerfält vintertid? |
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What do bohemian waxwings Bombycilla garrulus find on agricultural fields in winter? Vad hittar sidensvansar Bombycilla garrulus på åkerfält vintertid? |
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https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/34405/1/de-jong-a-et-al-20240611.pdf De Jong, Adriaan and Olsson, Fredrik (2017). What do bohemian waxwings Bombycilla garrulus find on agricultural fields in winter? Vad hittar sidensvansar Bombycilla garrulus på åkerfält vintertid? Ornis Svecica. 27 :1 , 37-40 [Research article] |
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