Sentence examples for ground feeding from inspiring English sources

It lives in flocks and walks about on the ground, feeding on seeds, tubers, and some insects.

The four coraciiform families found in temperate Eurasia occupy only three niches: ground feeding (hoopoe), darting from a perch (kingfishers, some bee-eaters), and aerial hawking (other bee-eaters, rollers).

Ground feeding in the forest, for example, is limited to the ground rollers in Madagascar; in mainland Africa this niche is occupied by the hoopoe (except in dense forest) and by birds of other orders.

The mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura) of North America and the turtledove (Streptopelia turtur) and stock dove (C. oenas) of Europe rarely take green vegetation, do not feed in trees, and so are examples of the trend toward complete ground feeding.

SRC, certainly in its establishment phase, and, if suitably managed, in early post-harvest rotation, offers significant winter seed resource which within one resource, such as spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), may change its bird availability depending whether it is upright when used by finches or fallen when utilised by ground feeding thrushes.

It would have browsed in the first meter or so from the ground, feeding selectively, with food held in the mouth by cheeks while chewing.

That joint checking account would be a neutral ground, fed by our separate checking accounts, and all the household expenses would be funneled through it.

Though the worst of the deluge is thought to be over, more flooding was expected on Tuesday as rain that had fallen on high ground fed through rivers and streams on to lower, saturated ground.

The worldwide tourism industry was rapidly growing, and the concept of top-dog, "global" cities was gaining ground, fed by academic researchers on the one hand, and widely read "best city" lists on the other.

She'll have the money to move her belongings to higher ground, feed her family and start again when the waters recede.

Incubations were performed in 40 glass bottles (100 ml capacity) clearly identified with numbers and included 2 g of ground feed (50% maize grain and 50% chopped star grass hay (Cynodon nlemflensis)).