parents feeding young

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finchandlovebird
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parents feeding young

Post by finchandlovebird » Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:51 pm

How do parent birds feed their young? Is it all regurgitation? At some point do they carry food pieces to the hatchlings? Do they eat and then regurgitate right away, or can they regurgitate any food in their stomach from whenever they ate it? (like emperor penguins). How often do they feed the hatchlings? I have baby Goulds and am very curious.
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Re: parents feeding young

Post by cindy » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:30 pm

They usually eat, drink and deposit it into the babies mouthby regurgitation.

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