Hawking (birds)
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Hawking is a feeding strategy in birds involving catching flying insects in the air. The term usually refers to a technique of sallying out from a perch to snatch an insect and then returning to the s
Australasian figbird, catching a beetle on the wing
Brown honeyeater, one of a group hawking from a Casuarina
White-fronted chat, returning to a perch with insects caught in flight
Common swift in flight
Spotted flycatcher
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The spotted flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to Siberia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south weste
Hawking (birds)
…particularly those of the forest interior, show less of this tendency. A similar pattern is seen in Great Britain, where there are but two flycatchers, the spotted flycatcher and the pied flycatcher. The spotted flycatcher is the specialist, and tends to return to the same perch after each sally. The pied flycatcher is more…
Muscicapa striata мухоловка сіра
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Spotted flycatcher nest.
A juvenile flycatcher shortly after leaving the nest.