bird # 1 is standing in the bird feeder.
bird #2 is standing next to the bird feeder, on a post of equal height.
bird #1 gets some food in it's mouth, flies over to bird #2.
bird #1 regurgitates food into bird #2's mouth.
(process repeats).
my question is: What are they doing?
2007-09-21 12:18:58 · 3 answers · asked by goosemanrocks.com 3 in Pets ➔ Birds
If one of the cardinals is a bright bred and the other a more dull colour then it sounds like they are a mated pair and one is allofeeding the other. If they have young, both will do this until their crops are full and will use the regurgitated food to feed their young.
You may also be witnessing a parent feeding its baby, while showing it the best place for it to gather food on its own.
2007-09-21 13:48:11 · answer #1 · answered by cameoanimals 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the parent bird, feeding the baby. But this time of year, the baby is about the size of the parents. So keep watching, you will see the parent getting tired of this, and give the baby a good peck, telling him, it is time to feed yourself. I see this in our backyard feeder, every year about this time.
2007-09-21 12:28:33 · answer #2 · answered by Joan H 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are seeing a adult bird feeding it's baby.
2007-09-21 12:55:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋