What does the yellow bird eat?

Yellow birds are small birds living in the northern hemisphere, with rich species but similar eating habits. Here we introduce their main food from several aspects.

1, insect

Yellow bird is a typical insect-eating bird, and insects are one of its main food sources. They will eat insects of all sizes, including dragonflies, butterflies, grasshoppers, mosquitoes and so on. Some yellow birds will look for aquatic insects in shallow water, while more yellow birds will look for in leaves and grass.

Yellow birds like moths best in summer. After catching larvae and caterpillars, these birds put them on branches and dry them with their mouths for transportation or storage.

2._ Fruit and Kunguo

Yellow birds also like to eat all kinds of fruits and kunguo, such as raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, hawthorn, red fruits, cherries and so on. Especially when the fruit is ripe, you will eat a lot. Some yellow birds even use _ fruit as their main food source, thus becoming pollinators of _ fruit.

Besides nuts and kunguo, yellow birds eat some nuts and seeds, such as pine nuts, almonds, peanuts and acorns. These foods are usually regarded as the auxiliary food of yellow birds, but generally not their main food source.

3. Manna and honey dew

Yellow birds also collect nectar from flowers, such as various nectaries and honeydew. These flower juices are rich in sugar and are one of the important energy sources for yellow birds. Yellow birds usually suck honey into their mouths, then store it in their throats and spit it out when necessary.

Bees also eat nectar and honey dew, so yellow birds and bees sometimes compete for food around the same tree, which also brings some interesting observations.

4. Fish and other small animals

Besides the above food, some yellow birds also eat fish and some other small animals, such as snakes, crabs, lizards and so on. These yellow birds usually live near water or wetlands. They catch these small animals with their beaks and claws.

Many yellow birds called orioles are good at imitating the sounds of other birds. When they need to find food, they will learn the songs of other birds to get food better.

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As an insect-eating bird, the yellow bird's main food is all kinds of insects and fruits, and it also eats nectar and honey dew. Some yellow birds also eat small animals, such as fish and snakes. The food source of yellow birds is very rich, full of interesting observations and discoveries.