Common waxbills are small African finches that select carnivore scat as a material to include in, on, and around their nests. |
Young indigo buntings and zebra finches require social interactions to acquire songs. |
More than 100 species of birds have been recorded here, including fairy wrens, finches, grass wrens and wedgebills. |
A drive down a local road flushes out all kinds of sparrows, warblers, and finches. |
Most observations relate to larks, pipits and finches but kestrels are capable of taking such quarry as fieldfares, turtle doves and lapwing. |
Others, like zebra finches, find it impossible to imitate a new song after their puberty-like phase in life. |