ML22250991
作者
Homer Hansen 该用户提供的媒体文件
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San Rafael Grasslands
Santa Cruz, Arizona, United States
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观察细节
I found the meadowlark hoping along the road soon after cresting the hill out of Harshaw Canyon. The meadowlark was carrying a fairly large lizard (Southwestern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus cowlesi) that it proceeded to bang on the ground and using its bill to poke and prod at the body. It eventually began to consume the lizard in a "pecking fashion," apparently not adept at softening the body or attempting to swallow whole. After about 5 minutes, the meadowlark flew off with the body into the grass (about 100 feet away), so I was unable to witness how much it might consume. It is my suspicion that the lizard was roadkill, given where I first observed the meadowlark, and it was simply opportunistic feeding by the meadowlark.
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- 879 pixels x 340 pixels
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- 106.58 KB