Female Evening Grosbeak - Photo by MDF (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBefore we continue I want you to think about how you eat sunflower seeds.\u00a0 You know, those BBQ or Dill Pickle flavoured ones that are perfect for entertaining yourself while you play baseball.\u00a0 Have you pictured yourself happily chomping away on these seeds?\u00a0 Now it is time to learn how a professional sunflower seed eater does it.\u00a0 The Evening Grosbeak will carefully roll the sunflower seed over and over again in their mouth until it is sitting perfectly along the sharp edge of their beak.\u00a0 Once they are happy with the position they will slice through the shell with their beak and eat the wonderful food inside.\u00a0 At this point the shell gets discarded and the bird is ready for round two.\u00a0 I guess it really isn’t much different then how we do it.\u00a0 I had just assumed they ate the shell and all, like I did when I was a kid.<\/p>\n
I guess this is a good place to end today’s Wild Fact on the Evening Grosbeak.\u00a0 Make sure you tune in tomorrow for some more exciting animal facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This mid-week Wild Fact is for my Dad who was watching the birds yesterday and suggested I write a fact on the Evening Grosbeak.\u00a0 I am not going to lie, birds are not my favourite Wild Fact topic but I personally think the Evening Grosbeak is a pretty cool bird.\u00a0 Besides, how can I say no to my Dad, right?\u00a0 Typically we can find this bird throughout the coniferous and mixed forests of Canada, United States and Mexico. So pick your spot and pack your bags because we are about to do a little bird-watching. The Evening Grosbeak are a <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,1602,1605,1603,1604,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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