Do Birds Store Food. Here they store food when feeding in a hurry ready to digest it later. Although you can feed this to your wild birds do not feed this to your pet birds.
With the perches above the food birds have to hang upside down in order to feed and many less desirable birds will stay away from these feeders leaving more food for your goldfinches. Here they store food when feeding in a hurry ready to digest it later. Although you can feed this to your wild birds do not feed this to your pet birds.
Most commonly the function of hoarding or caching is to store food in times of surplus for times when food is less plentiful.
Instead birds will either swallow food whole or if it is too large or awkward to directly swallow they will break it into smaller pieces. I didnt know they did this but after reading your site it was something new I have learned. The various types of bird food reflect the species of bird that can be fed whether they are carnivores or nectar eating birds. With the perches above the food birds have to hang upside down in order to feed and many less desirable birds will stay away from these feeders leaving more food for your goldfinches.