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Spotting

Habitat:

River bank. Deep forests.

Notes:

Feeding on bird droppings.

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1 Comment

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

Great find. This behavior is called mud-puddling. They drink from dung, carrion, etc. in order to get salts and amino acids that they can’t get in nectar.

DrNamgyalTSherpa
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DrNamgyalTSherpa

Sikkim, India

Spotted on Jan 12, 2018
Submitted on Jan 12, 2018

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