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“A Little Bird Told Me” … Happy Birthday Charles Darwin

10,000 Birds

The most commonly cited example is “Darwin’s Finch,” which filled the woodpecker niche by adopting the practice of acquiring a cactus thorn, and using this to access grubs hidden beneath the bark of trees. ground vs. in bushes, etc.) Thus, to the Grants, a dead finch is a very important piece of data.

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