[NatureNS] Junco question

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On 1/18/2018 10:05 PM, Lois Codling wrote:
> Since they lack teeth, I believe all birds need grit to grind up or 
> predigest their food.  Perhaps there are some exceptions?

* there may also be seeds in the exposed roadside gravel.

fred.
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> On 1/18/2018 7:24 PM, nancy dowd wrote:
>> After the plow went by on our gravel road today we noticed small 
>> flocks of Juncos in the nearby trees flying down onto the areas where 
>> the gravel was exposed and picking at it. I came across this several 
>> times along the way. Like Doves, do Juncos and other Sparrows like 
>> some grit in their diet?
>>
>> Nancy
>> E Dalhousie, Kings Co.
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
> 
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