It depends a little on the bird. The only bird that is known to use feel to find worms is the woodcock. This is a plump little bird with a long beak and eyes on the side but a little closer to the back of its head than the front (to see predators […]
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It depends a little on the bird. The only bird that is known to use feel to find worms is the woodcock. This is a plump little bird with a long beak and eyes on the side but a little closer to the back of its head than the front (to see predators when its beak is buried in the ground). It plunges its long beak into the ground and rotten leaves of the forest floor and searches for things to eat with its beak by touch.
Robins however do it differently. It is NOT vibrations!
Watch them and you will see them cock their head sideways just before they plunge in their beak. They are watching for movement! If they see a worm (yes worms sometimes come to the surface at night and do not always make it back underground by morning) or movement in the soil indicating a worm underneath then they plunge in their beak.
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