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Pretty eyed, pirate smile..........Bushtit Terranea 6868

"Bushtits need to eat 80% of their body weight each day to keep up with their speedy metabolisms when weather is warm- they eat even more when it cools down. According to a study from 1907, bushtits in California had diets that consisted of 81% insect matter through most of the year, and which increased to 100% insect matter in the spring. This means that one bushtit eats over 3 pounds of insect matter every year- which is the equivalent of eating 908,000 ants!" wildfarmsweebly

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Uploaded on August 8, 2015
Taken on August 7, 2015