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Rajmund67 โ An Easter hawfinch
Published: 2011-04-25 08:52:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 442; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 0
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A hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) perched on a sweet cherry tree in my backyard on Easter day.Related content
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Wow, they must eat some really big seeds, to need a beak that big!
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Around here they feed on exactly the same stuff as great tits, greenfinches and sparrows. God only knows why they need such massive beaks
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Well, I got curious, so I did some quick searching and found the following. I don't know if you're interested, but I thought I'd pass it along.
The mandibles and their muscles are so powerful they can crush cherry stones by applying a force of over 500 kN, which is equivalent to about 60 tonnes for a human, so that they can eat the cherry seed, of which they are particularly fond.
Other large tree seeds, such as hornbeam and beech, as well as hips and haws of hedgerows are also among their diet. In the spring they feed on oak buds, and then in the summer they feed on insects, such as beetles.
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Wow! That is impressive. Didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.
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You're welcome 
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Cudowne zdjฤcie! Przystojny model i do tego tak ลadnie siฤ komponuje w tลo.
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Dziฤkujฤ. Rรณwnieลผ w imieniu modela
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