hole-edge

Updated: May 14, 2025

Most little Woodpeckers climb up to the hole-edge to be fed; but young Flickers are fed in the same way as little Hummingbirds, the parent swallowing food and when it is softened bringing it back from the crop by pressing on it with the beak." "What is the crop?" asked Dodo.

Elliott Coues - Citizen Bird : Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners