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  2. Anting (behavior) - Wikipedia

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    A black drongo in a typical anting posture. Anting is a maintenance behavior during which birds rub insects, usually ants, on their feathers and skin.The bird may pick up the insects in its bill and rub them on the body (active anting), or the bird may lie in an area of high density of the insects and perform dust bathing-like movements (passive anting).

  3. Red imported fire ant - Wikipedia

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    Birds that eat these ants include the chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica), the eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), and the eastern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus virginianus). The eastern bobwhite attacks these ants by digging out the mounds looking for young queens. [192] Red imported fire ants have been found in stomach contents inside of ...

  4. Purple martin - Wikipedia

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    They usually fly relatively high, so, contrary to popular opinion, mosquitoes do not form a large part of their diet. [3] Research published in 2015, however, does indicate that the purple martin feeds on invasive fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) and that they may make up a significant portion of their diet. [21] Male chirping

  5. Antbird - Wikipedia

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    It was once thought that attending birds were actually eating the ants, but numerous studies in various parts of Eciton burchellii's range has shown that the ants act as beaters, flushing insects, other arthropods and small vertebrates into the waiting flocks of "ant followers".

  6. An infestation of 'aggressive' red fire ants hits Santa ... - AOL

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    Santa Barbara County has spent a total of $15,000 eradicating local populations of red imported fire ants to prevent the invasive species from spreading. ... While red imported fire ants don't eat ...

  7. Ant follower - Wikipedia

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    The bicoloured antbird is an obligate ant-follower.. Ant followers are birds that feed by following swarms of army ants and take prey flushed by those ants. [1] The best-known ant-followers are 18 species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae, but other families of birds may follow ants, including thrushes, chats, ant-tanagers, cuckoos, motmots, and woodcreepers.

  8. Cheerios and Fire Ants Have More in Common Than You Think - AOL

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    Fire ants can navigate floods and flowing water by morphing into a floating raft. It’s the same principle that sticks Cheerios together in your cereal bowl.

  9. The Best Bird Seed for Attracting the Most Birds, According ...

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    The birds will pull out the seed they want to eat and knock the other onto the ground.” Related: 8 Common Bird Feeder Mistakes You Might Be Making (And How to Fix Them)