Anna wondered how red chillies from a plant in our garden disappear without any one plucking them!
I happened to notice a Tree pie feeding on them the next morning.
Following the feeding session, it was perched on an adjacent tree, rubbing its beaks on the branch! Did it feel its tongue burning!
It was the first time I watched a tree pie feeding on chillies. A strange sight! I looked up to get any information about the taste buds in the tongue of the-pies. Later I realised that most birds swallow the food. So the chillies do not get crushed in its mouth. That is how they escape feeling of the burning sensation in the tongue.
What habit of swallowing food to escape tasting the food! Since this, I was looking for any other species of birds feeding on red chillies! The Bulbuls feed on black petter that too by swallowing!
It is a garden that brings new information about birds!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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