Once all this food has been taken on board the bird has to sit and rest while digestion takes place this is why woodpigeons spend much time perched and inactive. The weight of food in a woodpigeon’s crop is often over 70g,and weighs of up to 155g have been recorded, including crops containing 725 ivy berries, 758 wheat grains, 30 cherries and 38 acorns. Woodpigeons are able to take in so much food in a sitting because they can store it in a crop, which is a muscular pouch in the upper chest. Woodpigeons feeding on sunflower seeds in winter, in The Netherlands.
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