On my last post I used the term "allotropic feeding". I tried to find my source for this term and could not. I am now pretty certain that I invented the term. Allopreening is when one bird preens another as part of pair bonding as in courtship. I was referring to when one bird feeds another as part of pair bonding. Allotropic has a meaning in the physical sciences that is not at all applicable to this behavior. I hate it when someone uses technical words that they do not know. Misuse of vocabulary such as this is called malapropism from an old English theatrical character, Mrs. Malaprop. My apologies. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected]
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