Usually, watchful waiting is an outpatient process and may have a duration of months or years. In contrast, medical observation is usually an inpatient process, often involving frequent or even continuous monitoring and may have a duration of hours or days. 1 Medical uses.
Shearwaters earned their name by their ability to cut - or shear - the water with their wings, although until recently they were known as 'muttonbirds'. This name was given to them by early European settlers, who killed the birds for food and found that their flesh tasted like mutton.
You will also have more success in your backyard or garden if you are feeding the birds what they like. Natural foods that birds eat include insects, worms, berries, fruit, flower nectar, nuts, seeds, tree sap, buds of trees and shrubs, fish, small animals, other birds, and eggs.They even scavenge dead animals. You can get a clue what a bird eats by the type of beak or bill the bird has.or a look at different types of bird beak see Anatomy. Other factors that determine a bird s diet include flight habits, sight, and hearing. For example birds like the swallow that feed while flying, rely mostly on insects for food. The eyesight of eagles, and hawks lets them see prey from great distances.