Story Transcript As birds flock to feeders and compete with each other for seeds, a group of ornithologists have discovered that the feathered creatures follow a pecking order. Citizen bird ...

By having a pecking order, the birds can coexist as a group, and being part of a group affords protection from predators. It reduces the need for constant power struggles and competition – each ...

Red-winged blackbirds are dive-bombing residents of one Toronto neighbourhood, swooping down and pecking at their heads, but an expert says there's not too much the locals can do as the birds ...