Originally Posted by Drew Hause
I've always learned best from pictures wink
https://a-z-animals.com/articles/7-birds-that-eat-ticks/

OTOH
https://www.fieldandstream.com/stories/survival/wilderness-survival/what-eats-ticks

Apparently pheasants aren't big on ticks

And contrary to the narrative
https://www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2018/april/pheasants-and-ticks-our-letter-in-the-courier/

The turkey that I just posted was entirely tick free. I spent some time looking him over for ticks because they are thick up there. But not a one on him. No grouse feathers in his gullet either.

Knowing what kinds of things a particular animal will eat is useful information, but that does not necessarily mean that the eater is impactful on the eatee on a population level. That is something that is often missed or ignored by the popular press articles. Figure out what has population-level responses is not easy. Not easy at all. (unless you have a big armchair at your keyboard... smile smile ).

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