Conjugate verbs in the following paragraph: Adult red-headed cranes [1] __________________ (name) for a patch of red bare skin on the crown, which bec

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Conjugate verbs in the following paragraph:
Adult red-headed cranes [1] __________________ (name) for a patch of red bare skin on the crown, which becomes brighter during mating season. They are generally snow-white with black on the second wing, which may look almost black when the bird is [2] ________________ (stand), but the actual tail feathers are white. Males are black on the cheeks, throat and neck, while females are pearly grey in these spots. The horn [3] __________ (be) olive-green to greenhorns, the legs are dark grey to grey, and the iris is dark brown. Red-crowned cranes have a very high omnivorous diet, although dietary preferences have not been fully studied. They [4] ____________ (feed) on rice, parsley, carrots, red berries, acorns, buckwheat and a variety of water plants. Animal material in their diet includes fish, including carp and goldfish, amphibians, especially salamanders, snails, crabs, dragonflies, small reptiles, shrimp, mammals. small as rodents and small birds. like ducklings. They seem [5] ________________ (prefer) the meat diet, although rice is now essential to surviving birds in Japan and grass seeds are another important source of food. They often feed by holding their heads close to the ground, thrusting their beaks into the mud when they encounter something edible. When [6] _______________ (catch) fish or other slippery prey, they attack quickly by extending their necks, [7] _______________ (feed) similar to herons foraging. Although they can swallow prey whole, red-headed cranes often tear their prey by grabbing them with their beaks and shaking them vigorously, eating each bite as they fall. Most foraging [8] _______________ (occur) in wet meadows, arable fields, shallow rivers, or on the banks of lakes.




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