peck at
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But, in the foreground, magpies and crows are already swarming to peck at the soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Brian’s home sits on a dirt lot, where several chickens peck at the weeds next to a table under a large tarp that blocks the sun during hot summer months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Baby birds, for example, will see the red area on the mother's beak and peck at it.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
The ducks follow a daily routine: In the morning, they go to the vineyards to prevent crop damage, and in the evening they return to their paddocks to peck at pellets of nutritious bird food.
From Reuters ● Jan. 16, 2023
I know how to coo and cluck at a laying hen so she won’t peck at your hands when you go to take her still-warm eggs away.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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