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Some species shift habitat by activity or season — a kestrel that hunts over open fields may still nest in a building ledge in town, and several waterfowl graze on adjacent farmland outside the breeding season. When this happens, use the habitat where the bird was actually observed at the time, and let ",[19,117,119],{"href":118},"\u002Fen\u002Fopredelitel\u002Fpo-sezonu","season"," fill in the rest: a species seen in an unexpected habitat during migration passage is behaving quite differently from the same species on its breeding grounds.",{"title":122,"searchDepth":123,"depth":123,"links":124},"",2,[125,126,127],{"id":12,"depth":123,"text":13},{"id":31,"depth":123,"text":32},{"id":111,"depth":123,"text":112},"\u002Fimages\u002Fopredelitel\u002Fpo-mestu-obitaniya.png","Where a bird was seen — forest, water\u002Fwetland, field\u002Fmeadow, or city\u002Fgarden — is one of the strongest identification clues, since most species are tied closely to one habitat type.","md",[132,135],{"q":133,"a":134},"What if a species uses more than one habitat?","Many birds do shift habitat by season or by activity — a common kestrel hunts over open fields but often nests on cliffs or buildings, and several duck species breed on wetlands but graze in adjacent fields. 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