Various foraging methods are used by the Honey Buzzard in its search for the nests of social insects. It may soar or hover, but it also perches to scan an area, and will frequently walk about on the ground. Having located a nest, it digs it out with the feet, slightly assisted by the bill, pulling out chunks of comb and skillfully seizing the adult insects in order to bite off their stings. Where wasps' nests are suspended beneath the eaves of a house, the bird will snatch them off in flight. It will also take small mammals and reptiles, and large insects such as grasshoppers.
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