1) Eating behavior 2) Forage 3) Hunt 4) Hunting 5) Hunting food for growing old 6) Search 7) Searching for food 8) Seeking provisions 1) Foodgathering 
Foraging is searching for wild food resources. It affects an animal`s fitness because it plays an important role in an animal`s ability to survive and reproduce. Foraging theory is a branch of behavioral ecology that studies the foraging behavior of animals in response to the environment where the animal lives. Behavioral ecologists use economic.....
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forage
The different behavior used by birds to find food. Basically there are two main categories of foraging: feeding from the air and feeding from a surface. Feeding from a surface can be classified as gleaning (Yellow-rumped Warbler), reaching (Little Blue Heron), hang gleaning, lunging. Feeding from a surface to under the surface can be classified as ...
looking for food.
[n] - the act of searching for food and provisions
The act of searching for food.
forage noun the act of searching for food and provisions
the acquisition of food by hunting, fishing, or the gathering of plant matter.