Assertion: pipit's bill | /r/HasProperty | held horizontal
Facets:
value: in sitting birds
type: OTHER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: more often
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A characteristic strategy is to stand stock-still with bill held horizontal, gradually aiming the bill downward with nearly imperceptible movements—until, with a sudden darting motion, the bittern seizes the prey in its bill, bites or shakes it to death, and swallows it head first.
text: Appears smaller, less confident than ‘later’ birds; smaller-billed, and bill more often held at the horizontal.
text: Confident; bill often held above horizontal; suggests a ‘large’ pipit.
text: They share a similar posture, with strong bill held above the horizontal in sitting birds, with deep chests, and powerful legs.