| UNTRUTHS | Lies about hunts around the breeding season (8) |
| RUMMAGES | Hunts around |
| BOBOLINK | American songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, the male of which has a white back in the breeding season |
| WATTLING | This type of starling loses its head feathers in the breeding season and then regrows them, a trait that has drawn the interest of scientists researching baldness. |
| SOLITARY | Shoebills are ___ they are mostly seen alone, except during the breeding season. |
| RESEARCH | Methodical study about Hunt (8) |
| NUTHATCH | Chat about hunt for flier (8) |
| CRESTEDGREBE | Great --- ---, aquatic bird with blackish ear tufts and, in the breeding season, a dark brown frill around the head (7,5) |
| RUFF | A reeve's male counterpart, named for its distinguishing frill or collar of ornamental neck feathers in the breeding season; the perch-like pope; the old card game "trump"; or, a low vibrating beat of |
| APIARIAN | Relating to the breeding and care of bees (8) |
| SCAVENGE | Hunt around for lawyer to get compensation |
| EGRETS | Which of the various worldwide herons bear long plumes in the breeding season (6) |
| SARGASSO | Which sea is believed to be the breeding ground for European eels? (8) |
| SHETLAND | Group of about 100 islands noted for the breeding of ponies and knitwear manufacturing |
| EGRET | White heron that grows long, graceful plumes during the breeding season. (5) |
| SPECIAL | They are ___ creatures and only come together during the breeding season. |
| GREATCRESTEDGREBE | Bird having blackish ear tufts in the breeding season (5,7,5) |
| SHAG | Cormorant with a curly crest in the breeding season (4) |
| OWLET | Maybe a little snowy in the breeding season? |
| THANKYOU | Okay, hunt around for note prepared in response to a gift (5,3) |
