Beachoe

Having split from its ancestor, the beachoe lives along the coasts near its ancestor's range. Sharing them with its larger relative, the grasspade, the beachoe has broadened its diet of vegetation so as to not directly compete with it. They form large colonies that can number in the hundreds along the beaches, and are usually indicated by numerous burrows in which the young are born and raised. They are capable of limited swimming, but tend to stay within 15 feet of shore. The young are born in early spring and reach maturity by late fall, during which they will enter their first mating season during which males will compete with one another for females, displaying their crests and occasionally pecking at one another in acts of dominance.