peck at

Sometimes, the crows displayed their dislike of four by refusing to utter a sound; instead, they simply pecked at the screen to end the trial.

He started pouring birdseed over my head, and the birds flew down and started peck peck pecking at me, and...

Other scattered, rotting body parts, were covered in flies with birds pecking at the remains.

Mr Ford said the turkeys "just love it "being outside "pecking at the grass, pecking at bugs".

A large bird was pecking at something on the ground near one of the Dumpsters.