ocr: TASTE NSIDE THE MOUTH, small organs called taste buds are used to sense taste. A bird's taste buds tend to be in the lining of its mouth or near the tip of its beak. For birds, taste is essential in avoiding poisonous food. CHOOSY EATER BAD-TASTING BUTTERFLY Blue jaysfeed on many insects, but retch The monarch butterfly fthey try to eat - A monarch butterfly. contains a sour poison They are sensitive to a toxic SHE bstance that gives these butterflies A foul taste.