List 4 of the most common seabird feeding methods and give examples of birds that utilize each method
What will be an ideal response?
• Spear fishing for small fishes (herons and egrets)
• Skimming the surface of the water (black skimmers)
• Robbers of other birds' food (jaegers, frigate birds)
• Underwater pursuers (alcids, penguins)
• Plunge divers (brown pelicans, terns)
• Probing and picking for epifaunal or infaunal invertebrates (many shore birds, such as curlews, sandpipers, and plovers)
• Cooperative scoop feeders (American white pelicans)
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