Record #:

3814

Author(s):

Osborne, Athena

Abstract:

Seabirds have bills designed for their own style of eating. Some are pointed, like that of the sanderling, which allows it to poke into the sand. The brown pelican has a long, bulky beak that allows it to seine 2.5 gallons of water for fish. Still other birds have beaks that are flat, stumpy, or slender.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , High Season 1998, p30-31, il

Subject(s):

Birds--Anatomy; Water birds